Page 101 of The Merger
“Not all of us can have them two at a time,” he complained as if having two sets of twins was our plan.
“He keeps trying though,” Colt complained.
Evie waddled out on the porch, very pregnant with what she insisted was their last baby. “Nope, I’m done after this.”
She sat down next to Beck, and he immediately started rubbing her back. “I bet I could talk you into one more.”
“You’re getting a vasectomy, and making sure it works this time. Five kids is enough,” she told him.
“I’m starting to think you’ve got a breeding kink,” Jana said as she joined us.
Colt looked at her with a pained expression. “I know we’re all friends, but can we not talk about any kind of kink when it comes to my daughter’s husband? It’s bad enough that I know about a lot of his other proclivities from being his best friend since we were kids.”
“What about you two,” Beck gestured between them. “Are you really done with two?”
“I’ve got three kids, remember? And thanks to you being a horny asshole, I’ll have five grandkids in a month,” he said.
We all turned to Jana who looked like she was hiding something. “About that. Uhm, you’re going to have four kids in about seven months.”
“More grandkids?” Fitz practically sang as he carried a platter of food out to the deck.
Sabrina followed behind him carrying a basket of bread. I wanted to keep her next to me so she wouldn’t try and overdo it, but I learned last time that the more I tried to baby her, the more it pissed her off. Fitz, however, could get away with it.
He snatched the basket out of her hands and led her to the bench I was seated on. “You should not be on your feet. Now sit there and let that boy take care of you.”
I sat back and made room for her between my legs. The moment she sat down I put my hands on either side of her very swollen belly. Every time I saw her I couldn’t help but want her all over again. I actually understood how Beck ended up with four kids and one on the way.
She looked back at me over her shoulder, and I could see her eyes heat.
“How are you doing, Sunshine?” I whispered in her ear.
Her tongue peeked out and wet her lips. It made me think of really inappropriate things considering we were with our family in a place about to fill with a hoard of six-year-olds in about an hour.
“Do you need me?” Apparently I didn’t care about where we were. If my wife had needs, I was on board to take care of them.
She kissed me. “I always need you. That’s how I ended up like this again,” she said pointing at her stomach.
“Knocking you up is one of my favorite activities,” I said, kissing her again.
Our four-year-old twin sons were going to be joined by a brother and sister in a couple more months.
“Thank you,” I said to her.
Her nose scrunched up adorably. “What for?”
“For ditching your friends ten years ago and taking a chance on me.”
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“Are you sure you have all the emergency numbers?” Sabrina asked Grace for the dozenth time.
“Yes, darling. Laken and Anderson love staying at Grandma and Grandpa’s house. We’re going to have a lot of fun while the two of you celebrate your anniversary,” Grace comforted her.
“Thank you, Mrs. Anderson. I know they’ll have a great time with you both,” I said to her while trying to drag Sabrina out the door.
Fitz came around and slapped me on the back. “Boy, when are you going to start calling us by our names? Can’t really tell everyone you’re one of our kids if you’re always calling us by our last names.”
I ducked my head. This was a common argument. I loved having family, but even this many years later it was hard to come to terms with being chosen by anyone. Since my mother died, I’d almost forgotten what it was like to have parents, but Fitz and Grace worked hard to make me feel included. I loved them for how they treated our kids. Sabrina hadn’t spoken to her mother since the night of the party she threw for us, and her father wasn’t very involved since she ended her friendship with Malcolm.