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    The Finch family’s restaurant buzzed with anticipation as they rescheduled the dinner with the Miller family for four days after Dunn’s return.


    Aurora rode with Adrian and Joelle, sharing the back seat with Molly and Rnd.


    Joelle turned from the passenger seat. “Rnd, how have you been? Is work tiring?”


    Before Rnd could respond, Molly jumped in. “What’s there to be tired about? He’s got someone taking care of him at home!” Joelle and Adrian froze at herment.


    Aurora quickly covered Molly’s mouth.


    What they’d discovered had been pure chance. Earlier, when winter’s chill had settled in, Joelle had asked Aurora and Molly to deliver some winter clothes to Rnd.


    Finding him absent, they left the package at his doorstep.


    Just as they were about to leave, a woman appeared, grocery bags in hand, and unlocked Rnd’s door with a key.


    They stood there, dumbfounded, as if they’d stumbled upon something monumental.


    Aurora had warned Molly to stay quiet, but there was no containing her burning curiosity.


    The next day, as Aurora sat in school, Molly’s call came through. Her voice practically exploded with excitement. “Aurora! Do you know who that gorgeous woman is?”


    “Who?”


    “I asked around—she’s Rnd’s girlfriend. They’ve been living together for a while. She cooks for him, does hisundry, cleans his ce. Oh my God! Rnd is only eighteen!”


    Aurora found herself equally stunned.


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    Rnd, who was a year younger than her, was already sharing his life with someone?


    Given that Molly and Rnd had never gotten along, now that she had this ammunition, she could barely contain her excitement to watch him squirm.


    Joelle was still trying to wrap her head around the revtion. “Rnd, what’s going on? You have someone living with you?”


    Rnd kept his gaze fixed on the passing scenery, his expression unchanged. “Yeah, a friend.”


    “A guy or a girl?”


    He pressed his lips together before answering reluctantly, “A girl.”


    Adrian and Joelle exchanged a nce.


    While they understood young people were more independent these days, this seemed to cross a line.


    “And what’s your rtionship?” Joelle asked.


    “She’s my girlfriend.” Rnd didn’t want to hide it, knowing that with Molly in the picture, attempting secrecy was futile.


    Joelle managed a strained smile. “Rnd, don’t you think you might be rushing into something serious?”


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