Molly stopped mid-bite, buffalo wing in hand, and looked up. "So, where are we staying tonight?"

Aimee glanced over at Mia. "Hotel?"

Mia put her spoon down, no longer feeding her son. Instantly, Henry grabbed the spoon and started shoveling food into his mouth, cheeks puffed out. The two little boys nearby watched, wide-eyed and practically drooling.

"I bought a house," Mia said, just like that.

Both women stared at her, stunned.

Mia shrugged. "After my grad school exams, I just had this wild urge-I took Henry out with me, and, well, we bought a place."

"You're serious?" Molly gaped. They'd joked about this before, but she'd never thought Mia meant it.

Mia nodded. "Yeah. Bought it months ago. Haven't even stayed there yet. Spent a fortune making it nice, too."

Molly let out a dramatic sigh and grinned. "Mia, you're living in another league. I'm still dragging Chad around shopping for jeans, and you're out buying houses with a baby on your hip."

ever get a client like you?" The

wild. "Let me guess-you were just working at a real estate office, minding your business, when your long-lost billionaire family found you after spotting your face on the news? Boom-DNA test, suddenly you're an heiress,

head. She'd never believed Aimee's confidence was something she picked up along the way-it was

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for my first job was to dump me at a real estate office and tell me, Be the top seller if you want any money.' I only got through the first round

me to run it. Oh, and while I was struggling? He froze my cards, took my car, and gave me

like a teddy bear. Chad just pranks me sometimes. His paycheck's been mine since

laughed. "Honestly, your husband's out of line. Mine knows I'm a little obsessed with my savings, but no matter how mad he gets he never cuts me off His only real rule is that drink

two women turned to Mrs. Cedillo, shaking their heads in mock despair.

none of them noticed what the kids were up to until a sudden baby cough snapped them

you just feed

guilty but determined he just wanted to share because his little brothers

managed to catch the

frantically checked on her own son-sticky hands, empty

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