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into his arms, cuddling the baby close. It was a welcome sight to see her workaholic brother focused on something other than making another billion.
    Not that Rory had a problem with the money. She didn’t. She enjoyed knowing that thanks to his and River’s hard work, none of them would ever worry about money. She just wished he hadn’t sacrificed his whole life to Harwood Industries. There was something brewing between he and Krista, she just knew it. She predicted they would be together by Christmas.
    She took a seat next to River and looked across the table to see Krista and Flora. Dean and Uncle Oliver sat at the ends as always. “Krista, will you be here for Christmas?”
    She shook her head. “No, I’ll be gone on Christmas Eve.”
    Rory didn’t believe it, but that wasn’t her business. “That’s too bad.”
    Uncle Oliver cleared his throat. “I think we should celebrate at Dean’s house this year, so, Dean, put a tree up in this house soon so we can all start putting presents under it.”
    Rory had to laugh at the way Uncle Oliver always took charge. Even though he had long since retired, he was a still a force of nature. Oliver had taken Rory and Dean in after the death of their parents and their other uncle, James. By then, he’d already had been taking care of River for years. They were one big alternative family and she loved all of them, no matter how much they got on her nerves. “I’ll be busy working, so I may or may not show up for the ball on Christmas Eve or dinner on Christmas Day.”
    “You will be here for dinner, Aurora, and you will attend the ball. This is a time for family, dammit.”
    She heard Dean and River chuckling and glared at them. “I have a new client and he expects his house to be party ready by New Year’s Eve, which means I have a lot of work to do.” Every year she had this conversation with her uncle and it was getting old.
    Oliver scoffed and set his black rimmed glasses on the table, rubbing his eyes. “Last year you spent all of December in Bali and the year before that you spent Christmas redecorating your building.” He fixed the glasses back on his face. “You need to get over yourself and get into the damn spirit.”
    Get over myself? “Really, Uncle Ollie? I should get over the fact that I hate this time of year? Maybe you should get over the idea that this is the only time for family. We have dinner together at least once every week.” It was ridiculous, that’s what it was. They spent more time together than any other family she knew, so he had no real reason to complain.
    “You aren’t the only one who lost family at Christmas, Rory. Maybe you should spend time focusing on the family you do have.”
    “Who is this client?” Dean was always the one stepping in to end an argument before it got messy. She loved him for it.
    Rory sipped her wine and shrugged. “I have no idea, really, because the only communication has been through his assistant. All I know is he’s the COO and owner of HB Tech.” It was a new company she’d never heard of but planned to Google as soon as dinner was over. Half of her fee was paid upfront and tomorrow she would meet with the infamous HB…or H and B; really, she had no idea.
    The rest of dinner was much less combative than the first part, for which Rory was eternally grateful. She was also happy to be on the road home because she loved her family, but watching Dean and Krista fight what was happening between them made her ache in a place she’d felt nothing but numb a long time ago. She was happy for Dean, or at least she would be when he pulled his head out of his ass and made Krista his.
    Not that she was an expert on love, not by a long shot. Seeing the sizzling chemistry between them made her wonder if she’d ever have that again. Well again assumed she’d had that love before, but she hadn’t. Not really. She thought she’d met the guy for her a long time ago and she gave him everything, everything , but