“And there’s four of us,” Johnnie added. “That’s not fair. How about a forty-sixty split? That will give you five apiece and fifteen for us.”
“How about we get a hundred percent and we won’t tell your cousins that you ate them all?” Trevor suggested, trying not to laugh at Jason’s expression. Even though the man knew the kids had their mother’s talent with numbers and were freakishly brilliant, it still caught him off guard when the kids showed off their skills.
Granted, it had freaked him out a bit the first time he’d realized just how smart his children were, but that probably had more to do with their elaborate escape from their nursery and finding his two-and-a-half-year old sons calmly snacking away on cookies as they sat on top of the refrigerator at two in the morning.
Both sets of twins shared a look and nodded before they turned their attention back to them. Trevor knew that look and didn’t like it one bit. They were up to something.
“Here,” Sebastian and Johnnie said, handing the platter over to him and before they could stop them, all four children somehow managed to grab three cupcakes each and were making a run for it.
“Uncle Jared, Daddy stole your cupcakes!” his children announced, making him and Jason suck in a startled gasp.
“Those little traitors!” Jason gasped.
“Yup,” Trevor said, placing the tray of cupcakes on the table and snatching one up as he watched Jared and Jason’s three kids descend on them. Jason grabbed one as well and Trevor considered selling out his cousin and his best friend but then decided he’d rather save his energy to hunt down his wife and cuddle with her on one of the lounge chairs while they watched their kids torment the rest of the family.
“Those are our cupcakes, you bastards,” Jared snapped, glaring at them. He grabbed the tray of cupcakes and marched off with Jason’s kids running after him before either one of them could make a lunge for the cupcakes.
“You still want to take the kids for two weeks?” Trevor asked, not too surprised when Jason snatched the cupcake out of his hand and finished it off in one bite.
“Hell, yeah,” Jason said, sounding like he meant it, which he knew he did. Jason was one hell of a family man and really loved having the kids over since they kept him entertained.
“Thanks,” Trevor said, grabbing an ice-cold Coke for his wife, who was slowly making her way towards him with Haley by her side.
“Not a problem. Have you told her yet?” Jason asked, grabbing a soda for Haley.
“About the cruise?” Trevor asked. When Jason nodded, he shook his head. “I want this to be a surprise.”
“You don’t think she knows you’ve planned a second honeymoon?” Jason asked, throwing his grandmother-in-law a look of warning as the woman tried to roll her wheelchair over to the beer cooler. She simply huffed and gestured for Mitch, who was currently snuggling with his wife a few feet away, to push her back into the shade. After giving his wife one last kiss, Mitch did just that and then was right back with his wife. Ten years ago, Trevor would have made fun of the lovesick bastard, but now he understood all too well what it meant to be utterly devoted to a woman.
“She doesn’t have a clue,” Trevor said, smiling when his wife leaned down to give Brad’s three-year-old daughter a hug and a kiss.
“You realize that you’re going to have to watch my kids next month so that I can take Haley away, don’t you? After she finds out about this romantic trip of yours, she’s going to twist my arm into taking her on a cruise,” Jason pointed out as he flipped a few burgers.
Trevor chuckled. “Like she really has to twist your arm into taking her someplace where she’ll probably lounge around in a bikini all day.”
“Good point,” Jason said, chuckling.
“What’s so funny?” Haley asked as she slid her arms around Jason.
“Nothing, my little grasshopper,” Jason said, leaning down to kiss his wife.
“Trevor, can you give me a hand?” Zoe asked, taking his hand and giving it a tug.
“Sure,” he said, placing his beer on the picnic table.
As they walked towards the garage, Trevor put his arm around her, wondering how he was going to convince her to wear a bikini during their trip and all the ways that he was going to get her to take it off.
“What do you need help with?” he asked, holding the door to the garage open for her. “Did Haley need us to grab something out of the garage?”
Zoe nibbled her bottom lip as she reached back and locked the door with a loud click. “No,” she said, already reaching for him and he gladly went to her, “I’m in need of our arrangement.”
“I guess I can help with that,” Trevor murmured, running his eyes over her.
“You’re a very considerate guy,” she said teasingly.
“Exactly.
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