“Because I slept with him the first night?”
She laughs.“No.Because you didn’t know who he was.He feels as if he can trust you.”
I open my mouth to ask her another question, but Easton walks into the room with Decker right behind him.
Hazel jumps up and runs over to Decker.He drops his bag and picks her up, kissing her cheek.
Easton glances around the room, and when he finds me with the girls, he smiles and walks over.
“Conversation to be continued.”Callie waggles her eyebrows.
Penelope gets up and meets Decker halfway across the room.She’s so comfortable with where she fits in his life.Of course she is, she’s his real wife.
Easton leans over the minute he reaches us.“Ladies,” he says before he kisses me, this time without tongue, and then he kisses the top of Tanner’s head.
“Want me to take him?”he whispers.
I like this little three-person bubble we’re always in.
“No, let him sleep.Unless you want?—”
He smiles, and my stomach flips as I stare into his eyes.“His comfort comes first always.”
“Look at the two love birds,” Callie says, interrupting us, which is a blessing really because that was feeling a little too intimate.A little too close to something I’d actually want.
Easton straightens, but he puts his hand on my back, between my shoulder blades.
He smells good, freshly showered, and I love how the ends of his hair are a little damp.A memory of the first time he walked out of the shower when I was at his condo flashes through my mind.His towel was off before he hit his bedroom, and he had to reshower.We’ve definitely had some great sex over the years.
“Hadley was just telling us about the first time you met.”Leighton’s gaze veers to the door, most likely looking for Hayes.
“She can get in my Uber anytime.”Easton smiles at me as though we share a secret, and even though I just told the women the story, it still feels as if no one understands except us.The connection and immediate familiarity between us.
“She was the one lucky lady who got a second call.Tell us, was it because she didn’t know who you were?”Callie asks.I’m guessing she’s so inquisitive because she has a popular podcast and always asks the most pointed questions.
Easton taps me on the back.“Let’s go home.”
He helps me push the chair back, and I stand.He grabs the diaper bag and his bag.
“You’re deflecting,” Callie says.
Thankfully, we’re interrupted by Hayes and Foster joining us.Ellis does her little walk-run right to her daddy, and Foster crouches down, opening his arms.Then he heads toward us and kisses Callie.
Hayes comes over, Monroe and Lincoln on his heels and asking about going out for pizza.
I’m not gonna lie, the envy that sprouts inside me as I look at all of them and how happy they are is a surprise.Could this be a life for me?Stay in one area, have the same day on repeat?How are they not bored?
“Let’s go,” Foster says.
I’ve realized he’s always ready to go the minute he can be alone with Callie and Ellis.What must it be like to be so wanted all the time by the man you love?
“Hold on.East?”Callie points her glare at him.
Easton shakes his head and glances at me.“Of course.”
“Really?”My head tilts.“So had I known who you were, I wouldn’t have gotten a second call?”
He lifts a shoulder.“I can’t say for sure, but it was nice spending an entire night with a woman who didn’t drill me with questions about being a Colt.You never even asked what I did.”
