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“What’s mine is yours—you can look through anything.”
I tried to hide the smile on my face as I walked out the room to go finish dinner, playing it off like his words didn’t affect me.
—Julian—
Autumn cooked my favorite dish, and we ate together as a family. It was crazy how effortless this was. How natural it felt being here in her home, watching as she finished up dinner while Capri set the table. I enjoyed watching their routine, thankful to be a part of it. How Autumn was able to balance being a successful publicist, and a loving and attentive mother was not lost on me.
It was sexy as fuck.
She was amazing with our daughter, and I could tell that she and Capri were very close. Seeing their special relationship warmed my heart. Making me realize how much I’d truly missed out on.
After Autumn introduced Emily to me, she told her to stay and eat with us, but Emily didn’t want to intrude, saying she wanted us to eat together alone.
During dinner, Capri asked, “Daddy, what was your high and low today?”
I cocked my head to the side. “High and low?”
“Yes. My high was meeting you, my low was eating this broccoli.”
I chuckled.
“It’s just this thing we do during dinner.”
Capri nodded. “Momma, what was yours?”
“Well, my high was coming home to you. My low was… I don’t think I had a low today.”
“That was your high, kid?”
Her eyes burned, understanding my subtle reference to what had happened on my plane earlier today.”
“Kid?” Capri noted. “Why do you call Momma kid? She’s not a kid. She’s big.”
“She wasn’t always.”
“You knew Momma when she was a kid?”
“I’ve known her since she was born.”
She beamed. “Really?”
I nodded.
“What was she like? When she was my age?”
“A lot like you.”
“That’s what everyone says.”
“She was always up to no good.”
“Not true,” Autumn disagreed. “I was always a good girl.”
“And look how much that’s changed.”
“How did you know Momma?”
“Well, I was her b—”
