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sexy husband of yours and get out of here. Penny already passed out the cookies to everyone, so there’s no need to linger. Go and enjoy yourself!”
    I stand and hug her, thankful for having a woman like her in my life. My own mother never would have been able to make me feel better. She would have told me to hire a private detective to catch him having an affair and then divorce his ass and take him for all he’s worth. Such wisdom she possesses…
    Aiden and Tessa are in his friend Ben ’s office when I finally locate them.
    “Hey, Ben!” I greet him with a hug. You’d think Aiden and Ben were related with how similar they look, but they’ve been friends since elementary school.
    “You look as beautiful as ever, Sam,” he kisses my cheek and winks at me.
    “You’re such a smooth talker. I’m going to have to warn Charlotte!” I say referring to Ben’s wife. When I perch myself on Aiden’s lap, he grips my hips and makes me yelp.
    “Will you stop?” My stomach grumbles and I place my hand over my belly.
    “We should probably get going so we can feed that beast in your belly,” Aiden announces with a laugh and pushes me off his lap before standing.
    “Let me just kiss my goddaughter,” Ben says, bending down to pick up Tessa. She nuzzles into his neck and gives him a big hug.
    “See you later,” we call out as we leave the office. Thankfully, I didn’t have to see that floozy bitch again.

Chapter Four
     
     
    Kara
     
    “Miss Andrews?”
    I look up from my computer screen to see Jerome standing in my doorway with his hands in his pockets, biting his lip nervously.
    “What’s up, Jerome?” I ask with what I hope is a warm smile on my face.
    “I… I got you something for Christmas.” He looks down at the ground and rocks back on his heels. “Since you’re going on vacation, I wanted to give it to you now. If that’s okay, I mean.”
    “Oh, Jerome! Of course it’s okay!”
    His eyes look up from the carpet, and he gives me a tentative smile.
    “It isn’t much, but I saw it and thought of you.” He walks over to my desk and hands me a small, green and red wrapped box.
    I quickly tear into the paper, excited that he gave me a gift. Each year, I give the kids little gifts, but I don’t usually get too many in return. Not that I expect them or anything. But when I do get them, it makes it that much more special.
    Once the paper is gone, I open up the plain, white box. Pulling out the delicate ornament, I ’m speechless. It’s a light green, round ball shaped ornament. Hand painted shamrocks wrap around the entirety of it, along with a gorgeous, redheaded Irish dancer. How very thoughtful of him. I love all things Irish, but he couldn’t have known that.
    “Wow, Jerome. It’s lovely. Thank you so much! I love Irish ornaments.” I jump up from the chair and round my desk to stand in front of him. “You are quite a considerate young man. Thank you again.”
    I give him a quick hug and am surprised when he hugs me back tightly.
    “Miss Andrews…” He trails off, and I have a feeling I know where this is going. Poor thing still feels guilty over what happened last year.
    “Don’t. I’m serious, Jerome. We’ve gone over this a hundred times. You couldn’t have known and I’m fine now.” I lean back to look him in the face and give him a tight squeeze before releasing him.
    “Okay,” he concedes with a small grin.
    “I’m giving the rest of the kids their presents tonight, but here.” I hand him a card from the stack on my desk. “You can have yours now.”
    He gives me a wide smile and opens the card. “Wicked! A gift card to Best Buy!”
    There are a handful of kids that I give a little more to. They are the ones that I work with on a regular basis. Given mine and Jerome ’s history I gave him more than I probably should have. But he really was trying to save me that day. He was just trying to save me from the wrong man. The fact that he cared enough, gives him a special