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“She twinkled her eyes at you.”
Noah laughs. “How does that even work?”
I roll my eyes, hoping he knows I’m not impressed with Clover.
Minutes later, Xander comes out of the backroom. He claps his hands once when he sees us. We meet him halfway, exchange hugs and then follow him to the back where his office is. “To what do I owe the pleasure and does Yvie know you’re here?”
“We need a favor and no. This is a very last-minute trip, and we were sort of in the area,” I tell him. Instead of going to his office, he takes us to the break room, where surprise, Clover is making herself a smoothie.
“Did you guys meet Clover?” Xander asks.
“Sure did,” I say and give her a little finger wave.
Noah leans close to my ear. “Down, kitty.”
I should elbow him, but I don’t because my elbow is lined up with a part of his body that I love very, very much. When Clover leaves the room, I turn to him.
“I told you to change those damn sweatpants.” My eyes travel south, and while my husband isn’t hard or even sporting a semi, the outline of his penis is there and extremely noticeable.
“Sorry,” he mutters while Xander quietly chuckles to himself.
Noah and I sit at the table in the breakroom. Xander offers us water to drink and sits across from us. “I just texted Yvie, she’ll be over in a minute.”
“Doesn’t she have class?”
Xander looks at his watch. “Yeah, but she’s probably not teaching. She has so many teachers on staff now, I think she only teaches the elite classes.”
My Aunt Yvie is a dancer, who thanks to my dad and the early success of 4225 West, was able to go to dance school. After my Uncle Jimmy got shot and had to have rehab, my dad hired Xander to come to Beaumont, where he fell in love with Yvie.
“So, what’s up?” Xander asks.
Noah gets up and shuts the door, giving us some privacy. As much as I’d like to do this in his office, I don’t want to ask him to move us over there. “As you know, the accident did a lot of damage to my pelvis. I had and still have some scarring but most of it was removed back in December, in hopes I can carry a child. Up until now I haven’t been able to get pregnant and today I got my first IVF shot.”
“Congratulations.” Xander gives Noah a high-five, as if he got the shot or something.
“Anyway,” I say, getting their attention. “I’m afraid of needles, so Noah has to give me the shot, twice a day.”
“And I hate seeing her in pain,” Noah added. “Earlier, when we were in the doctor’s office, I held her and talked her through it, and she didn’t feel a thing. But I’m afraid of hurting her.”
“That’s where you come in,” I say to Xander. “We’re wondering if you wouldn’t mind coming to the house in the morning or evening to give me my shot? I would only need you to come out for one week.”
“Sure,” he said without hesitation. “Gives me an excuse to go surfing with Quinn. Count me in.”
If there wasn’t a table between us, I’d hug my uncle. “Thank you.”
“Who’s going to do the second one?”
“I’m going to beg my mother,” I tell him.
Xander laughs. “Your dad won’t do it,” he says matter-of-factly. The thing is, Xander’s not wrong. Dad’s very much like Noah and won’t do anything to hurt any of us.
“My mom’s sadistic though,” I say. “She’ll love sticking me with a needle.”
This time, Noah rolls his eyes. “Are you kidding me? Your mom wants a grandchild. She’ll do whatever she can to help you. My mom as well.”
“I know, but I still think she’ll like causing me pain. She’ll drudge up some agony I caused her back when I was a kid. I’m telling you, she’s sadistic. Mark my words.”
Noah and Xander laugh.
