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His brows rose in surprise. He knew he’d made her happy, but if other people were noticing, that had to be a good thing.
“What are your plans, then?”
“Plans?” Like for life?
“Yeah, what are you planning on doing to keep making my boss happy?”
He turned his head when he heard her laughing somewhere deeper in the house. “I don’t know.”
“I think you do, Beau.”
He glanced back at the other guy. “I guess I do too, but it’s too soon.”
“I’m not talking about getting married tomorrow, but do you think that’s where you’re heading?”
Under normal circumstances, Beau would never stand for a guy—who’s practically a stranger—telling him what he should do, but he respected Max and would listen to him since he knew Vee and had welcomed her into his family, if Erin and Gianna’s reactions had been any indication.
“That’s exactly where I’m heading. I just have to make sure Vee is on board with that too.”
Max took a sip of his beer. “She will be—if not already, then she will be soon.”
“How are you so sure?”
“I’ve known Evangeline for three and a half years. We started working at Temptation at the same time. When she bought out the club a year ago, she made me manager because we think the same way and do business the same way. We understand each other, and in all that time, I have never seen her acting like this. Keep treating her right and everything will fall into place.”
The doorbell rang then and Max excused himself. Beau went to look for Vee, finding her in a small playroom tucked away behind the dining room. She was playing with Erin on the floor, both of them sprawled out on their stomachs, coloring together. He leaned against the doorframe, watching them for a moment.
“Pur-pur, pwease,” Erin said, holding out her little hand for a crayon. Evangeline passed her a purple crayon, smiling.
“Very nice manners, Miss Erin.”
Erin beamed at her before her focus was back on her picture.
“She’s really good with her,” Gigi said from beside him. He turned, surprised that he hadn’t heard her approach. His gaze went back to Vee.
“She is.”
Gigi let out a sigh, her hand going to her stomach.
“Not feeling well?” he asked.
A secret smile formed on her lips. “No—it’ll pass though once I have something to eat.”
Beau nodded, then gestured to Evangeline. “They have a good relationship, these two.”
“They do. Vee has been having dinner with us every Sunday for the past year or so now. She and Erin have a special bond.”
“I can see that.” He pictured her playing with their own child, the strength of the vision so strong that he could swear he was seeing it before his eyes right then.
“How long have you and Vee been together? Max mentioned you only a few times.”
“Oh,” he hedged. “We... we’ve known each other for years. We dated through college but I fucked it—” He winced. “Excuse me. Imessedit up about four years ago. We only reconnected recently.”
She nodded, but her eyes remained on Erin and Vee. “We learn from our mistakes, don’t we?” It was a statement rather than a question, but he answered it anyway.
“We do, and if we don’t, maybe we don’t deserve a second chance at things.”
Gigi’s dark eyes found his face, a smile tugging at her mouth. “I’m glad she has you. She deserves to be as happy as Max and I are.” She touched him briefly on the arm then walked into the room.
