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That got another laugh out of Lexi. “Well, I’m sure that will be the case tomorrow.”

“Yep. If they want to skate with Santa, maybe we’ll have a round of crack the whip.”

“Oh goodness,” Lexi said the words in a huff of laughter. “I’m imagining Santa sending kids flying into the boards.”

“It’s gonna be a blast. You just wait and see.”

“I’m curious to see how it all works out,” she said. “Do you think Alexander will be there for the whole time?”

“I doubt it, but you never know.”

“I should probably talk to him at some point,” Lexi mused, running her hands over the steering wheel.

Wilder reached out to rest his hand over the one of hers that was closest to him, stilling her movement. “You don’t have to benervous about meeting with him. He’s actually a pretty cool guy. Just like Hudson.”

“Just like Hudson?”

Wilder realized then that maybe Lexi wasn’t aware of the relationship between the two men. “Isn’t Alexander your godfather?”

“Yep. Though I’m not sure how or why he is.”

“But you don’t know about him and Hudson?”

Lexi turned to face him. “What about him and Hudson?”

“I guess it’s not really a huge secret. Alexander is Hudson’s father.”

“What?” she exclaimed.

“Yep. Bit of a story there, but he and Hudson are finally building a relationship.”

“So Kayleigh is the daughter-in-law of the man who owns Remington?”

“She is. Although she was working for the company before she ever met Hudson.”

“You have a very… interesting family.”

“I do.” Wilder would like to think he was themostinteresting to Lexi, but he wasn’t sure that was the case.

Wilder’s phone rang, and he shifted to pull it out of his pocket. Seeing it was Janessa, he answered it. “What’s up, sis?”

“Where are you?”

“I’m outside talking with Lexi,” he said. “Do you need something?”

“You’re outside?” The porch light flickered wildly.

“I’m not on the porch,” he told her with a laugh. “It’s too cold to be standing outside.”

“Oh.” The porch light stayed on. “Where are you then? You could see what I was doing so obviously not too far away.”

“We’re sitting in her car with the heat on.”

“As long as you’re not heating things up…”

Wilder scoffed. “That’s not happening.”

“Well, maybe it could in the future.”

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