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called you that, he just
agreed.”
    “Shouldn’t I get a break from the all the
shit since it’s Christmas?”
    “Now that wouldn’t be fun,” Cole said.
    Jasper sat back in the seat and crossed his
arms. “I hate you all.” He looked to Holly. “You should be on my
side.”
    “Now that wouldn’t be fun,” she sang,
borrowing Cole’s words.
    He grunted. “And to think I was going to
propose to you tomorrow.”
    “Jasper!” I hissed. What a complete
idiot.
    I knew, of course. He’d summoned me to help
pick out the perfect ring and told me his romantic plan of
proposing on Boxing Day when they went to Holly’s parents. They
lived near a natural park, which was decorated beautifully over the
holiday season. He was going to take her for a walk and propose
there. It was a much better idea than blurting it out over
dinner.
    Holly’s eyes widened, and Jasper winced. “You
what?”
    “Smooth,” Cole muttered.
    “There is no way you weren’t dropped on your
head as a child,” I said.
    Cole took my hand and stood up. “Let’s go in
the living room.”
    “What? Why?”
    He raised his eyebrow, tilting his head to
say ‘you know why’. I did, of course, but I really wanted to
witness this. Cole pulled me up and removed me from the room.
    “Why did you do that?”
    Laughing, he wrapped his arms around my waist
and kissed my shoulder. I turned us around so I could still see
into the kitchen and hugged him back.
    “You’re a bad sister,” he whispered in my
ear.
    “ Shh,” I replied , making him laugh.
    “What do you mean you were going to propose
tomorrow?” Holly asked.
    Jasper cleared his throat. “Tomorrow I
planned to propose we move house.”
    I closed my eyes. Why does he even bother opening his
mouth at all?
    “Oh, Jesus,” Cole whispered in my ear.
    “Jasper,” Holly said.
    “Propose we have another child.”
    “Jasper.”
    “ Propose we do that thing?” His voice got a little too high at the end
of his sentence. I turned my nose up and hoped I would never find
out what ‘that thing’ was.
    “ Jasper!” She sounded like she’d lost all
patience with him, and I couldn’t blame her.
    “Fine. Damn it, I’m so stupid,” he
muttered.
    That he was.
    “ The ring is at home , so this isn’t going to be at all
romantic.” He shook his head. “Screw it! Holly, will you marry
me?”
    My smile was as big as hers. I squeezed
Cole’s arms around mine. They’d better hurry up and set a
date soon. I loved
wedding preparations. Mum would, too. And Everleigh.
    “I don’t care about big, romantic gestures,
and of course I’ll marry you.”
    Cole chuckled and kissed my shoulder. “Good
luck, Holly.”
    “She’s good for him. Helps that she has the
patience of a Saint.”
    “Mum!” Jasper shouted. “Me and Holly just got
engaged!”
    Cole just managed to pull us both to the side
before everyone came rushing through to congratulate them.
    “ Where’s the ring?” I heard Mum ask. She’d
given Bentley over to Miles , who had him sleeping in one arm and Sophia sitting in the
other. Miles may not be related to them by blood, but he was the
best grandad I could have hoped for, along with David.
    “I haven’t got it. This wasn’t supposed to
happen until tomorrow but apparently I can’t keep my big mouth
shut,” Jasper explained. He then had to explain exactly what that
meant.
    “This is the best Christmas yet,” Jenna said,
giving them both a hug.
    That reminded me. “Hey, in a little while we
need to go and see Everleigh’s snowman family.”
    “Yeah,” he replied. “Shall we go see the
happy couple first?”
    “Definitely.”
    The second I stepped into the kitchen
Jasper pried Mum’s hands off him and made his way over. Though he
drove me crazy , we were
incredibly close. When we left for Australia, he’d been my rock and
helped me to heal.
    “Congratulations, you utter moron,” I said,
giving him a hug.
    He squeezed. “At least I don’t have to spend
tomorrow