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“And March Madness,” he said “And baseball playoffs And—”

She cut him off with a soft kiss thatmore than to kiss her in front of all their friends, but now he’d like nothing more than to have them all disappear in a poof Sure, they’d helped unload the , but still…

She pulled away “You’re lucky you’re cute”

“No” He snuck in a quick kiss “I’m lucky to have you”

A large shadow in the shape of Carlos, Lee, and Reggie fell across theh at the mock horror on all three of their faces

“Good God, this is painful to watch” Carlos shook his head

Lee elbowed the sent in the ribs “You should have heard hiht” His shoulders shook in an exaggerated shiver, as though he’d just sed a shot glass’s worth of woruts

“Caie held out his hand, palm up “You have lost your man card, time to turn it in”

He flipped off Carlos, Reggie, and Lee before standing and raising his beer for a toast “To good friends and new beginnings When it et the charges against Drea dropped Diaain, but his luck can’t hold out forever”

“I’ll toast to that” Drea lifted her beer, as did everyone else in the room

They’d get Diamond Tommy eventually Cam didn’t doubt it for a second When the criest mistake of his life Maltese Security was family—Cam’s family, Drea’s family—and they protected their own He looked around at the a junkie’s kid living on the streets to finding a home, a real one, with the woman he loved

Cam cleared the emotion from his throat and pulled Drea up so that she stood beside hio, it was safe to say that I didn’t do plans, I didn’t play ith others, and I didn’t fall in love Then I bumped into Drea Sandford in a hospital hallway andit Because I’m a dude and I’m slow about that stuff”

Everyone laughed

“But eventually the truth sank in” He raised his drink “To the woed me”

Not giving her tiet a word in, because God knew the woman loved to have the last word, Cahter faded into the background as soon as his lips touched hers, because he was right where he planned to always be—right by her side