I think I’ve found a new game; this is going to be fun.
He tucks my phone into his pocket and goes back to sit in his seat.
Vince is the only one allowed to use tech at the table, a rule we had even before Kat came around. We live hectic lives, and she deserves our full attention whenever we can give it. Obviously, some things can’t be avoided, which is why we give Vince the power to overrule that as needed.
Thankfully, it doesn’t happen often, and family dinner has become something we all look forward to, now even more so than before.
I take a sip of my beer and watch Oliver and Kat make Addy dissolve into a fit of giggles. The tension is still there, but I have a feeling it won’t last.
Like the rest of us, Oliver never stood a chance.
I look down the table at Vince, who is talking to Nathan, and watch his eyes flick to Addy and then Kat before moving back to Nathan, who raises a brow in question.
He can only pretend he’s ‘doing his job’ for so long, and that’s running out.
Yeah, Kat is a damn force of nature, and I’ve never been so excited to see the destruction she’s about to cause.
I make my way up to Nathan's office, where I hope to find him before he starts his night with Kat. Tonight, Oli is reading to Addy, which means I might just have to let myself into the bedroom, but I’d hoped to talk to Nathan first.
He’s right where I’d hoped he would be, but I can see that his mind isn’t really in what he’s doing.
“Brother.” He gives me a nod but doesn’t spare me more than a glance.
“Someone’s in a hurry,” I huff a laugh as I walk in and drop into the chair opposite him.
This time, he looks up at me, and I see the desire in his eyes.
“What did you do?” I sit forward, bracing my hands on the edge of his desk, daring him to look away.
He doesn’t, of course, not; whatever it is, he’s proud of himself.
“I have a present waiting for me back in my room.”
The image of Kat in nothing but ribbons and bows, laid out on his bed, assaults me, and I’m not sure that’s what he meant, but that has to happen.
I file the idea away for later; I might have just found the perfect present for all of us this year.
“You know presents are better shared, right?” I half expect him to tell me to get fucked, but his lips twitch up in the hint of a smile, his attention not moving away from his PC as he does God knows what.
“Of course, the more, the merrier.”
Well, if that’s not a great opener, then I’m not sure what is.
“Speaking of sharing…”
That gets his attention, and he gives me his full attention now, at least for the moment.
“How long are you going to let your friend pretend he’s not as fucked as the rest of us?”
“So you noticed that too?”
I wave him off as I push to stand, moving to the bar cart under the window to pour myself a little something to help me relax. I’m not sure I love the idea of Vince pursuing Kat, but I’ve yet to see her show any sign of discomfort around him. If anything,she’d gravitated toward him even more since he'd saved her from Carter.
It might have been his job, but I’d still be forever grateful that he put comforting her over pursuing him.
We will eventually get Carter, and he will also be a big player in that.
No, we might not always get along, but I wouldn’t dare deny Kat what she wants when it’s something so easy to give her and only makes our family closer.
