Page 34 of Winter Love

“I love you so much, Emmanuelle.”

I smile, lean back on him and let him hold me.

“We have a lot to do still, are you going to talk or help?” Felicity teases him.

Lukas chuckles. “How much more do we have to do?”

“Powders and then the wet flavors,” I say.

“That sounded weird.” Felicity laughs.

“Can we help? We love all the flavors we’ve gotten to try. I can’t wait to get these back to Lake Renegade,” Celestino says as he comes into the kitchen.

“We can always use help.” Felicity smiles. “Right now we’re just doing the popcorn. Then we do the flavors for the dry ones. Then we’ll do the wet ones as we pop the popcorn.”

“You don’t mind sharing your popcorn secrets?” Celestino asks Lukas.

“There’s no secrets with family.” He chuckles.

“True.” He nods.

Lukas

We spend the rest of the night making popcorn for our new family to take back home. I love sharing what we’ve been doing with them. Also, I’m pretty sure the guys are eating as much as we’re packing.

“I can’t believe how good this shit is. We’re gonna keep you busy ordering to stock our shelves in Lake Renegade,” Noah says.

We all laugh.

“You think he’s joking. Wait till Mam tries it, they’re gonna want to do something to showcase it at the bakery,” Sebastiano says.

“Your mom owns a bakery?” Rhett asks.

“Precious Risings Bakery is owned by my mam, my tia Rosaura, Zio Leonardo’s wife and Caitríona, Giacomo’s wife,” Sebastiano tells us.

“That’s awesome. I wonder what they could do with popcorn to make a dessert. Like a popcorn cluster?” Paxton asks.

“Wait till you meet them. They come up with so many great pastries. You’ll have to come and meet them. Everyone’s gonna love you.”

“Maybe we can find a way to come visit soon. We might not be able to all come together, because we run the store ourselves. But we can alternate.”

“As long as you all come down? That’s what matters,” Sebastiano says.

“Are you excited to get back to Schuyler?” Emma asks him.

“Hell yes. I miss her so damn much.” He smiles. “I can’t wait for all of you to meet her and our babies.”

I can see the look in Emma’s eyes when Sebastiano mentions babies. I look at her belly and wonder if maybe we’ll be having our own soon. It’s not like we’ve been doing anything to prevent it. Emmanuelle says she wants to be married before we have babies. I’m not opposed to that either. I’d marry her tomorrow if I could. But I know she needs her family here and I want our new family with us too.

“Oh my god this popcorn is delicious,” Salvatore says with his mouth full.

“Maybe if you pack more than you eat, maybe we could take some home too,” Sebastiano teases him.

“Hey it’s not my fault it tastes so damn good. It’s Lukas’ fault.”

I laugh at them both.

“We can always make more. And besides, we made a lot. Eat up.”

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