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With a roll of her eyes, Summer smiles at me. “I told you I’d worked it out with Kate, remember?”
Sure, I just didn’t think they were so on the ball. Helping move shit is different to unpacking it. Still, I won’t complain if it means Summer and I get to spend more time enjoying the house rather than dressing it.
“Pussy whipped,” Harrison coughs behind me.
Jesus H. Christ, this is going to be a long fucking day given he’s in one of his asshole moods. Harrison and change don’t do great. When he found out Seb and Kate were together and expecting, he had a bitch fit. Bad enough that Kate had to act as a middlewoman to get them back on good terms.
“Oh my God, tell me you’re not throwing another tantrum over being left out?” Kate groans, peering around me at him. “You should get those detachment issues seen to.”
“That’s a low blow,” he mutters back at her before telling East, “It’s gonna be you and me, bud. Bachelors for life, right?”
“No,” Easton retorts with a grumpy grimace while hugging Summer’s leg.
“You’ll never win where Summer’s concerned.” I shrug at him, picking Easton up to cuddle him all the way to Kate’s car. When we get to the Mini, I buckle him into the car seat while Kate gets Lou in hers.
“Be good, you hear?” I tell him. “What do you do if you need to go pee-pee?”
“Potty, Daddy.”
“That’s right, you ask Summer to take you potty.”
This is the first time since Heather turned up at my place that Summer is watching Easton without me around. I’d be lying if I said I wasn’t nervous about it. Not that I don’t trust Summer with him, more that I can’t stand the thought of them being hurt or getting hurt when I’m not around to protect them.
“We’ll be fine,” Summer chuckles once I’m standing in front of her again. “We’re taking the kids to the park and then running a couple of errands.”
Thumbing over the scab on her head, I press a kiss to her forehead. “I know you’ll be fine. There’s no one I would trust Easton with more than you.”
With another swift kiss, I watch her get into the car and meet Seb on the pavement, where he’s also got his eyes on his girls.
“He’s going to be hell,” Seb says, referring to Harrison when he toots the horn to his Ferrari.
“For a toy car, that thing makes way too much noise.”
“Nah, my McLaren has a deeper rumble…” Seb laughs nudging me toward my Tesla. “Not that I drive so much anymore. I swear to God, at this point, Kate and I have used it as a spare bedroom to fuck in more than I’ve actually driven it.”
“Fuck my life…” I groan as we both get in and head to the hotel.
It doesn’t take all that long to get the rest of the boxes loaded up in the back. That’s the joy of having a decent-sized car. By the time we’ve unloaded back at the house, it’s only early afternoon, and while there is a helluva lot to do, we decide to meet up with the girls at the shopping precinct.
Summer and Kate have been joined by Summer’s housemates. The four of them are so busy fussing over the puppy in the pen that they don’t see us approach.
“I want puppy,” Easton cries as Summer tries to walk him away from the pen.
“You want to go to the toy store and get a big, big stuffed one?” Summer tries to coax him a little more only for him to pull back and try to climb in with the puppies.
“No, Sum! I want doggy.”
“You are fucked now, my friend…” Seb laughs as we pause to watch the situation unfold.
“East, baby, I think that puppy wants to stay with his brothers and sisters,” Summer coos at him as she crouches to his level. Stroking the back of her fingers over his face, she leans forward to press a kiss to his forehead.
It’s only when she pulls back that she sees me. An apologetic smile tugs at one side of her mouth as I wander closer.
“Hey, buddy.” I pull Easton into me when I crouch behind him. “Were you a good boy for Summer?”
“Mhmm.” He nods, peering up at me with those big, adorable eyes.
Oh fuck.
