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“Oh my God, I’m so full,” I declare after I finish the last mouthful. “That was divine.”
Saxon gathers up the plates, looks at his brother, and gestures to the kitchen with his head. “Come on, bro. Let’s do the dishes and let the girls put their feet up.”
Kip chuckles. “Yeah, all right.” He gets to his feet and kisses the top of my head before following Saxon out to the kitchen, carrying a pile of dishes.
Catie looks at me and smiles. “Would you like to see the nursery?”
“Oh, I’d love to!”
“It’s not finished yet,” she says as we get to our feet, “but I’ve started getting a few bits for it.” She leads the way along the corridor to the other end of the house. “That’s our room,” she says, “and here’s the nursery.”
We go into the room. It’s empty apart from a table covered with magazines and swatches. The carpet is covered with newspaper. The wall is divided by a dado rail. She’s painted it light blue above the rail and light green below it, so it looks like the sky and grass. I can see the faint pencil marks of animals sketched out on the paint—a tiger, a lion, and a giraffe.
“I’m doing a kind of mural,” she says. “I’ve never done anything like it before! Do you think it’ll work?”
“Oh, it’s going to be amazing,” I tell her. “You’re so clever. I can’t paint at all.”
“I’ve never done much of it, except at school.” She smiles as she looks at her project. “Saxon bought me a load of paints and canvases. He’s such a sweetie. I really don’t deserve him.”
“I’m sure that’s not true,” I scold.
“I don’t know,” she murmurs. “The guys are very rich. I still worry his family is going to think I’m after his money. Does it bother you?”
“Not really, but then ours isn’t a long-term thing. It’s just a fling.”
“Yeah, right. Mine was just a one-night stand.” She laughs and strokes her bump as she looks around the room. “Saxon wants to get one big crib for the boys. I thought he’d want to encourage them to be independent, but he says they’ll miss each other after spending nine months so close together, and I thought that was so sweet.”
I smile as I wander over to the table and flick through some of the swatches. “It is. Do you find it weird that Saxon has a brother who looks identical to him?”
She joins me. “Not now. I did, but I’ve gotten used to it. I don’t even think about them being twins, actually. Although they are very close, of course. They have a connection that goes a step beyond mere siblings.”
“Does it bother you?”
“No, not at all. You?”
“No,” I say, “I feel the same. I think it’s nice they have support for each other. I know it bothered Kip’s ex, though.”
“Oh, really?”
“Yeah. I think she was jealous of Saxon. It seems a shame. I don’t think they should have to give up that relationship to be with someone.”
“Me neither. I asked Kip if he liked being a twin once. He said it was cool because you get a ready-made best friend. He said the boys will always have someone on their side, looking out for them.” She strokes her bump.
I smile. “That’s sweet.”
“He’s a sweet guy.”
“Not a word I’d choose for him,” I say, thinking about what he did with the ice cube.
Her lips curve up. “So… how’s it going, then? Has he kept you busy?”
“Just a bit. Haven’t you noticed me walking like a cowboy when he gets off his horse?”
She giggles. “I guess he’s making the most of you being here.”
I pause, glance over my shoulder to make sure the doorway is clear, then murmur, “Can I ask you something?”
“Of course.”
