“It’s interesting,” Kaden noted. “Just seems…”
“Polar opposite? An about-face? Not at all like her?”
Kaden smirked. “I was gonna say a distraction.”
Yeah, that, too. Like Bristol was trying to keep them preoccupied so they didn’t have time to think about the important things. Like the fact they were having a baby.
“Not a bad thing, per se,” Kaden added. “I just hope she’s not doin’ it for our benefit.”
That was a good point. However, Keegan didn’t get the feeling she was playing this up for them. When it came to Bristol, he didn’t see anything fake about her. She was … simple. And he didn’t mean that in a bad way. In fact, he appreciated it because there wasn’t a lot of undercurrent where she was concerned. That, or they hadn’t had time to stir it up yet.
And to think, Keegan had thought she was a prude.
“She goin’ to Curtis and Lorrie’s for dinner?”
“Nope.”
Keegan frowned. “You asked her?”
“I did.” Kaden did not look happy.
Keegan thought back to Bristol’s request that they keep this quiet for a while. He couldn’t help but wonder how long she intended, because there were people he was eager to share the news with. Their mom and dad were going to be over the moon that they were going to be grandparents.
Keegan shoved off the thought. It wouldn’t do any good to remind himself that he was once again some woman’s dirty little secret. Maybe Bristol didn’t see it that way, but she wasn’t on their end of this. It sucked.
“I was thinkin’ we’d head over there,” Kaden suggested. “Hang for a couple of hours before we head back to the house and get to work.”
“No can do. I told Sawyer and Kennedy I’d stop by, watch the kiddos for a bit. They wanted to make a trip down to Cabela’s for somethin’. Sans little ones. They’ll be back in time for dinner. But you should go over there. Spend some time with her one-on-one. See how she reacts to that.”
Kaden nodded and Keegan could see the concern in his eyes.
“It’s fine,” Keegan told him. “I’m not worried about Bristol pickin’ you over me.”
And that much was true.
He was more concerned that she would pick neither of them in an effort not to tarnish her reputation.
Then again, they’d yet to spend any one-on-one time with her. While she seemed more than content to have the two of them together, there was no way to know how she’d feel after she spent time alone with each of them. It was possible she’d find herself reserved again, wishing for the one-on-one that was normal for most relationships. It had happened to them before, women who had been all about the tag team until they got some individual attention. At that point, they’d flocked to one or the other, deciding they would rather forego the threesome. Keegan wasn’t willing to go that route on a permanent basis and he knew Kaden wasn’t either. It was the one thing neither of them had to question. If they found a woman who preferred only one of them, it wouldn’t work.
And while this thing with Bristol seemed to be moving into the serious category, Keegan knew the same would go for her. If she decided it was one or the other, not both, they would have to figure out a new plan.
All or nothing, that was how it was meant to be.
