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    “Come on, Alyssa, I messed up, okay? Can you forgive me?”


    “Let go of me.”


    “Can we not dig up the past right now?”


    “Go away.”


    “Alyssa—”


    “If you say one more word, I swear I’ll throw you across the room.”


    Ethan froze. “Copy that!” He straightened up like a soldier and backed away. “I’ll be in the next room—just holler if you need anything!” And with that, he disappeared through the door.


    The moment it closed behind him, a grin tugged at his lips. He had to tell Ellis. He needed him to know how perfect things were now—how he and Alyssa hade full circle. From sneaking nces during high school calculus to dreaming about their wedding day. It was fate.


    He pulled out his phone, buzzing with excitement. He couldn’t wait to break the news to Ellis.


    Ellis was just sitting down to dinner with Freya when the message came through. He looked at it, rolled his eyes, and calmly typed back, “If I were you, I’d be too embarrassed to admit that.”


    Ethan replied fast. “Jealous much?”


    “Of what? A guy who couldn’t say how he felt for years?”


    “We’ve been in love since we were teens. That’s gotta sting a little.”


    Ellis stared at the message for a second, his thumb hovering over the screen. But he didn’t text back. Instead, he ced the phone down and went on eating like nothing happened.


    Later that evening, he and Freya went upstairs.


    When she saw him digging out that same old photo, she tilted her head. “What are you doing with that picture again?”


    “I’m sending it to Ethan.”


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    “Why?”


    “He’s out here bragging about how Alyssa’s been into him since their teen years.” Ellis shook his head, amused. “I need to remind him that you were captivated by me.”


    “When you were two.” He held up the picture, snapped a photo of it with his phone, and sent it off.


    Freya couldn’t find any words. So this was what male pride looked like?


    Without hesitation, Ellis sent a message to Ethan.


    Ethan fired back, “You just grabbed some random little girl and said she’s Freya. You think I’m that easy to fool?”


    Ellis grabbed one of the family photos from Freya’s album and sent it too.


    Once Ethan saw the little girl in the picture beside Ellis and realized it really was Freya, he was shocked.


    So she actually liked Ellis when she was two?


    Ethan said, “Yeah, but it still took you over twenty years to finally be together. Alyssa and I are still the sweetest and most romantic couple out there. No argument.”


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