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“Most definitely. How about you?”

“It’s always good to see these guys.” He looked over at Vivienne. “So, Viv? How’s the conference?”

Her dark eyes went wide. “Oh, um...it’s good. Good. Really good. I’m just glad I didn’t have to speak at anything today so we could come and hang out together.”

Riley walked over and sat with Savannah as Julian sat down beside Charlotte.

And the room got so quiet you could hear a pin drop.

Sienna nervously looked around and that’s when it hit her, just how little she’d ever hung out with other couples.

Even when she was part of one.

“Okay, this is just weird,” she blurted out and almost sagged with relief when everyone laughed. “Can everyone just...you know...pretend I’m not here or something? Because I’m pretty sure you all talk and laugh whenever you’re together.”

Beside her, Mick kissed her again. “That’s my girl.”

“What were you guys talking about inside?” she asked of no one in particular.

“Mick was telling us about Graceland and that got us all wondering if any of our houses would ever be made into a shrine like that,” Riley said before laughing. “Can you imagine that?”

Savannah playfully swatted his arm. “Never gonna happen. We live too much like normal people. Nothing to see.”

“Well, Riley’s old place had a spectacular view,” Mick commented.

“Don’t remind us,” Savannah said with a dramatic sigh. “If we could have added onto that house, we’d still be living there.”

“Our place is pretty awesome,” Dylan chimed in. “But right now it’s got way too much kids' stuff littered in every room. No one would want to tour that.”

“I have to agree,” Paige said.

“I wouldn’t want that at all,” Julian said as he placed his arm around Charlotte. “No one needs to see that part of our lives. It’s private. I don’t care how famous we got, there are things that are just off-limits.”

“Yeah, but if it happened after you were dead, you wouldn’t be there to see it,” Matt countered. “It would be like a museum.”

Julian was already shaking his head. “Nope. Don’t want it, no matter what.”

“Wow, I really thought the whole you were dead thing would have changed your mind,” Matt murmured. “I don’t think I’d care if someone turned our house into a museum after I died.”

“Oh my God, can you stop talking about dying and being dead?” Vivienne said with exasperation. “I mean, just...not right now.” And then she burst into tears and ran from the room.

“Um...”

Mick straightened. “Matt? What’s going on? Is Vivienne okay?”

Matt was already on his feet. “Uh...yeah. She’s a little emotional lately. Pregnancy hormones, and...dammit!” He looked slightly panicked. “We were going to tell everyone tonight, but...hold on. Let me go check on her.” And then he fled the room.

“Holy crap!” Riley said giddily. “Matty’s gonna be a father! How freaking awesome is that?”

Everyone was talking at once, and Sienna sat back in wonder as she watched how animated and excited they all were.

Again, she’d never experienced anything like it.

And the weirdest part was that she sort of felt excited for Matt and Vivienne too, even though she just met them!

You’re a neuropsychologist, Sienna. You should understand where all this emotion is coming from...

“I was wondering why she was just drinking water,” Charlotte commented. “She said she was taking antibiotics for a sinus infection, but wine wouldn’t have interacted with that. This is such good news!”