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“We’ll see about all that.” I try to move the subject away from weddings and marriage— I don’t want to scare Jack off.
“Cool. Can we have pizza for dinner?” Dec asks, swallowing the last bite of his snack.
Jack chuckles, a deep, low rumble, and I know in this moment we’re going to be okay. Better than okay, even.
“Pizza’s my favorite,” Jack says, and Declan relaxes, grinning.
“Mine too. Do you like video games?” Dec screws his mouth up, waiting for an answer.
“Of course. Which one’s your favorite?” Jack crosses his arms, totally at ease.
“I like Madden, but my sister likes Roblox.”
“Me too,” Jack says, and the three of them launch into a detailed convo about all things video games.
I place an order for pizza delivery as I watch the man of my dreams chat breezily with my children on the couch, the Christmas tree twinkling in the background. Snowball sits atop the mantle, his legs dangling in front of Katelyn’s stocking, and I swear he winks at me.
This is truly the merriest Christmas ever, all because I got snowed in with the pizza-loving, not-really-that-grumpy scrooge next door.
