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“Yet you kept that one,” he yelled.
“Look who is talking about keeping secrets,” she said. “You couldn’t even let your sister know you had a headache over a month ago and then told me not to tell them what happened to you that night.”
“That’s different,” he said. “I didn’t want to worry them.”
“Maybe I didn’t want you to worry that I didn’t feel for you the way that I do. I love you, Jonah. No one can make another person love someone. Whether the Fierces set people up or put them in the same space together doesn’t mean it works out.” She was moving around his apartment and getting her things. “It takes two people to move toward that. You know, like a circle and a square.”
“You want me to believe that we’d be in this same spot whether you listened to them or not?” he asked. “Or asked their advice? That you’d be in love with me?”
“Yes, I do,” she said. “Stop being so damn bullheaded. But I guess that fits.”
She slammed out the door and drove home. So much for spending the holiday with him today.
* * *
Grant pushedthe button for speakerphone. “We’ve got news,” Diane said into the phone. They’d just left his brother’s house after a New Year’s Day dinner.
“Don’t tell me that Julia is engaged,” Jolene, the wife of Grant’s older brother, Gavin, said.
“She is,” he said, laughing. “Did we beat you to it with Ivan?”
“Yes,” Jolene said. Grant could tell his sister-in-law was put out by that too. “I swear that nephew of mine is doing everything on purpose to ruffle my feathers. I thought for sure he’d propose at Christmas to Kendra, but nope. Then last night and even today, but again, nothing.”
“He’s probably continuing to yank your chain,” his wife said.
“I’m sure. You guys did a really good job on this one,” Jolene said.
“There is some tongue and cheek there and you know it,” he said.
“You give her hell,” Gavin said. “My wife seems to think she has a monopoly on getting people set up.”
“Not this time,” Grant said. “And I’m going to brag because I know I had a bigger hand in it this time. I was there for Flynn when he needed it the most.”
Diane sighed. She’d already yelled at him for rubbing everyone’s face in this for months since he was at Flynn’s office when he’d found out Allen Martin had passed and given Flynn advice. “You’re never going to get tired of saying that, are you?”
“No, I’m not,” he said, puffing his chest out more. “You women think you are controlling it all, but we can help out too.”
He had to tell himself that after he was afraid he might have caused issues with Megan and Jonah. Normally Garrett was the one with the loose lips.
“We’ll let you go with this one since things do seem to be going well with Flynn and Julia. And today Flynn said he’d been talking to his siblings a bit more and even Rachel was going to meet them at some point. She was more excited than anyone about the engagement. She came into the party with them because Flynn was afraid she’d announce it before he got there.”
“She’s just excited,” Jolene said. “It should make you feel good about the work we do. So who is next for you guys?”
“I’m still working on Jonah and, well, Grant and Garrett are doing it too. It’s their employee,” Diane said.
“That’s right,” Grant said. “My employee, and Garrett and I have got this one under control.”
Diane nudged him with her foot and laughed. He’d confessed last night what he’d slipped and said and how Jonah seemed shocked and then not really thrilled. He might have to do some damage control for Megan this week, if he only knew how. Jolene snorted on the other line. “Well then, you’ll have to show us what you’ve got. In the meantime, Happy New Year and may we get an engagement out of Ivan soon. That boy is probably clutching his wallet closed and doesn’t want to buy the ring.”
“He’ll open it up if it’s right,” Diane said. “Just remember that.”
“I will. And I’ll keep you posted,” Jolene said.
They hung up a few minutes later. “That was fun,” Diane said. “And I’m thrilled for Flynn and Julia. I know Carolyn wanted to talk to Jolene, but she lost her voice yelling over all the excitement today.”
“She does have more babies to get excited about, then the engagement. Life is turning out better than we ever hoped, isn’t it?” Who would have thought his nephew Wyatt and niece Jade would both announce pregnancies yesterday. The funny part was those twins didn’t even know the other was doing it.
“It sure is,” he said. Fingers crossed it was for Megan and Jonah though. “In the meantime, what did you think was going on with Chloe and Royce?”
