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She also loves to showcase that in her routines and the girls along with the audience love to watch it.

Self-included.

Sometimes we attend games as a family – Wilcox Enterprises owns a luxury suite at the stadium – where we cheer for Jericho – who’s still single – and the cheerleaders alike. Wyland, my now two and half year-old nephew, pretends to both be a basketball player and break dancer whenever we're there proving exactly how much he loves them both.

Welcoming them into my world was surprisingly effortless.

Wes – albeit not a fan of strangers – never treated them like they were.

From the moment they stepped foot on the estate grounds, which is where Janae and I live at times on our own portion of the property, they were considered family.

I’m sure it helped having Bryn vouch for them beforehand, but it was still a relief.

I was still grateful that both halves of my life could do more than co-exist.

They could be one.

Like our work, life balance shit.

My app has proven to be extremely lucrative and successful for the company – despite the delayed demo schedule I arranged to support Nae a couple years back – and I’ve learned to manage having a hectic schedule by having Beloved comewith me whenever she can along with making sure my personal assistant takesher scheduleinto account too, allowing us to carve out time together more often.

Wes reallyshouldtake some director’s notes in this department; however, that’s another story for another place that isnotour honeymoon.

“How about…” my hands return to her hips right on top of her original Starfleet Delta and Beloved tattoos upon sitting up, “we go one more round in the water and then head into town to do that shopping I’ve been avoiding like aVoyagerrerun?”

“Voyagershouldn’t be avoided.Enterpriseshould.”

“Inever,” playfully leaves my lips, instantly springing a smile to hers, “thought I would marry someone who would say something so wrong.”

“I never thought I would marry someone who couldbeso wrong.”

“I never thought I would marry someone I fake dated on vacation.”

“I never thought I would marry someone I convinced to fake date me on vacation.”

“I’ve never been happier.”

Her arms lovingly tangle around my neck at the same time her lips descend for mine. “And neither have I.”

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