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"I appreciate that," | reply, my heart swelling with affection for him. "We can let things progress naturally. We've
covered a lot of ground with Barnaby and with each other. | don't think we need to overthink this." Jayden nods,
his hand still holding mine. "I want you to feel safe and natural with me. Like it used to be."
"lI want that too. | don't ever want it to be like our engagement party night again. But | do feel we are seeing life
in a different light now."
"For sure. Do we need to redo the engagement party then? Finish on a more positive note?"
"No. No going back. | mean, other than us arguing it was a perfect night."
"True. Okay."
"I think we should be planning the wedding."
He smiles atand nods. "Alright then. I'll do that."
"You want to plan the wedding?"
"Yeah, sure. How hard can it be?"
| laugh. "I guess you'll be finding out."
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"| can plan it then?"
"Sure, why not? Knock yourself out."
We sit in comfortable silence for a moment, just enjoying the presence of each other. Then Jayden speaks again,
his tone more serious. "I have a board meeting first thing in the morning."
| raise an eyebrow, curious about what's on his mind. That's sudden."
"Yeah, that call from Lance earlier. The board is demanding | be there."
"Okay.
"I've decided to take your advice about Judy and the company," he says, his voice firm. "I'm done with Brennan
Industries. | want to move on with my life, to focus on our family and our future. Punishing Judy or getting
revenge.. that's not how | want to live." "That's good."
"Plus, if Judy is running it, | know the current staff will keep their jobs and that's important. More Important than
my feelings about my mother."
"That is very true." I'm touched by the humanity he's showing.
"Daniel is preparing papers to free up my shares in Brennan Industries. Some, if not all of those shares will go to
her. She will also be reinstated as CEO. I've already sold off any real estate holdings the company had, so it has a
very healthy bottom line right now." | nod, he's really serious about this. "That's a big step, Jayden."
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"Not really, | sold them to myself at a bargain price." He laughs.
"You can take the man out of the business... but...you can't take the business out of the man." | grin and shake
my head.
"But..." he continues, I'm still not including Judy in my life. | can't. But if you want to take Abby to see her, that's
okay. | realized tonight that | can't break Abby's heart by cutting Judy out completely. She loves her grandma,
and | can't take that away from her." | feel a sense of relief at his words. "Thank you, Jayden, | know this isn't
easy for you."
"No, it's not. But it's the right thing to do for Abby right now. And | want to lay low, have a quiet life. Get out of
the media. It might take time, but I'm ready for it. How do you feel about being the breadwinner for a while?" He
grins at me.
I laugh. "Well, with your bank balance, | highly doubt | can ever make more money than you."
"Humor me.
"Okay. My marketing and finances business with Phillip is going well. Are you saying you won't have a job?"
"I will work from home. My real estate portfois booming right now thanks to sgreat deals someone gave
me." He gives another grin. "That will keepoccupied. Plus | have a new position as the wedding planner."
"How fortunate for you." | say with playful sarcasm.
"I want to be here for our family as much as possible. And...damn it, start to have sfun again. We might as
well be elderly for all the nights out we're getting. Our thirties are supposed to be our prime!"
"Well then, old boy, let's go clubbing Friday night!"
He grins. "Let's do that. Lance will be in."
"Lisa will too."
"How about Cass? Do you think it's her scene?" Jayden asks.
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"I'll ask her. | think it would be good to get her to meet speople her own age."
"Be good for her to see we are just normal people who like a party night too." He grins. "Hope she can handle
us."
"God, I'm not sure she's ready for Lance." I'm actually not sure she is.
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"None of us are ready for Lance, ever."
"Jayden, you don't think he'd, well, you know... be Lance with Cass, do you?"
"I will warn him off ever going there with her." Jayden says with determination.
"No. Don't. You know how he is when he thinks he can't do something." | have to remember Cass is eighteen and
she can make her own decisions.
"So, we leave it up to his better judgment?"
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"I think Cass may need to make this decision." This is way harder than | thought it would be, thinking. about Cass
as a young woman not my little sister | want to protect from everything. "But we know she can take care of
herself," Jayden laughs. "Oh man, this could be fun. This might be the first tLance actually meets his match.
You know what, Cass has got this. | know she has. She is no idiot."
"Okay then, we'll set it up for Friday night. No excuses."
"No excuses.
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