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She came to a stop in front of a man with dark curls who towered over her. Not that that made the man overly tall, because everyone seemed to tower over the petite Kayleigh.
“The gang’s all here,” Jay murmured. “That’s Wilder.”
After talking with him for a minute, Kayleigh grabbed Wilder’s arm and dragged him over to where they stood. The siblings exchanged hugs before Jay introduced Misha to the newest arrival.
She was kind of glad that she had met the family in small numbers, so she had a chance of remembering all their names.
“Nice to meet you,” Wilder said, a broad grin on his face. “It’s about time the clinic got a good doctor, bonus that it’s meant Jay also got a nice girlfriend.”
“Amen!” Kayleigh said, then lifted her hand in Wilder’s direction. The guy gave her a high five.
“I would get ticked at you, except that you’re right on both counts,” Jay said, slipping his arm around Misha’s waist.
“Does she know about Casey?” Wilder asked.
“Casey?” Misha looked up at Jay. “Who’s Casey?”
Jay’s eyes went wide, then she saw him struggle to keep a straight face. “Uh… she’s my ex. You don’t have to worry about her.”
“You had a girlfriend before me?”
“Yeah… She was my high school sweetheart.”
“Yikes, Jay,” Wilder muttered.
“Harsh,” Lee agreed.
“Are you wanting to keep Misha as your girlfriend?” Zane asked. “Because you’re getting ready to crash and burn, bro.”
“I was going to tell her,” Jay said as he glared at his brothers. “Wilder is the one who brought Casey up.”
Kayleigh stood with her arms crossed and a smirk on her face, clearly waiting for her brothers to wise up.
“I know I’ll be looking to Gareth for relationship advice after this,” Lee said. “You need some help, Jay.”
Jay laughed. “Do you honestly think I wouldn’t tell Misha about Casey?”
“You three are so gullible,” Kayleigh added.
“Wait.” Lee turned to Misha. “You started this by pretending you didn’t know about Casey.”
“Oh, good one,” Wilder said with a laugh. “You’ll fit right in.”
Misha grinned as she leaned into Jay’s side. “I figured you could take the joke.”
Wilder watched as Jay laughed and held her and Ciara close. The man then stepped close and wrapped his arms around all three of them, clearly not having much of an issue with personal space. “This is amazing.”
“I don’t think I ever saw Jay this happy while he was dating… her,” Lee said.
Kayleigh smiled at Misha. “It’s been nice to see.”
Misha felt a rush of warmth at the acceptance of Jay’s siblings. It helped ease a bit of the ache from missing her own.
After the food was ready, Misha helped carry it out while Jay kept hold of Ciara. Dan called for everyone’s attention, then he said a prayer for the food. Her mom had set aside a small dish of food for Ciara, so Misha took it to where Jay sat and settled down next to him.
“I’ll take her so you can go get yourself some food,” Misha said.
“How aboutyouget yourself some food first?” Jay suggested.
