Page 167 of Possessing Eden


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Lucifer and Lily.

Simon and Meredith.

Eden and me.

Thaddeus, the poor brother of mine, is the odd man out.

My memories of the last couple weeks slowly flood through my mind and I remember the woman Eden was friendly with.

Sonya.

She’s a gorgeous single mother. Not quite on the same angelic level as my dear Eden, but still beautiful.

“Thad,” I say after I think for a long moment on how to broach this.

Taking his eyes off the road for a second, Thaddeus looks at me.

“Given the circumstances of all the men in this car, I feel it’s my duty to aid you,” I say.

Thaddeus looks at me with annoyance and growls, “In what?”

“How do you feel about children?” I ask, and sense Simon and Lucifer both paying attention to what I have to say.

“They’re small and eat a lot,” Thad answers.

“What about single mothers?” I ask.

Shrugging his shoulders, he says, “What should I feel?”

“Well, there’s this woman I’ve met recently, and to be frank, she’s quite beautiful and has a child. Since the rest of the family, beyond a few outliers, which you are one of, is married, I feel it’s a duty of mine to assist you in finding a family,” I say.

“I can find a woman,” Thaddeus growls at me.

Lucifer chuckles and I can just feel Simon rolling his eyes.

“We don’t need to kidnap any more women to marry into the family,” Simon snips from behind us before I hear him start tapping on his keyboard.

“I never said he had to ransack a village and be off with their women, Simon,” I say with a snip of my own.

“Well, to be fair…” Lucifer chuckles again. “The predominant number of women in our family have come from… less than ideal circumstances.”

“Perhaps we should break from the norm then with Thad,” I say and look to my hulking friend who is slowly beginning to tense up.

If I look at Thaddeus in all aspects, he’s a handsome man himself. Rugged, dark blonde hair, piercing blue eyes, and he’s a mountain. So much so he almost makes Gabriel look small.

“How so?” Lucifer asks.

“Well, I thought perhaps we could have a date night for Eden and I. Perhaps one of my brothers could watch my son?” I ask.

“Well, of course,” Lucifer says. “Lily is dying to meet little Abel. But I do not see how this would aid our dear brethren.”

“I thought perhaps with that date night we could do a sort of blind date,” I say and smile at Thad. “She really is quite a fetching woman. From what Eden has said, her son, Alex, is quite the sweet child.”

“No.” Thaddeus grunts, and I watch as his hands gripping the steering wheel go white from how hard he’s squeezing it.

“Oh, come now,” Lucifer joins in with me. “I think this would be a wonderful idea.”

“Stop it, both of you,” Simon says from behind his laptop. “Thaddeus has decided to not join the funny farm. Leave him be.”

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