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“What time is it?”
“Nine.”
My eyes widened. “Jeez. I slept late.”
“You did. And you missed the family announcement,” Finn teased.
I shifted onto my back and asked, “She said yes?”
He snorted. “As if she wouldn’t.”
“Aela’s independent. You know she moves in her own way.”
“She’s Declan’s. He wouldn’t have let her say no.”
My lips twisted at that BS. “Like you wouldn’t let me say no?”
The sparkle in his eyes always made my heart rate soar. “I’d have let you say ‘no’ once.”
“Then dragged me to bed until I said ‘yes?’”
“Something like that.” He reached up and cupped my chin. “Lena’s back. She said you looked like you were in pain earlier.”
“It’s gone. Just a cramp. Jen and I ate too much,” I admitted.
“No,youate too much, she probably had a liquid lunch,” he said wryly.
I grinned. “You know how she works.”
“Cristal is her oxygen.” He rolled his eyes. “You going to be okay to travel tomorrow?”
“Oh, sure! I wouldn’t miss their wedding for the world.”
I heard my cell ring and started to sit up until Finn urged me back down. As he clambered off the bed, his head tipped to the side.
“Is that ‘The Stars and Stripes Forever?’”
Sheepishly, I nodded.
Our gazes clashed and held as a knock sounded at our bedroom door.
“Come in,” I called out, my eyes still held by his.
“Aoife? Your phone’s ringing.” Lena sounded amused. “I didn’t realize you were so patriotic.”
I cleared my throat as Finn finally broke away from me, strode over to Lena, snagged my phone, then returned to my side. It had stopped ringing by that time, but a second later, it started up again.
“I’ll leave you to it,” Lena demurred.
Finn stared down at my cell. “He’s dogged, isn’t he?”
“He’s the president,” I retorted. “What else do you expect?” I connected the call. “What do you want?”
Finn’s lips twitched, but my father answered, “I have an update.”
“Finn’s here. You might as well update us both.”
“Alan,” Finn said, and I shot him a smile.
