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“Hey! I didn’t hear you come in, Caleb. You need to go get ready. People will be here soon.”
The playroom suddenly felt stifling.
“What’s going on? Why are you all looking at me like that?”
Ethan and Ariel peered at each other with smiles on their adorable faces.
“What are you gu—”
“We love that you’re our new mommy!” Ariel exclaimed.
And my heart just exploded.
They ran to me and jumped into my arms.
“Daddy says I can be the flower girl and Ethan is the ring bearer!”
Tears formed in my eyes.
“Now that the king and queen are getting married, we still need a baby,” Ariel added, hugging me as tight as she could.
My gaze connected with Caleb’s, and he nodded, silently giving me his approval to tell them. I crouched to their level so I could look into their eyes.
“What if I told you there’s already a baby in my belly?”
“We’re going to be a family!” Ethan shouted as they tackled me to the floor, falling into a fit of laughter with Ariel.
Caleb didn’t waver, sitting next to us. “Get her,” he playfully demanded.
“Yes, let’s get her good, Daddy.”
“On the count of three, okay?”
“Caleb…” I warned.
They both nodded, counting, “One...”
“Ariel,” I coaxed.
“Two…” they added in unison.
“This isn’t fair.”
“Three!” they yelled together.
I instantly got up to take off running, but Caleb wrapped his arm around my waist before I took a step, flinging me up in the air.
“Caleb!” I giggled, loving this game even though I liked to pretend I didn’t.
He placed me down on the ground, straddling my legs. The kids attacked me, tickling me everywhere as I thrashed around, screaming and laughing all at once.
“This isn’t fair! It’s three against one!”
Caleb held my arms above my head, tickling my neck and face with his beard.
“Oh my God! Stop!” I thrashed around, moving my face from side to side until they jumped on Caleb’s back, tickling him now.
He placed the diamond on my finger, confirming, “It’s where it belongs now.”
