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it out and placed the plate between us. Then she handed me clean paper plates and I set them on the table for us. After she placed a slice on my plate and hers, she sat down to take a bite.
    “Dig in.” She smiled. “I was hoping to feed our guests better food, but I guess boys will be boys.” 
    “It’s okay, Jenna. We’ve been to your house plenty of times and had the best gourmet food. I’ll help you clean up after we eat.” I never knew how hungry I was until I took the first bite and swallowed.
    Jenna poured apple cider in cups and handed one to me. “Don’t worry about it. It’s not as bad as it looks. Besides, we can have everyone pick up a few toys and we’ll be done. That’s plenty of hands. They were having fun, so that’s all that matters. And we got to have our special time together. Our husbands are just used to having the nanny pick up after them. They’re so spoiled. And Cassie is just fine.” She gave Cassie a kiss on the cheek, and she started to fuss again. She handed her a rattling toy from next to the pizza box.
    “Cassie looks just like you. Similar facial structure—the shape of your ears, nose, and even your lips.” I looked at her lovingly, recalling when Addy was her age.
    Jenna swallowed and picked up her cup to take a sip. “That’s what everyone says.”
    I sighed as I took my last bite of pizza.
    Jenna eased her shoulders and released a long breath. “Are you tired? ‘Cause I’m beat.”
    “Yeah. Shopping is not fun during Christmas time. It feels like busy work,” I added.
    Jenna grabbed the container on the counter and filled both our cups with more apple cider. I would have offered to help, but knowing Jenna, she wanted to be the good hostess, which was not necessary. We were family after all.
    “I think I’ll do online shopping from now on, at least during the holidays,” I said, enjoying my drink.
    “Yeah, me too,” she agreed.
    After we ate, I helped her clean up, and we went our separate ways.

Chapter 5

    Jenna
     
    It had been a crazy start to the week so far. Meeting our deadlines seemed harder with so many employees taking vacation time. And since Matthew and I were planning to take a week off after Christmas, we were in a time crunch.
    “Which model’s shot are we going to use? Have we decided yet?” I asked my team, holding up the photos of the models named Josh and Nathan. We had used both before; however, this was a cover for the new year.
    Matthew rubbed the back of his neck. “I can’t decide.”
    “Nathan,” one of my coworkers said.
    “Josh,” someone else muttered.
    “Nathan. I like the blue sweater on him,” another one said.
    “This one is better, with Josh in the black sweater. It looks edgier. It’s from M. Knights men’s line, right?” another coworker asked.
    “Both sweaters are,” I replied. “Matthew, it’s up to you. We can’t decide between the two.”
    Matthew sighed, looking distracted, but then seemed to focus back to our conversation, “Use Nathan for January and Josh for February,” he ordered quickly and went back to his desk.
    I narrowed my eyes at him and wondered if he’d had a fight with Becky. All couples had their ugly moments. It was inevitable. Either it was Becky or the job. “Let’s do what Matthew suggested,” I said and then adjourned the meeting. Being the good sister-in-law, I decided to be nosy and pretend to be busy on the computer, when actually I was eavesdropping on his phone conversation.
    “Okay. I understand,” Matthew replied almost in a whisper, looking at the computer screen. It looked as though he was reading a document. Then it wasn’t Becky on the phone. I relaxed a little. Becky would have told me if they’d had a big fight.
    He paused to listen.
    “That’s fine. Just take care of it, Thomas. We don’t need this over the holidays.” He furrowed his brows, looking irate. “Okay,” he said a few seconds later. “I will. Keep me informed.” Then he hung up.
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