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“You have a special breakfast-in-bed tray?” I ask.

“I have everything.”

I laugh. “This is too much food for me.”

“I know. You’re supposed to share.” He picks up a piece of bacon and holds it to my lips.

I take a bite. “You make it crispy, not chewy. That’s the correct way to cook bacon but my sister disagrees.” I pick up another piece of bacon and start feeding it to Julian. I inhale sharply when he licks the salt and grease off my fingers. “Are we going to feed each other scrambled eggs like this, too?”

He takes a piece of scrambled egg and holds it to my mouth. I laugh again before eating it. This is definitely the first time anyone has fed me scrambled eggs with their fingers. Actually, it’s the first time anyone has brought me breakfast in bed.

Soon, we start using forks like normal people. Everything tastes good, but because I’m not quite myself right now, I don’t enjoy it as much as the breakfast he made me last weekend. Still, I’m enjoying it a little.

When we’re finished eating, Julian puts the tray aside and we sit in bed with our lattes.

“What would you like to do today?” he asks. “Anything you like. Anything at all.”

“Paris?”

“If you can take a few days off work—”

I put a hand to his chest. “I forgot who I was talking to. That was a joke. What I really want is...”

Chapter 18

Julian

Istare at the babyin the monster onesie. Five minutes ago, she was screaming like, well, a monster, but now she’s sleeping peacefully in Courtney’s arms.

We’re in a townhome in the east end with Courtney’s family. There’s her brother, Jeremy, and his wife, Lydia, as well as her sister, Naomi, and Naomi’s boyfriend, Will. And Jeremy and Lydia’s baby.

When I asked Courtney what she wanted to do today, she said she wanted to visit her baby niece. She didn’t expect me to go with her, but I offered to. I joked that if she left me alone, I’d probably end up going to the office. That’s not true, though. I just want to be by her side, since she seemed a bit off this morning.

I don’t know much about babies. Neither of my brothers have children, and I only have two cousins, and they don’t have children, either. This baby is admittedly cute, and Courtney seems quite taken with her, so I’m glad we’re here because I like seeing Courtney smile.

Now that Baby Heather is asleep, everyone’s attention turns to me.