Emily was getting the girls ready for ballet when Stephen walked in. He smiled at the girls.

"Hey can I talk to Mommy for a minute?"

They nodded and went into their playroom. Emily looked at him curious.

"Everything okay?"

He nodded. "A magazine editor Margaux LeMarchal wants to do a piece on us. Of course dad did some digging and found that she owns the magazine Daniel Grayson works for."

She sighed. "And?"

"And I called her. She will do the interview herself. Daniel will not be involved in anyway."

Emily sat down and thought. "Okay."

"Okay?"

She nodded. If it is something you want to do then i'll do it."

He smiled and kissed her softly. "She wants to shoot in The Hamptons. It would be a chance to check on your house."

She nodded. "We can stay there if you want."

"That would be nice."

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When they entered Emily's beach house Stephen held her hand tight.

"Are you okay?"

She nodded. The house was different yet the same. The addition that had been put on added another living area, a formal living room, two more bedrooms and another bathroom. They settled in and had just started putting away the groceries they had picked up when a knock came on the front door. Emily answered it and revealed Margaux on the front porch. She smiled.

"Emily it's good to see you."

Emily forced a smile. "You too Margaux. Please come in."

Margaux followed Emily into the house. She found Stephen in the kitchen. She held out her hand.

"Mr. Forbes, I am Margaux LeMarchel we spoke on the phone."

He nodded. "Of course. And please call me Stephen."

She set her bag down and pulled out her phone. She then looked at Emily.

"Stephen assured me that you were okay with this but I just wanted to double check?"

Emily nodded. "I'm okay with it. As long as you do not print any photos of my daughters."

"Of course. That is your call. Are you okay if I record the interview?"

They both agreed. Soon they were all seated in the newly built sunroom with tea, or in Stephen's case water. Margaux looked around.

"This is beautiful Emily. Did you design it yourself?"

Emily nodded. "When I purchased this home I had it come fully furnished and decorated. But it was someone else's style. Not mine. I decided to build the addition last year and started picking everything myself."

Margaux nodded. As soon as the interview was over and Margaux left, Emily took a deep breath. It was easier then she thought.

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Margaux finished the article and went to see Daniel a few days later. The housekeeper led her into the dining room where the Grayson's were having lunch. She spoke to them.

"Sorry to interrupt. I wanted to give Daniel the new issue to look over."

Daniel stood smiling. "No problem. Would you care to join us?"

"No thank you. I have a meeting that I am already late for." She handed him the magazine and then spoke again. "That umm special piece that we talked about?"

He looked at her slightly taken aback. "Yeah."

"I went through with it. I just wanted to warn you that it's the cover."

He nodded and watched as she walked out. Daniel waited until that evening to open the envelope which contained the magazine. A picture of Emily and Stephen Forbes graced the front. It was of them at their engagement party. He flipped to the article and read through. It was the same basic thing Forbes ran except it featured the story of how they met and how he proposed. It also had the general date of the wedding. June of this year. He was stunned at how quickly she was getting married. He tried to convince himself that he didn't care. And part of him really didn't. He loved Sara and their son but part of him would always love Emily.

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Josie walked into her mother's bedroom and spoke to her.

"Mommy?"

Emily set her laptop aside and looked at her daughter. She was in her pink monkey pajamas and was clutching her stuffed hippo.

"What's wrong Princess?"

"I had a bad dream."

Emily nodded and moved over. She climbed in next to her and snuggled her into her side. Emily smoothed her hair. After a while the door opened again and Tierney walked in.

"Mommy can I sleep in here too?"

She nodded. "Of course."

Tierney climbed in next to Josie and placed Emily's arm over both of them. When Emily woke up the next morning she felt someone behind her. She turned and saw Stephen smiing at her.

"You have a full bed."

She giggled and kissed him. "You still sure that you want to take this on?"

He nodded. "One hundred percent. Actually I have been thinking...I want to marry not just you but the girls too. I want them to know that I am not going anywhere. They have never known their father so would it be okay if I adopted them and let them take my last name?"

Emily smiled. "Really?"

"Really."

She nodded. "Okay."

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"What about the vanilla sponge?"

Emily tried it and nodded. "It's not bad but I keep going back to that vanilla with the French cream filling."

Stephen tried it again and nodded. "I like it. Simple."

The caterer nodded. "So how many guest are we expecting?"

"Thirty two is the final head count. Simple and intimate."

"So how many tiers did you want?"

"Four should be plenty. Then the other desserts."

Emily smiled and kissed him softly. "I can't believe that we are pulling this off. I mean the wedding is in two weeks and we are pretty much set."

He nodded. "I just can't wait to be your husband."

She kissed him again and then pulled out a piece of paper. "Speaking of...congratulations Daddy."

He looked and smiled. "They are officially adopted?"

She nodded. "I figured you would want to tell them."

"I have the perfect way to. But is it okay if we wait until the wedding?"

She nodded.

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