The spatula slips from my grasp and free falls to my feet.
Easton laughs, but inside I’m like,“What the hell, we’re changing the script here.”
ChapterFifteen
Easton
The scrambled eggs were a good call.
Tanner is going at them as though he hasn’t eaten in a week, his little fist slamming the tray every time Hadley loads the spoon and brings it toward him, as if he’s worried she might change her mind before it reaches his mouth.
I lean against the counter and watch her feed him.
She doesn’t sense my eyes on her.She’s too focused on loading the next spoon before Tanner can protest, keeping him engaged so he doesn’t have time to remember he was crying twenty minutes ago.
“I never looked that up,” I say, not to compliment her, but because it’s the truth.
She turns slightly, but Tanner gives an excited, loud pitch, and her gaze snaps from mine.
Who would’ve thought I’d be competing with my son for her attention?
“What?”
“The eggs.”I nod toward the bowl and spoon in her hand.“I’ve been going off what Callie, Penelope, and Leighton told me to buy the first night.I never thought to look up if he could have any real food.”
She loads another spoonful of eggs.“Google is my best friend.”
“Apparently.”Tanner opens his mouth before the spoon even reaches him.“He really likes them.”
“He does really like them.”The corner of her mouth turns up before she can stop it.
She’s proud of herself.
She won’t say that.She’d rather make a joke about it or wave it off entirely.
I pull out the chair across from them and sit down, crossing my arms on the table.For a minute, neither of us says anything, and the only sounds are Tanner’s enthusiastic protest every time the spoon takes too long to reach his mouth.
“So,” she says, not looking away from Tanner.“A public proposal.”
“Yeah.”
“When?”
“I’m not telling you that.”
She finally looks at me, and her shoulders fall.“Easton.”
I raise both hands.“My agent Jagger’s orders.He wants the surprise to be genuine.”
“So you told me there’s going to be a proposal but won’t tell me when.”She loads another spoon.“That’s not going to make me anxious at all.”
“I know we have a timeline to stick to.”I wink.
“And I’ll have to make sure I have my makeup on point and a cute outfit every day until then.”
“All you have to do is say yes.”
She goes still for a second.Then she looks back at Tanner.“What do I do?When you ask.What’s the right reaction?”
