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pressure was on to make the
    next album even bigger. So, between the touring and the albums, we rarely had time when it was just
    the two of us. And while we would only have a week alone together, I planned on making the most of
    every single second.
    After I finished showering, I got out and toweled off. Grabbing my robe off the door, I slipped
    into the silky material. At the sound of a squeal in the bedroom, I grinned and padded over to the
    door. When I opened it, I saw Bella on the bed with Mia bent over her. As Mia blew raspberries on
    Bella’s naked belly, Bella giggled and kicked her feet. Mia pulled away to cock her head. “Now can
    we put on your pretty dress without you pitching a hissy fit?”
    Bella replied with a coo and a wave of her arms. Mia glanced over her shoulder at me. “I’m
    putting her in the one you gave her at her baptism.”
    I smiled. “She’ll look beautiful in it, I’m sure.” I had been both surprised and honored when Mia
    and AJ had asked me to be Bella’s godmother. I felt there were other more deserving family
    members, especially AJ’s sister. But Mia had insisted. So four months ago I’d stood with AJ’s
    brother, Antonio, at the altar of Christ the King as Bella was baptized. Among several gifts I’d gotten
    her was a dress I’d hoped she’d be wearing to her parent’s rehearsal dinner since it was lacy and
    frilly. But it looked like she was going to be debuting it at mine since Mia and AJ weren’t getting
    married for another four months.
    “Sorry about Jake freaking out like that on you,” I said, as I toweled my hair.
    Mia adjusted the enormous lavender bow on Bella’s head. “It’s okay. I’m surprised it didn’t
    happen to him sooner like it did to Rhys when we were out on tour.”
    “Oh no. Did he have a similar reaction?”

    Mia laughed. “Worse. He ran into the wall trying to get away from me.”
    “Seriously?” I asked.
    “Sadly, yes.” With a smile, she shook her head. “Men spend their lives being obsessed with
    boobs, and then the moment a baby is attached to it, they lose their minds.”
    I grinned. “I know, right?”
    “Well, when it’s all said and done, I’m really, really sorry that I interrupted you two.” She
    winked at me. “You guys looked pretty hot and heavy there.”
    “It’s okay.” When Mia gave me a ‘yeah right’ look, I shook my head. “Trust me, it was fine.
    Besides, Jake was trying to break my resolve on abstaining until our wedding night.”
    Mia’s dark brows furrowed in confusion. “Excuse me?”
    “Oh, I decided to make our wedding night special, we wouldn’t have sex for a week before the
    wedding.”
    “Hmm, maybe I should torture AJ with that in a few months.”
    I laughed. “Why not?”
    She grinned. “Considering we’ve already done everything backwards, I don’t think we need to
    worry about our wedding night being very special. In the end, you make your special moments, and
    they usually happen when you go off the script.”
    “The script?”
    “Oh, you know. The life script—the way you’ve meticulously planned out how everything is
    going to happen in your life.” Mia picked up Bella. As she stared into her daughter’s face, pure love
    emanated in her eyes. “My life script never would have ever included AJ. I mean, a rock star? Who in
    their right mind would want to marry someone who lives a rootless existence on the road with
    beautiful women constantly throwing themselves at their feet?” She snorted. “Not me, that’s for damn
    sure. But that’s where I was wrong. And when I decided to just screw the script, that’s when I found
    the truest of loves and the greatest of happiness.”
    “I see what you mean.” I’d been pretty rigid with my life script lately, and I couldn’t help
    wondering if it was for the best. “Maybe I should go to Jake tonight after the party,” I murmured.
    Mia adjusted Bella on her hip. “And finish what you started?” she asked with a sly