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Page 47 of Broken Billionaire's Second Chance

“Beer, Aunt Barb?” I held up a bottle.

“Thank you, Christian.”

I removed the cap and handed it to her.

“I’m in complete shock over what happened,” she said.

“So are we, Mom,” Sam spoke.

“I know Celeste and I spent many years at odds with each other, but we ultimately became friends, and I’m very sad over this loss. That poor child is parentless, which brings me to the question. Which of you will take her in and raise her?” She stared at Sam, Stefan, Sebastian, Simon, and Shaun.

“We haven’t discussed any of that yet, Mom,” Sebastian said.

“We still haven’t fully absorbed that Celeste is gone,” Simon spoke.

“Do any of you know if Celeste had a will?” Aunt Barb asked.

“I don’t know,” Sam said. “We’ll have to find out.”

“I’ll get in touch with her attorney in the morning,” Shaun said.

I finished my beer, said goodnight to my family, and returned to the house. When I stepped through the sliding door, I locked it, turned off the lights, and headed upstairs.

“Hi.” I walked into the bedroom and kissed Charleigh’s forehead. “I’m going to take a quick shower before bed.”

“How about a bath, and I’ll join you?”

The corners of my mouth curved upward as I stared at her. “Let’s go.” I held out my hand.

When we walked into the bathroom, Charleigh handed me a bottle of bubble bath infused with lavender, Earl gray tea, and Bergamot.

“Is this new?” I asked as I started the water.

“Yes. It’s from a new organic store I stopped into the other day.”

I took the cap off and brought the bottle to my nose.

“It smells nice.” I smiled as I poured some into the tub.

Stripping out of my clothes, I climbed into the tub and waited for Charleigh to twist up her hair and join me. Once she did, I tightly wrapped my arms around her and pressed my lips against the top of her head.

“I can’t believe she’s gone, Christian.”

“I know, babe. I can’t either.”

“Who’s going to take Nora?” she asked.

“They haven’t discussed it yet. Everyone is still getting over the shock.”

“Thank God she has five brothers to help her through this. And all of us.” She tilted her head back and looked up at me.

“She’s a very loved little girl, and the best part is that she’ll be around her cousins every day. There certainly isn’t a shortage of kids for her to play with around here.” I smirked.

“No. There isn’t.” Charleigh laughed.

CHAPTER2

ONE WEEK LATER


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