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Chapter 79
Bradley put his arm around her waist as they walked through the crowd towards the bar.
“A party?” She asked, smiling.
“Yes,” He agreed looking down at her and smiling. “I thought with all the stress of the last few days a nice party would get both of us out of a funk.” He kissed her on the lips then.To everyone they looked so in love. “Let’s mingle darling. Also, we are telling no one about the baby at this time. ” He whispered that to her as best he could.
“What? ...why?” She asked.
“Because of the timeline.” He looked as if he wanted to throttle her. The expression vanished quickly.
They made it to the bar.
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