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Steven laughed at her even shorter one-word answer, "I can do most things in the office at home, and I have an amazing assistant, Stacey, who handles most things now anyway." Josie opens an eye and looks over her shoulder at him. "She saw you that day when I was an ass, and she was the one who basically pushed me to fix things because I was… well, an ass."

"Sounds smart." Josie was smiling to herself as she faced the monitor again. Steven nuzzled into her neck and smelled her vanilla honey shampoo.

"Sounds like I will have to keep you apart so I don't get ganged up on." Josie pulled his hand up to her mouth and kissed it. "She is going to love you. I mean, everyone does."

"It is pretty easy to love someone as awesome as me." Her tired voice sure forced that sentence out.

Steven felt sleep taking him over, but he still tried to focus on Josie falling asleep in his arms. He took his hand out of hers and started running his fingers up and down her body. He watched the goosebumps grow and disappear as his hands moved elsewhere. He listened to her hum of approval and had to talk himself out of starting another round.

"Goodnight, Steven," Josie whispered out.

Steven kissed her shoulder, neck, and upper back. "Goodnight, Josie." He lay there listening to her breathing slow and even. Her muscles completely relaxed, and Steven finally let his eyes close. He felt as if he had won the lottery. He was getting the woman of his dreams, his son, and the life he planned for himself before he even walked out of her apartment the first time they slept together.

Steven felt the peace roll down his body, and he let his mind wander to all of the good days to come in his life. He had plans he had not shared with her yet. He knew she would get scared and back out of the living arrangement. He had plans to make, and Lana was going to be the one to help him bring them to fruition.

Lana may not have liked him much after everything that happened, but he was slowly gaining her trust. Steven peeked at the monitor and saw Lucas moving around. Steven debated getting up to get him, but if Josie heard him on the monitor, she would wake up, too. Lucas did not move after a few minutes, letting Steven abandon all ideas of leaving Josie alone in bed.

His eyes drifted closed, and the sound of her breathing lulled him to the best sleep he had in years.

Chapter twenty-three

Josephine

Thefollowingday,whenLana walked in and found Steven half-naked walking around the house packing bags, she was frustrated beyond belief. She thought he was trying to get rid of things without Josephine's permission. Steven and Lana were in a heated conversation when Josephine brought Lucas out of his room, "And here is Auntie Lana, yelling at Daddy."

Lana snapped her eyes over to her nephew and instantly smiled. "Hello Sweet Love!" Lana threw a look over her shoulder at Steven, then smiled back at their son.

"Why were you yelling at Steven?" Josephine asked, putting a hand on her hip and raising her eyebrows at Lana.

"He is out here packing up all your things." She stares at Josephine for a while before fully noticing the smirk on Josephine's face. "Oh, no. Really?" Lana lets out an exasperated groan.

"Yes, really. He asked us, and I think it is time." Josephine looked over at Steven and gave a tiny little nod.

Lana plopped down on the couch with Lucas in her lap. She frowned, and he put his hands on her face and made her smile. "So, no more girls breakfasts, days, or outings?"

Steven laughed behind her, "You are welcome in our home just as you are welcome here. I won't give you a key just in case we are involved in something, but you will always be welcome."

Josephine approved of his answer. Lana seemed to be mulling it over, and Josephine mouthed, "I will get you a copy," to her and winked. Steven came over and picked up his son from Lana's lap.

"You have fun with Mama and Auntie today. I will see you tomorrow." He gave Lucas a ton of kisses, making him giggle, and kissed Josephine on the head. "Love you."

"Love you, too. I will call you later." Josephine nodded at him and turned to Lana. "He is going to grab the first load, and we are going to eat."

Lana stood up and stuck her tongue out in Steven's direction before heading out the door. The car ride to the diner was quiet, but Josephine knew Lana had some things to get off her chest. Josephine cleared her throat and glanced out of the corner of her eye at her. "Well, say it."

Lana groaned and let it out. "After everything, you are sure this will be the right move for you both? Living with him?"

Josephine chuckled and shrugged, "It feels like the exact thing my son needs, which makes it what I need. I love him. He loves me. We were always going to wind up together one way or another. I figure, why fight it?" Josephine felt at ease with the statement.

"That's the best you got? It would happen, so why not just jump on in?" Lana was laughing weirdly now.

"You know that's not what I mean." Josephine knew Lana would eventually come on board, but she did not expect her to be so bitter about it right away.

When Josephine and Lucas got home that evening, she was slightly stunned at how much had been done. The guest room had been moved without her planning on doing it for a few days, most of Lucas's nursery had been moved, minus some necessities, and almost all of the storage bins were out of the garage and storage space.

Josephine looked around and decided to call Steven to get some answers. The phone rang twice, and when he answered, loud music flooded through the phone.

"Babe?" Steven asked. "Hold on. Let me get in the office."

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