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STONEY CREEK
The lights were on in the living room, and Sydney could see Jax sitting at the dining room table working on his laptop. Her heart raced from pure love for this man and from anxiety for the news she would share with him tonight. She parked beside his truck in the driveway and retrieved her suitcase from the backseat. Before she reached the stairs to the veranda, the door flew open and Jax ran out and down the stairs. “There she is. The love of my life.” He threw his arms around her and squeezed her tight. He rocked her back and forth in his arms like he always did.
Sydney laughed and rocked with him. “Hey, cowboy. Could you let a girl breathe?”
Jax released her and took her suitcase. “I missed you.”
She followed him up the stairs and into the house. “Me, too.”
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