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He leaned in to meet her halfway. “Yes?”
“A little closer.”
Max smiled as he kissed her.
“Thank you.”
“Welcome to the Abbott family, where there’re six brothers available as needed.”
“It’s the seventh one who holds a special place in my heart.”
A knock on the driver’s-side window had them pulling apart.
Max was thrilled to see Caden grinning at him.
He opened the door—carefully—and reached for his son, so happy to see him after the long days apart. “How’d you find me?”
Caden hugged him fiercely. “Grammy knew where to look.”
“She’s a smart grammy.”
Caden thrust a piece of paper at Max. “I made this for you.”
Max took the paper and was surprised to see it was a welcome-home card for him—and Lexi. “That’s great work, buddy. I love it.” He handed it to Lexi. “It’s for you, too.”
She took it from him and teared up when she saw he’d included her. “Thank you, Caden. That’s a beautiful card. It’s so good to be home in Butler.”
“Are you guys gonna stay in the truck all day?”
Max ruffled Caden’s hair. “Nope. We’ve got moving to do, and you can help.”
Lexi couldn’t believehow many Abbotts showed up to help her move into the garage apartment at her childhood home. Not only did all of Max’s brothers come, but his cousin Grayson was there, as well as Max’s three sisters, his parents and grandfather, who supervised. Even Nolan and Skeeter came from the garage to pitch in.
With so much help, they had most of her things in the apartment in less than half an hour.
“This is amazing,” Lexi said, battling more tears. She was already sick of the pregnancy hormones that had her teary-eyed constantly, or so it seemed. “Thank you all so much.”
“This is what family does for family,” Molly said, hugging her. “And you’re family.”
“You’re going to make her bawl her head off, Mom,” Max said, laughing at Lexi’s reaction to such a sweet gesture from his mom. “Colton, follow me to St. J to drop off the truck.”
“Yes, sir,” Colton said, saluting Max.
“You want to come for the ride?” Max asked Caden.
Caden gave him an uncertain look. “Would it be okay if I stayed here?”
Max eyed him curiously. “Sure. I bet Lexi would like more help inside.”
“I’d love that,” Lexi said, pleased that he’d asked to stay with her.
“I’ll be back soon,” Max said.
She put her hand on Caden’s shoulder. “We’ll be here.”
Most of the others left to go back to whatever they’d been doing before Max summoned them.
Lexi thanked them all with hugs and promises to return the favor any time.
