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“It ether Ashton is in his early thirties, has a stable, great-paying job, and he just bought his own place, which already rinned
Serena still wasn’t convinced If the guy was such a catch, then as he still single? Ugh See, this hat she’d been reduced tobeing cynical about ment of Ashton wasn’t fair, because the same could be said for her She’d like to think that she had a lot of favorable qualities to offer alist of terminated relationships to her credit So, really, as she to be a critic?
The recess bell rang, indicating that break time was nearly over Within a few minutes, her kids would be lined up outside the classroom and hopefully ready to focus on math for the next forty minutes
“Quit overthinking things, Serena,” Chelsea said, trying to diffuse her hesitation “It’s not an actual date and there’s no pressure You’re justAshton at a casual barbeque, and if the two of you hit it off, great If not, no big deal”
And maybe, if she was really lucky, she’d have a date to take with her to Leo and Peyton’s upco “Fine Okay,” she finally relented as she headed for the back door to let in her class “I’ll go to your barbeque this weekend and meet Ashton”
And hoped she didn’t end up regretting her decision
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“Tn, one to go,” Aiden, Dylan’s oldest sibling, said with a too jovial slap on Dylan’s back “Your turn is next, little brother”
Dylan refrained, just barely, fro his eyes at Aiden, as deliriously, happily married and now believed both of his brothers needed to be experiencing the same , Aiden had been just as guarded and skeptical about co that he was now chae
The same could be said for Dylan’s other brother, Leo, who’d once been stood up at the altar and had experienced his share of heartbreak, yet had ive love another try with Peyton Today the two of the hitched in Peyton’s parents’ backyard in a small outdoor ceremony and reception, so of course, love was in the air, and Aiden apparently thought it was important to remind Dylan that he, too, could find the love of his life
“I’ life as a bachelor,” he told his older brother, because it was true for the o as I please, and since you’ve produced a grandchild for mom to dote on, I’m off the hook for that, too”
At the aze as he glanced at his wife, Daisy, as standing a few feet aith their mother, Grace, and her boyfriend, Charles, as the trio entertained the aderated baby talk conversation At sixblue eyes and chubby cheeks, with a gregarious personality that even Dylan found irresistible
Aiden pushed back the sides of his suit jacket and slid his hands into his slacks pockets, a ridiculously sappy s to ever happen to irl has completely stolen my heart in ways I didn’t even think possible”
Yeah, his brother was completely and totally whipped by the two ladies in his life “I agree, she is kinda cute Isabella, Ito a private joke between them, the one that reminded Aiden that Dylan had almost asked Daisy out on a date before he’d known that his brother had already knocked her up Yeahtalk about aard
“Ha, ha,” Aiden said in a droll tone “Very funny”