Lila had barely taken a couple of steps when she heard knocking behind her.

Peeking through the peephole, she saw Teddy's face pressed against the door, grinning mischievously.

Lila chuckled and opened the door. Jamie's head was the first to pop up. "Ms. Hart, we're here to celebrate your new place!"

Behind her, Amelia peeked in as well, signaling with her eyes that she hadn't told them about Lila's situation. She then exclaimed, "We're here to see Nova too!"

Teddy stacked his head on top of theirs and said, "Quick, let me cuddle the cat." Lila couldn't help but laugh and opened the door wider.

Seeing her relatively relaxed expression, Amelia breathed a silent sigh of relief. A lively atmosphere would keep Lila from overthinking things.

The three walked in, each carrying two bags of goodies.

"What did you all bring?" Lila asked curiously.

"It's all stuff for Nova. Only one of Teddy's bags is groceries," Amelia replied.

Lila asked, "Groceries? Who amongst us knows how to cook?"

"Dang it! I forgot about that."

Teddy chimed in, "Haven't I mentioned that I do? Jamie knows I can."

Lila and Amelia shifted their surprised gazes from Teddy to Jamie.

"He cooked a few

a strict parent ready to

"Just three times! Let's not talk about this

soft "tsk"

Nova, still a tiny kitten, was overwhelmed by the sudden influx of people and hid

Hart, did you buy such a big

to Lila, "I told them you wanted a cat, but Uncle Kieran was allergic, so

"Yeah, and

people are

for a place," Amelia said while crunching on an apple. "She loves her

surprise. She hadn't expected Amelia's mom to take the joke about Teddy being her

group bantered for a while before Teddy headed to the kitchen and

grabbed Lila, who was about to help. "Give the young ones some space. You need

they were out of

her

What

plan for

Should I pull some

with my family?"

She had

Morgan family protecting James, she

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