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“We can start by ripping off the Band-Aid,” Jake suggested.
"Do you guys want me to give you space?" Zoey asked.
"Hell no," I replied.
"Damn, that was fast," Cade teased.
"I, for one, want to get rid of all the excess adrenaline I have first," Spencer said.
That was unexpected. Spencer usually took things calmly. Cade had always been the hotheaded one and Spencer the one to calm him down.
"Because right now my instinct would be to simply tell him to fuck off, and we can't have that," he continued.
Maddox cocked a brow and looked around the group.
"It's fine by me. We don't have plans for today," I said.
Cade looked at Zoey. "Who are you, and what have you done with Colton? This is definitely not our brother. Did he manage to clone himself, and our real brother is locked up in his lab?"
I laughed. "Not at all.”
What a bunch of clowns.
“Is this your way of praising him?" she asked Cade. "I'm not sure if it's working."
Gabe whistled. "You show him, Zoey."
"Come on, let's play," Spencer said. "We can gossip later."
I watched him intently. It was true that he'd been tired ever since Ben came into his life, but I wondered if there was something else going on with my brother, if he needed more support than he let on. I knew jack shit about taking care of a kid, especially one as small as Ben, but I could offer my skills in other ways. Maybe I could take some of the workload off him at Whitley Publishing.
I didn't know much about tennis, but I did enjoy watching my brothers. They switched positions between sets, and everyone got to play.
Forty minutes later, Spencer said, "All right, I shouldn't have insisted on playing."
He lost spectacularly.
"Yeah, no shit," Cade said. He sounded annoyed. "Why were you playing so shitty?"
Spencer shook his head. "I haven't slept well in days. Ben's had colic."
"That sucks," Jake said.
"Come on, let's go out for a drink. You're getting a double espresso," Nick told Spencer.
"What are you thinking about?" Zoey asked as we all went up.
I kept her close, putting my arm around her waist. "I'm going to ask my brother if he needs help with the company or something, see if I can help out in any way."
She smiled. "You want to add more to your plate?"
"I can handle it," I assured her.
"You’re a great brother. If you want, I could help with that. I can facilitate communications and so on."
If my brothers weren’t with us on the staircase, I would have pinned her against the wall and kissed her until her legs shook. I couldn't believe she cared about me and my family enough to volunteer to help. She understood without me having to tell her how important this was to me.
She narrowed her eyes. "What exactly is going on in your head? You look like you’re having... sexy thoughts.”
