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AIDEN
She was such a rebellious, distrusting little thing.
And, God, I’d be damned if I’d let her fear keep us apart. What she needed was an old-fashioned courtship.
Whether she admitted it or not, we would live together, and she was my baby girl. And I didn’t mean temporarily. She was mine. Her stubbornness was just impeding something great. Thankfully, I had just what it would take to convince her. After I finished up at work, I’d go home, shower, and pay Ms. Scarlett a visit.
A man on a mission, I got out of my pickup truck and walked around the property to find Scarlett. I’d never felt so determined about anything in my life.
Her beautiful, generous a*s was the first thing I saw. She was setting a hose in front of her roses to soak them in a sprinkle. She rose and stretched he
