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“Who is that?” Grace asks, and I turn my phone around to show her.

“Oh, so we are going bowling tonight?” she asks.

I nod. “Looks like we are.”

And it couldn’t have come at a better time. Grace likes bowling, and I need her to be in a good mood if I’m going to ask her to take a vacation with me.

Three hours later, we’ve eaten dinner, had a drink, and are in third place for bowling.

“Yes!” Grace shrieks when she hits another strike.

“Hell yeah!” I jump up from where I’ve been sitting and give her a high five.

Then we sit back down, and Gavin groans.

“I hate that you’re both competitive. Losing to you both is ten times worse than just one of you.”

Grace and I look at each other and laugh.

This. I missed this.

“You guys, look!” Brooke comes bounding over with her phone in her hand. She hands it to Grace, and I’m immediately invested after I see that there is an article on the lodge on the screen.

Love at Lovers Lodge Is Still Going

Grace reads in silence while I read over her shoulder. Phrases like true love, commitment, and met his match all catch my eye, but it’s the picture of us laughing as we walk down the hallway that stops me.

When did they take that? I know it was the day we came back from LA, but I didn’t even know how many reporters were waiting for us yet.

Still, I can’t help but say, “This is wonderful, Grace.”

I reach out and hug her. “This is really good.”

Brooke is up to bowl now, so Grace puts her phone down and turns to me, her head leaning in close.

“Are we actually doing it?” she whispers.

I lean even closer. My cheek to hers.

“We’re doing it, Sunny.”

She pulls back to look at me, and I see it, the look, the one where her eyes soften just before her breathing picks up.

My cue to kiss her.

But fuck if I’m going to let our first kiss be with her brothers sitting on either side of me.

So instead, I blurt out, “So some of the board members take a trip to St. Lucia each year, and they’ve invited me to go this year.”

“You should.” She beams, leaning back to put space between us. “That’s great news. Maybe they are coming around, and that’s why they want to include you. You should go.”

“Yeah, it would be nice to get some one-on-one time with them outside of the office and charity settings. Sometimes, a change of scenery can show you what kind of person someone truly is.”

“Yes!” Grace screams as Layla gets a strike. She jumps up to high-five her niece and then returns to her seat next to me.

I chuckle at Grace’s competitive side. Her brother wasn’t joking. It’s different when you’re on the same team with her. It’s pretty sexy on this side.

“Do you want one-on-one time with them?” She turns to give me her full attention. “Will they want to talk business on this trip?”