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“Oh, it’s your anniversary?” Charlie asked.
“No. We’ve only been official for a few months. But anytime I get to wake up beside this woman is a day to celebrate.”
Hellen shook her head. “He’s a little dramatic, but if we drank every time we woke up together, we’d be drunk every day.”
“They’re married,” Daisy said.
“It’s good to see a couple still so in love after the wedding,” Charlie said.
“You know, cher, maybe we should do that. Make it legal and everything,” Lucien said. “Want to do that? Be my wife?”
“I am your wife. A piece of paper doesn’t mean a thing. We’re already bound heart and soul.”
“True, but I kind of want to announce it to everybody else,” Lucien said.
“Well, most people gauge whether or not people are taken by the fact they wear wedding rings or not. We could get some pretty new rings.”
“I’m game. Would you wear my ring, my mate?”
“Every single day!” she exclaimed, falling into his arms when he leaned close to her to kiss her again.
“Ignore them. They’re still in the honeymoon phase and deliriously in love.”
“I’m actually kind of jealous,” Charlie said.
“You going to stay and dance with us?” Hellen asked.
“Probably not. Carson, Charlie’s little boy is at home with my parents. We have to be getting back,” Daisy said.
“Fine, kids come first. I get it,” Hellen said.
“You look familiar,” Charlie said to Hellen.
“Really? I don’t think we’ve ever met before.”
“She’s Havoc’s twin sister,” Daisy explained.
“Of course. I see it now,” Charlie said.
“You met Havoc?” Lucien asked with his eye wide to indicate it must have been a stressful event.
Charlie huffed a laugh. “I did.”
“And you’re still here? You must really care about Daisy,” Lucien said.
Charlie looked adoringly at Daisy, then nodded with a soft smile on his face. “I do. Very much. Even a crazy cousin can’t scare me away.”
Daisy blushed.
Charlie remembered suddenly that he was being watched by two more of her cousins, one of which was a twin of the one he just called crazy and quickly looked right at Hellen. “Not that I meant that in a bad way or anything. No offense meant.”
Hellen laughed. “Not a problem. He is kind of crazy. In a good way. But I’m not.”
“She’s actually the most normal of all of them. Well, one of the normal ones. Analise isn’t all that crazy either,” Daisy said.
“Hey! Look what the cat dragged in!” Vince called out as he walked down to the end of the bar and pretended he’d just noticed them.
“Uncle Vince!” Daisy said.
