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“Because then we’re inviting them into our life,” Damon whispers back.
“They’re your friends, are they not?”
Damon looks back and must realize I have a point. It’s kind of sweet how he didn’t really want them to poke their heads into our life, but the bubble we’ve put ourselves in can’t stay like that forever.
“Fine. Clover, meet Daddy’s dipshit friends.” He lifts the shade.
All four of them descend on the stroller, fighting for face time.
“Oh my god, she’s adorable,” Ellery says. “Vaginal birth, right? How many hours were you in labor?”
“Um…”
“Told you,” Damon says with raised eyebrows.
“Sorry, I’m a doctor. She really is in the top ten of the cutest babies I’ve seen, and I wouldn’t lie about that.”
“Top ten. Fuck off. She’s number one,” Damon says.
“Thank goodness she looks like Adeline and doesn’t have this ugly mug.” Cooper slaps Damon on the back, obviously trying to start some kind of brotherly fight.
“Gorgeous.” Bryce smiles at me.
Miles nods, gazing at his fiancée. “Let’s have one.”
“Cavanaugh, this is not something we decide by looking at one baby, but it’s tempting,” Bryce says.
Damon and I look at one another. I wonder if he’s thinking the same thing as me. They have no idea what it takes. It’s cute how she’s content right now, but the other night when she was screaming bloody murder and we couldn’t figure out why, not so much.
“Where are you guys going?” Ellery asks.
“Pizza,” I answer as Damon says, “Nowhere.”
“We could eat. Let’s go.” Cooper nods for us to walk ahead.
Damon groans but starts walking, knowing we don’t really have a choice.
We’re all seated at a popular pizza place at a round table with the stroller by me and Damon in the corner. Clover’s sleeping, and I really hope she stays that way. This is the first time we’ve had her out at a restaurant.
“So, when can we take you out?” Bryce asks with a wide grin.
“Let me check my schedule.” Ellery pulls out her phone.
“You’re not taking her out. She has friends.” Damon picks up the menu, even though I’m fairly sure he knows what he’s having. On the walk over, he mentioned that he comes here a lot.
“She can have more friends,” Bryce says.
I reach under the table and pinch Damon’s leg.
He retracts it and leans in close. “Tell me you missed your mark.”
“Stop being a dick. I want to get to know your friends.”
“They’re all trouble. They’re going to say shit about me.”
It’s then I see the insecurity in his eyes, and I squeeze his knee before retracting my hand. “Damon, I know everything about you. It’s not like I thought you were a saint. Hello, I got pregnant from our one-night stand.”
He blows out a breath and sighs, then looks at the girls. “Fine, she can go out with you two.”
