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“No, I’ll just watch this morning. We can go for a swim together later if we want to.”

We traded numbers and got in line for our food. Once we both had our plates full, we found a table and took a seat.

“I can’t believe I’m sitting here eating breakfast on a cruise ship.”

“Well, it sounds to me like you earned it.”

He sat up straight and smiled at me. “You know what? I did.”

“So what do you want to do today? There are tons of things to do on the ship.”

“There’s actually so much to do I’m not even sure what to choose. There’s mini-golf, an arcade, an art exhibit, good heavens, there’s even a place to make a stuffed animal. How are you supposed to choose between all that?”

“How about if we just wander around and see what we find? I’d be up for doing any of the things you listed.”

“Really?”

“Sure, any of those sound fun to me. Or we could just hang out by the pool, whatever you want to do. I can see if one of the cabanas is open, and we could have a place to chill all day.”

“Do you think you can get one?”

“I don’t know. I can try and see if one’s available.”

“Let’s do that.”

I found someone who could check for me, and she was able to find me a cabana for the day. When I told Ollie, he acted like he’d won the lottery, and I decided right then that I was going to do anything I could for the rest of the week to keep that smile on his face.

Chapter 7

Ollie

This was the very best day ever. Adam got us the cabana, and we spent the morning just hanging out by the pool. At one point, his sister, Harper, and her wife, Bree, stopped by and hung out, and I liked them so much. They thought it was especially funny when I told them when I first saw Adam I thought he was with one of them. The three of them joking around and teasing each other was fun and was exactly what I’d always imagined it would be if I’d had any siblings. They didn’t stay long because they’d both signed up for a massage and spa treatment, but for the time they were there, I could tell they were excited that Adam had found someone to spend the week with.

We’d been sharing one of the chaise lounges while Harper and Bree sat on the other, but when they left, I didn’t bother to get up. Instead, I just turned around and leaned against him so that I was reclining against his chest while he laid back against the chair. “Daddy, is it okay if I see if Carey wants to come join us?”

“Absolutely,” he said. “I think that’s a great idea.”

I sent him a message, and he said he would be right up.

“He’s going to come right up. Maybe he’ll want to go get lunch with us.”

“You know if you need to spend time with your friend, I understand. I’m enjoying your company, but I don’t want you to miss out on anything you two might want to do.”

“No, we talked about this beforehand. Neither one of us is expecting the other one to be around a lot. I mean, sure we have fun together, but we do that all the time. This trip is about experiencing other things, and finding a Daddy was the main thing we were both hoping for.” I felt my cheeks flush. “I just didn’t really expect to find one right away.”

He reached around me and took my hand in his. “Sweetheart, if you think this is too soon, or if you want to go to some of the other events and see who you might meet, I’ll understand.”

I gasped at the idea and shook my head. “No, Daddy, I didn’t mean that in a bad way. I don’t want to meet anyone else.”

“Okay, good. Because so far, this adventure is better than I’d ever imagined.”

I wanted to tell him that I felt the same, but before I had a chance, Carey walked up.

“Hey there, Ollie.”

“Hey Carey, this is Adam.”

“Hey,” Carey said, flopping down on the chaise lounge. “This is really nice up here.”

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