By the time dessert was cleared, the penthouse felt less like a home and more like a carnival. Emily had somehow convinced Lucas to let her ride on his shoulders around the living room, shrieking with laughter as he pretended to be a horse. Stacy clapped along, egging Emily on with chants of, “Faster, Grandpa! Faster!” Gloria sat back on the couch with a glass of her phone, her eyes full of affection as she watched the chaos. “Lucas, you’ll pull a muscle at your age,” she called lightly. Lucas puffed out his chest. “I’ll have you know I’m still in my prime. This little one weighs nothing!” Emily squealed, “I’m heavy! I’m super heavy!” Cassie laughed from her spot on the sofa, shaking her head. It was strange... surreal, even... how she quickly had become part of this family rhythm. Not long ago, she had thought of the Rosewoods as distant, unreachable people. But after marrying Nikolai, she realized that they felt like her people. “Careful, Cass,” Stacy said, plopp
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