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James chuckled a little. âNo, donât,â he grinned. âIt does, right?â He asked. âOh yeah. We need to look at the places we were offered to go. I donât want to miss out on taking a honeymoon just because Iâm busy. Iâll be able to get the time off work.â James didnât remember the list of places they could go, but he did know they were all romantic locations. âYeah, barbecue. My dad grills, but mom preps all the food. Dad is pretty useless in the kitchen, but he tries. Mom would grill, but she doesnât want to get that close to fire,â he explained. âWe can absolutely be ourselves. We can even think of the barbecue as a second reception. Iâm sure theyâll put on music, and we can dance and have fun,â he grinned. âI love cuddling with you. Youâre always nice and warm. Itâs so nice.â It was one of the many things he liked about his husband.Â
Kalani barked a laugh at Jamesâs response but settled down soon enough. âYeah. Let me take a look at the app and see because I donât remember,â he admitted, shifting in his seat to pull his phone out from his back pocket. âLetâs see... We can go to Hawaii, The Dominican, Greece, Italy or Mexico.â He looked to James to gauge his reaction to their options and then said, âI kinda feel like we could eliminate Hawaii. I wanna go there with you sometime to visit family but all these other places are out of the country and would probably cost more for us to go on our own. Since theyâre covering it, I say we go for one of those.â He knew Jamesâs schedule wasnât as flexible as his own; he had a far more important and demanding job than Kalani did. Whenever it would work out for him, Kalani would make it work for his own schedule. He smiled a bit hearing about his in-laws. âSo you learned to cook from your mom, or did you mostly learn on your own?â He thought back to their first date and how they had done their own version of Chopped with a fondness. At the mention of them getting to approach the barbecue like a second reception, Kalani smiled all over again. âI like the sound of all that.â His smile turned a bit prideful at Jamesâs next comment. âIâve always run hot for some reason. And Iâm happy to share that heat with you and steal some kisses while Iâm at it.â















