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He wasn’t sure how to start. He didn’t want to just come right out and say something so unbelievable—the way Frankie had delivered the message to him. “I just got a really weird voicemail from Frankie.”
Adeline’s brow furrowed. “What’s wrong?”
He sucked in some air. He couldn’t believe what he was about to say. “Apparently Gunner married Nova Silvernail.”
“Nova who?”
“You know the woman in church who’s been trying to get custody of her siblings?”
Adeline’s eyes widened with understanding. “Yeah?”
“Well, apparently she has custody, and she is married to Gunner and living in our family’s house, and everyone is happy.” He genuinely didn’t know how to feel about all of this. Of course he wanted his brother to be happy, but this was so bizarre.
“He married her,” Adeline said slowly.
“That’s what Frankie said.”
“They’re married.”
Colton stared at her. “Do you need a minute to process this?”
She smiled. “I just don’t understand. Did he do it just for the kids?”
Colton shook his head. “I don’t know. That does sound like something he would do, but I don’t think he’d be that stupid.”
“It might not be stupid. Maybe she’s amazing.”
“It’s stupid to marry someone you don’t know,” Colton said.
“Well, not everybody commits to marriage twelve years in advance.”
Colton laughed and felt himself relax. This was Gunner’s life, not his. If he wanted to do something crazy, then that was his right.
“Anyway, they’re having a get together right now at the ranch. Frankie invited us to come over.”
Adeline looked around the gym, which was absolutely packed. It was packed every day now. “They could’ve given us some notice.”
“I don’t think they had much notice. I think Frankie is trying to throw a wedding reception for two people who didn’t tell anyone they were having a wedding.”
“Oh,” Adeline said slowly, finally catching up. “Well, we can’t both leave. Do you want to go over? I can stay here and keep an eye on the place.”
He didn’t really want to leave his gym or to leave his wife with that much chaos, but he really wanted to go see what was going on with Gunner. “You don’t mind?”
She shook her head. “Of course not. Just text me some updates every once in a while, okay?” She threw her arms around his neck and pressed her lips to his. Then she pulled back. “I’m tempted to use this occasion to tell them about the baby, but let’s not steal Gunner’s thunder.”
Colton smiled. They hadn’t yet shared their good news with anyone. Somehow, both Adeline’s mother and Gunner had figured it out on their own, but they’d both taken vows of silence. “I thought we were going to wait till the second trimester,” Colton said.
Adeline bounced up and down on the balls of her feet. “I know that’s the smart thing to do, but I just can’t wait to tell everybody.”
Colton smiled. He was a private person, but he was pretty excited to tell his brothers as well. “I just feel bad for the other wives.”
Adeline scowled. “Why?”
“Because as soon as we announce, all of my brothers are going to want to start having babies so that I don’t get too far ahead of them.”
Adeline let go of him and stepped back. “Okay then. Let’s not tell them at all.”
Colton laughed. “I’m not sure we’re going to be able to hide an actual child.”
