Page 50 of Lawson & Jill

What is she thinking?

“Jill?”

“That sounds like a good plan. If you want me to be with you when you talk to her, I’m there, Honey.”

“No, this is something that Ash and I need to handle ourselves, but is something about this bothering you?” Law asked.

Jill sighed. “I’m sorry. But I think you’re going to have to deal with two issues, not just Xavier’s suicide, but also not having been honest with her in the beginning. I think you two better be prepared for some blowback.”

“That’s on me,” Ash said, as he set down his one of his bowls and handed the other to Eden. “I’ll take the hit. And Jill’s absolutely right. I thought about that, but then pushed it aside.”

“You did what you thought was right,” Eden defended him. “She’ll get that.”

“Not to begin with, to begin with, she’ll be angry and hurt.” Asher rubbed the back of his neck.

“Ash, I backed you on your decision,” Law said. “We’ll be able to work through this with her. We’ll tell her at the beginning of the trip so that we’re there for her. You know Maman, she’ll process this, she’ll be heartbroken, but she’ll deal. She always copes. But we need her here with us, and she needs to be here with us.”

“I agree,” Jill said.

“Absolutely,” Eden said at the same time.

Law hugged Jill closer, which caused her to tip some of the strawberry juice onto his jeans. Didn’t that just figure, he thought as he started to laugh.

Eden giggled as Jill rolled her eyes.

“You might as well know now, this is normal for me. Keep me far, far away from your wedding dress before the wedding,” Jill advised.

“She’s not kidding,” Law said as he wiped up the juice from his jeans. “Luckily, she is a whiz at laundry.”

Jill blushed and laughed. “It’s true, I can get out darn near any stain.”

“Even guacamole,” Law said huskily. He watched as Jill’s blush turned brighter.

She grabbed his thigh and dug her fingernails in. Shit, thinking about guacamole and having her grip his thigh was making him hard. He felt his cheeks heat as he put his brownie dish on his lap. He looked up and saw Asher smirking at him. Bastard.

“So we have a plan.”

“Belgium next month, wedding the following month. Sounds good to me,” Eden grinned.