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She would deny her involvement until the day she died. I had made my peace with that. But I also made her donate two million dollars to Danielle’s scholarship fund and include a healthy bequest to the foundation in her will.
I never wanted to speak to her again, but Audrey convinced me to invite her to the wedding and to at least send pictures of the children on a regular basis. Just like I’d convinced her to invite her mother to the wedding and to regularly send pictures of the children.
“They’re our family,” I’d said, shrugging. “For better or for worse.”
“I liked it better when you said that they were dogs. And that we were walking them,” she’d said, but she’d sent the invitations anyway.
Audrey now walked down the beach carrying Bella, our two-year-old daughter. Next to her was Jenny, who was pregnant and glowing, holding her daughter Reese’s hand. Our three-year-old son, Rhodes, was running around with Cole and Jenny’s son, Kyle, both of them splashing in the water and screeching in delight. I had the new baby, Mia, strapped to me. As did Cole. Except his wasn’t a Mia—she was an Audrey, named after her aunt.
There were a lot of us to keep track of.
“Weren’t we all just here a while ago, single, drinking beer, and snorkeling?” Cole asked, looking at our crew. “Jesus, there are a lot of us now.” He looked baffled.
“I know,” I said. I looked at Audrey and smiled, wrapping my arm around her.
“You look happy,” she said and kissed me on the cheek. “I’m just pointing that out to you, babe.”
I beamed at her, the way I always did. “That’s what you’re here for, Mrs. Preston.”
Special Thanks
Thank you for reading this book! I truly hope you enjoyed it. It means so much to me that you took the time to read this story—I love James and Audrey. I’m rooting for them and I hope you are, too!
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I also want to say thanks and send huge love to my mom, who always helps me and is an enormous source of support for my writing. I love you lots.
A special shout-out to W. Myler and A. Warren, my first readers and two of the loveliest, most intelligent, most patient and forthcoming women in the whole world. I would also like to thank my editors at Red Adept, my friends at RD and Dana Waganer, who is my proofreader and who is awesome.
And always, love and hugs to my husband and my three children. You guys make every day the best.
About the Author
USA Today Bestselling Author Leigh James writes romance with twists and turns, and new adult books with a healthy dose of action and adventure. From billionaires to mercenaries to escorts, Leigh loves to find humor and a Cinderella story in each book she writes.
She is a magna cum laude graduate of the University of New Hampshire’s journalism program and earned her law degree from Suffolk University School of Law in Boston.
She lives with her husband and children in New Hampshire.
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