“Hey, dude, get ready. The other guys are down by the dock setting stuff up,” Trystan says as he comes out of thekitchen with a doughnut in tow. He eyes Garrett, who’s giving the happy baby kisses on the cheek. Garrett looks over at me with the glint of competition in his eye.Shit.
Garrett pops his eyes up and blows a kiss to Jane before running toward the door yelling, “Not today!”. Trystan and I chuckle. I hitch my chin toward the giant cooler by the sliding door.
“I’ll bring the beer down.”
Trystan makes a sound with his mouth that reiterates that I am, in fact, beer bitch, and I better not forget my most important task as he steps through the door.
“Be there in a sec!” I holler on my way down the hall toward the rooms. I pass Holly’s room just in time to see her pulling down a more comfortable tee than what she was wearing. I gulp, thinking about those perfect mounds of flesh underneath begging again for my tongue. She looks at me with a knowing look before smiling wide.
“Like what you see?”
I fumble for my words, so I just nod, my throat dry.
She struts toward me, backing me up against the hall wall.
“Later, handsome.”
A wolfish grin explodes across my face just before she walks down the hall and disappears around the corner with a wink. I am in big trouble. I step into the room across from hers, since it looks empty, and switch into more comfortable gear for a day of reeling.
Chapter 14
Holly
Wandering into the kitchen, I immediately spot my favorite little person and scoop her out of Sydney’s arms. We walk into the living room where I lay her down under her playmat’s mobile and crawl in next to her. We watch as it goes around and around, and I revel in her chunky little fingers reaching up for the danglies.
A masculine throat clearing above me snags my attention, so I look up, catching jade eyes full of mirth.
“Now, there’s two of the prettiest girls I’ve ever seen. Smile.” Jaxon snaps a photo of us, winks, and walks to the back sliding door where he snags the cooler handle and rolls it out.
“Charlie, he’s trouble, and I kind of like him. A lot. Sshh, don’t tell anyone.” Charlie goos and smiles at me with all her gummy cuteness.
“What’s she not supposed to tell us?” Jane plops over the arm of the couch, grinning down at us like a fool.
“Ummm…”
“So, why didn’t you answer my call this morning?” Sydney asks, waddling over to the oversized stuffed chair.
“Or mine?” Brynleigh asks with a similar smile to Jane’s.
“You’re not getting out of this. They went through a lot of trouble to fix up your situation yesterday afternoon, and dang, I’m thinking they might’ve pulled it off. Jaxon was just eyeing you like you were his next dinner,” Ava adds.
“He was eyeing the adorable baby playing with the dangly thingymabobs. Plus, when doesn’t the man look at me like I’m his next dinner?”
“Fair point, but I distinctly heard him say ‘two’ of the prettiest girls he’s ever seen,” Brynleigh says, holding up two fingers to make that point.
Jane sniffs the air, and I look over at Charlie. Her chubby little cheeks rise as her gummy smile stretches for me as if saying, ‘Are you going to help me out here? There’s poop. Do something.’
The girls laugh when Charlie giggles at my silly faces. I pick the cute, little booger up and raise her above me, soaking in the baby giggles. It’s the best sound ever, and we’re about to be blessed with two more. Jane grabs her to go over to the playard changing station.
“Give me that baby when you’re done,” Ava commands, and I sit up, looking over at our friend. “You guys, I want one,” she whines.
“I mean, you can steal her anytime you wish,” Jane declares as she coos at the wiggly little bundle.
“Oh, I plan on it, but yeah, I think I’m ready. I don’t think Mark is yet, though.” A look of uncertainty settles across her face.
“Have you guys talked about it?” Sydney asks, sipping on her water.
“A while back. He wasn’t ready then. I don’t think he’ll flat out say no, but I don’t want to push him either, ya know?”
