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“Except the six-year-old,” I mutter. “Your brother apparently can’t lie to hisdaughter.”
“Yeah, he sucks at saying no to her. She’s got him wrapped around her finger. Now, if it’s a girl, I’d like her name to beLauren.”
I side-eye her. “It’s too early to argue about babynames.”
“It’s never too early to hash it out over baby names.Trust me.I’ve heard stories from the maternity ward nurses about the kind of drama and chaos families have over babynames.”
“I’m naming them after my pet goldfish—Goldie andNemo.”
She rolls her eyes. “Now that we’ve got Lauren Junior covered, what’s going on with you and my bigbro?”
My brows lift. “Other than the fact that we’re having twins together,nothing.”
“His truck was here the other night when I got home atfour in the morning.It seems to be here pretty frequently, if you ask me. Since we know you weren’t discussingbaby namesat four in the morning, what were y’alldoing?”
“Discussing nurserydecor.”
“You suck,” shegrumbles.
I perk up. “You loveme.”
“I do. But can I say somethingserious?”
“I don’t think I can stopyou.”
“Don’t hurthim.”
This really catches my attention. “Huh?”
“You know exactly what I’m talking about. Don’t hurt my brother. He’s been through too much to lose someone else heloves.”
Deflection time.“I’ve made it clear, I won’t ever keep the babies fromhim.”
“I’m talking aboutyou, girlfriend.” She annoyingly shakes her shoulders while drinking her smoothie through thestraw.
“Your brother most certainly does not loveme.”
She grins. “Not yet. From what my mother tells me, it’s getting pretty damn close, and my mama knowseverything.”
Chapter Thirty-Two
Dallas
The excavatorI bought from the auction is kicking my ass. Even though I do my due diligence the best I can, you never know what you’re going to get when you buy an item asis.
It’s an easy fix but fucking time-consuming, and Hudson ran off for a staycation with Stella for the day—whatever the fuck that is—at the local bed-and-breakfast. I tried to fight him on it, telling him they could eat Cheerios at their kitchen table, and then he could come into work, but he agreed to give me as much time as I needed off when Willow had thebabies.
Almost a week has passed since Maven’s birthday party, and I’ve talked to Willow on the phone a couple times a day but not inperson.
The machine loses my attention when the music is cutoff.
I look down and grin. “This is a nicesurprise.”
Willow holds up the cooler in her hand. “Thought I’d bring you somelunch.”
Good.I’m fucking starving, and I was planning on skipping lunch, so I wouldn’t have to spend time driving into town and then backtoday.
I carefully move down the ladder and wipe my forehead with the back of my arm while coming her way. I laugh when she licks her lips while brazenly eye-fucking me at the same time I’m eye-fuckingher.
