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My heart felt like it was doing a samba in my chest.
“I feel the same way.”
I mean, things are great between you and me, I know that, but you know I’m a package deal. Mia needs a mother figure, and if you’re not ready for that…”
“I’d like to try,” I replied.
The first time we all went for a walk together, Mia slipped her small, warm hand into mine.
When she started calling me “Miss Lila” in that shy, hopeful voice, I started to believe I could be the person who stepped into the hole in her life.
And when Matthew proposed, I accepted without a second thought.
If only I’d known then that Matthew was hiding a huge secret.
Our wedding was small and simple.
Family and friends witnessed the promise we made to each other, and celebrated with us afterward.
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