Stephen was grabbing a drink from the bar at the same time Daniel was. He almost turned around but decided not to. He smiled at the bartender.

"Your oldest scotch and a dry martini?"

The bartender nodded. Daniel glanced at him but didn't say anything. Stephen held out his hand.

"Stephen Forbes."

Daniel sighed and shook his hand. "Daniel Grayson."

Stephen took his drinks from the bartender. "Have a nice night."

He walked back over to his table and handed Emily her drink. She smiled at him.

"Thanks Babe."

He nodded. "I met Daniel."

Emily almost choked on her martini. She coughed and then choked out. "What?"

Devin laughed. "Wow the current husband meeting the ex husband slash douche bag."

Stephen threw him a look. "Hey I am not hiding from this guy. If he or his family have a problem with us then they will just have to get over it. We're staying here for the summer and if you want Charlotte to see your children then she has every right to."

Emily smiled and kissed him deeply. "Did I mention that I love you?"

"Once or twice."

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Daniel was scanning through an article for Voulez. Sara walked in and leaned against the doorway.

"Why does it still bother you?"

He looked up at her confused. "What?"

"Emily...she still gets to you."

He sighed and set the article aside. "It's not her...it's the twins. I never wanted to give up my rights to them but Emily didn't give me a choice. And now...it's hard when I know they're right next door. I want to know what they look like and sound like. I don't even know their names."

She sat on the edge of their bed. "I thought you said that it didn't bother you anymore. Now that we have Chris."

"It did still bug me. But now that I know they're so close..."

"It's getting to you."

He nodded and threw his head back frustrated. "Damn it! Even divorced she still drives me insane."

Sara put her hand on his shoulder. "Well I have something that may cheer you up...i'm pregnant."

He paused and looked at her. "Really?"

She nodded. "I found out for sure this morning."

He smiled and kissed her deeply. "I love you."

"I love you too."

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Emily heard the doorbell ring but kept working on her press release. Alex opened the door and smiled.

"Charlotte come on in."

Charlotte smiled. "Thanks Alex. Is Em here?"

"In the kitchen."

Charlotte walked in and smiled. "Hey."

Emily smiled. "Hey. Want a cup of tea?"

Charlotte nodded and Emily poured her a cup. She passed it to her before setting her laptop aside.

"I swear these journalist are more like vultures."

She laughed. "I have some experience with that."

Emily nodded. "Everything okay?"

She shrugged. "I wanted to ask you something but it is okay if you say no..."

"Then ask me."

She nodded. "I want you and Stephen to come to my wedding. Bring the girls."

Emily hesitated. "I don't know..."

"Please? It would mean so much to me."

Emily thought for a minute before nodding. "We'll be there."

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The day before Charlotte's wedding, she and the rest of the Grayson's sat down and went over final preparations with her wedding planner. Nadine, the wedding planner, was flipping through the thick leather book she had for Charlotte.

"So we wanted to have the lights dimmed during the first dance and the custom monogram to be shined onto the backdrop?"

Charlotte nodded. "Yes. But will it shine in people's eyes?"

"It shouldn't but I will have them test it twice. Now as to the final seating arrangements I did as you asked and added Michael's last minute guest."

Charlotte nodded but Victoria looked confused.

"Last minute guest?"

Charlotte quickly lied. "A friend from college."

She nodded and they continued. Later as everyone prepared for the rehearsal dinner Charlotte snuck out of the house with two garment bags under her arm. She knocked on Emily's back door. Stephen answered with Tierney on his hip.

"Hey Charlotte."

She smiled and hugged him before stepping inside. She saw Josie sitting at the kitchen counter eating a snack.

"Is Em here?"

Stephen shook his head. "She and Alex are at the fish market. Did you need her?"

Charlotte handed him the garment bags. "I had these dresses made for the girls." She tugged Tierney's hand. "I can't have my nieces not match my wedding."

Tierney smiled. "Are you and Michael getting married tomorrow?"

She nodded. "We are. And you're coming."

Tierney looked excited. "I love Michael! He talks like Daffy Duck!"

She laughed. "Yeah he is good at that."

Stephen set the bags on the couch and smiled. "Emily is really excited about the wedding. But she's a little nervous."

She nodded. "I get it. But I made sure to seat you guys as far away from Daniel as possible. And if he tries to talk to you guys I'll remind him to keep his distance."

He nodded. "I'll tell Em. It will make her feel better."

She hugged him and then the girls. "I better get back before my mother realizes that I'm gone."

Josie scolded her. "You don't leave the house unless your mommy says it's okay."

Charlotte and Stephen laughed.

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The morning of Charlotte's wedding, Emily felt sick to her stomach. She took some deep breaths and slipped on her navy deep v neck chiffon gown. As she strapped on her silver ankle band heels the twins walked into her room. They were dressed in matching lavender tank dresses with silver butterfly belts. Their hair was swept back with silver butterfly headbands. Emily smiled.

"You two look beautiful."

Josie smiled. "Mommy can we wear glitty gloss?"

Tierney nodded. "It's a special day for Aunt Charlotte."

Emily laughed and grabbed her bubblegum pink lip gloss. "Right you are girls."

She swept the lip gloss onto their lips before brushing Tierney's hair with her hairbrush. When she set it down she looked at the girls.

"Come sit with me for a minute."

The girls climbed onto the bed with her. Emily wrapped an arm around both of them smiling.

"You girls know how much I love you right?"

Josie and Tierney smiled and spoke in unison. "Infinity times infinity."

Emily grinned. "That's right. Well before you two were born Mommy had a seed guy put you in my tummy."

Tierney cocked her brow. "A seed guy?"

She nodded. "He gave Mommy his special seeds so that I could have you two. But the seed guy wasn't very nice to Mommy so I left and met Daddy."

Josie nodded. "That is good Mommy. I love Daddy."

Emily laughed. "I'm glad. He loves you girls too. But today your seed guy will be at Aunt Charlotte's wedding. So if he tries to talk to you I want you to run to Mommy, Daddy or Alex okay?"

They nodded. Emily kissed their heads just as Stephen walked in. He grinned.

"Hey you two need to go get your shoes on or we're gonna be late."

They both hopped off the bed. Tierney ran out but Josie stopped and smiled at her mom.

"Mommy, I L-O-V-E you."

Emily laughed. "I L-O-V-E you too."

She ran out and Stephen smiled at her.

"Seed guy?"

Emily sighed. "Do you have a better way of saying your real Daddy tried to kill you?"

"Not really."

He kissed her deeply and then smiled.

"She'll kill us if we're late."

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