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“We will be,” I answered with a smile. “Dad and Maverick were talking about possibly adding on to the house. Maybe a second floor, or just onto the back.”
“Before the baby gets here?” Georgiana asked.
“I don’t think so. We’ll see how it goes after we have her.”
“Her,” Rose said with a poke in my arm. “Are you wanting a girl?”
My cheeks heated. “Honestly, I could totally see Maverick as a girl dad, but what I really want is a healthy baby. Boy or girl.”
“Amen to that.”
Morgan looked at Rose. “When are you and Bryson going to try for a baby?”
Rose’s wine glass paused at her lips. “Who says we’re not?”
We all gasped.
Holding up her hands, she laughed. “Hold on there, ladies. We’re not officially trying. We’re still in practice mode. We kind of wanted to wait a bit, like Kipton and Hunter did.” She winked at me. “No offense, Lily.”
My hands went up as I said, “None taken. Maverick and I weren’t planning at all. It was my mistake with my birth control pills.”
“I didn’t know that,” Morgan replied. “But you’re both happy, right?”
My hands went to my stomach as I nodded. “So very happy. I mean, I would have liked to spend more time with just Maverick, but I feel like everything happens for a reason. Plus, I really think this will be good for him. To have his own little family. I can’t wait to give him that.”
Each of them madeoohandaahsounds while clutching their hearts or making some other dramatic gesture.
Georgiana said, “That’s sweet. He is such a nice guy.”
“And hot as hell. I mean, Bryson is hot, Rose, but Maverick has that rugged-cowboy, piercing-eyes thing. And a body to die for.”
We all stared at Avery asshestared into space as if lost in a fantasy.
“Are you finished daydreaming about my fiancé?” I asked, as I reached over and gently pushed her, while she fell into a fit of giggles and the rest of us laughed.
“Not gonna lie, Lil, heishot.”
“Rose! You’re married,” I chastised.
“A girl can still look, you know.”
Another round of laughter erupted.
“I’m siding with Rose and Lily on this one,” Morgan said. “He has that ruggedly handsome cowboy thing that’s so sexy. And the two of you are adorable together.”
“Yes! You are,” Georgiana added as she reached for my hand. “Unbelievably adorable together.”
I blushed and waved at them all. “Okay, stop it. Let’s move on from how hot Maverick is to something more important right now. Do we know what games they have planned?”
The smiles all faded and everyone looked around, grimacing at one another.
“I heard Grams say something about dominoes.”
We all groaned.
“Not the dominoes,” Avery whined.
Rose scoffed. “I heard my mother talking to Lincoln and she suggested we all play…” She shook herself, as if trying to ward off a bad feeling. “Bingo. Apparently, Granddad wants to play that—and with money!”
