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I smiled, knowing he was right.

“We do,” I agreed, smiling as I opened the door for Dirk to come in and bother me. “We’ll be back on Friday. You and Landon work on making sure we have a decent wedding for these guys.”

“I’ll do that. Thanks for letting me know. He’s inside gaming with Carey, and I’m about to ruin his week by making him host a respectable wedding for his future husband.”

Dirk clearly heard that, his eyes going wide as he scrambled for his phone. I grabbed it from him and wagged a finger.

“No, no. He gets to face his father without any sort of warning,” I said, making Heath laugh harder, catching on to what was happening on my side of things.

“This isn’t funny.” Dirk’s glare was very real, but it didn’t bother me at all.

“It’s hilarious.”

“Landon! Why didn’t you and Dirk tell anyone you planned on getting married?” Heath yelled at the top of his lungs. When he took my call, he’d been outside to get some fresh air and privacy away from his children. I laughed, knowing not only Landon was going to hear that. Dirk did, and I knew Carey inside the house would, too.

Carey’s excited and surprised shriek was the first response. Dirk leaned on the door frame, deeply horrified and embarrassed. I could only imagine what Landon’s face looked like.

“Who told you?”

“Doesn’t matter. You are going to throw a proper wedding for your husband,” Heath replied, and I could visualize the nonchalant shrug Heath had just given Landon.

“I need to convince Dirk that he doesn’t need to tell Jacky everything,” Landon said, groaning.

“We’ve got things here. It’s Tuesday evening… I can have something planned out nicely to have a wedding for them by Sunday. If Kick Shot can host the reception, we’ll be fine.”

“Call Oliver. He’ll make it happen,” I said, grinning at Dirk as I gave Heath the go-ahead. “Love you.”

“Love you, too. Stay safe out there.”

I hung up, keeping my shit-eating grin as I patted Dirk’s shoulder.

“How could you?” Dirk muttered, covering his face.

“Because we care about you and want to share these moments with you,” I said, rubbing his back. My grin faded as something else welled up in its place, a pain that I tried not to think about on most days. “And you deserve to have a wedding to celebrate your relationship with the love of your life, surrounded by people who fully support and love both of you.”

Dirk looked up from his hands.

“You’ll have one someday, too,” he whispered. “Thank you.”

I only nodded, glad he understood without me needing to say any more.

“Should we tell everyone else in the family?” Dirk straightened up, fixing his shirt.

“Only if you want. You have to call Niko, though.”

“I will. Right now. You can listen in. Or you can tell everyone else in the family. It’s fine if they don’t come. They are all really busy. Just you and Niko are fine from our side of things.”

“Yeah, I’ll tell them, though.” I smiled, pushing him back into his room but leaving the joining door open. I grabbed my laptop and a headset, calling whoever I could get. By the time I was done, I was going to make sure every single person in both families knew. I would even tell the entire pack if I had to.

For the first time in months, I was truly happy about something, and there was nothing throwing a shadow over it.

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CHAPTER FOURTEEN

HASAN

Hasan wished he knew why Zuri ran into the house looking like she was going to scream, but he didn’t have a chance to ask her. He wished he knew why she had scooped up Subira, and they disappeared into his mate’s office. He wished his hearing was good enough to bypass the magic Subira had used to keep both of their offices private. He wished, for a small second, that Zuri wasn’t his daughter, so he could find some excuse to steal his mate back, but he couldn’t steal a mother from a daughter or vice versa. That would get him hurt. And in trouble.

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