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“It’s beautiful in here. You did this?” Emery asks skeptically. She’s rocking the tiny bundle in her arms as she glances around the room.
I chuckle, shaking my head. “Of course not, Em. That’s all on my girl.”
On cue, she walks down the stairs, and as always, it steals the breath from my lungs. The glittering black dress is fitted to her body like a glove, accentuating her delectable curves, her shapely legs clad with a pair of black heels that wrap up her ankle. Her honey-colored hair glows in the chandelier light as it falls in curls around her.
So fucking beautiful that she never fails to make my heart race.
“And this is her,” I say as she makes it to the bottom of the stairs, a bright smile on her red-painted lips.
I set little Charlotte back on her feet and step towards my girl, placing a kiss on her forehead. “Caroline, this is Graham and his wife, Emery.”
“Hi, gorgeous,” Graham says, bypassing her extended hand and pulling her into his arms. If he wasn’t my brother and I didn’t know he was obsessed with his wife, he’d currently be less two limbs.
“Hi, Caroline!” Emery says, offering her a kind smile, which Bubblegum returns before her gaze travels to the baby in Emery’s arms.
“Oh my gosh, look at this handsome little man,” she coos, stepping forward to grip his little sock-covered foot between her fingers. “God, I love babies. He’s so sweet and tiny.”
Graham makes a noise in the back of his throat, and when I glance at him, he’s raising his eyebrows suggestively. I don’t even need him to say it out loud—I already know exactly what that motherfucker is thinking.
Christ.
Emery rolls her eyes when he nudges me, obviously used to his ridiculousness, and directs Caroline’s attention to the girls. The doorbell rings again just as Em is introducing them, and before I can even open the door, it swings open and Chaney strides in, a huge box in his arms.
“Party’s here!” He grins, lifting the box.
Right after he walks through the entryway, Reed, Asher, and Briggs, along with their families, follow closely behind.
I never realized how many of us there were until we’re all inside my house, filling my living room, and I start making the rounds, saying hello to everyone and introducing them formally to my girl.
The kids run off toward the table that Caroline set up with gingerbread houses for them to make, and I watch as she excuses herself to go over and help them get set up.
“Dude, where’s your sister? I’m dying to meet her,” Chaney asks when he walks up with a glass of eggnog.
I narrow my gaze. “Don’t make me kill you during Christmas. They’re on the way, and you better be on your very best behavior.”
He raises his hands in surrender with a shit-eating smirk on his face. “I am, I am.”
The guys walk over together, and fuck, it feels so fucking good to have us all here together in one place again. It’s been a long time since we could make that happen, and it does something funny to my chest.
Our families are all here, laughing and having fun while we stand together, watching it unfold.
“I’m so fucking happy we’re all here together,” I say. “Especially you, Graham. Missed you, brother.”
“Miss you guys more than you know. Em and I are going to try and make it to a game soon. Things have just been crazy with Mark being born and the girls growing.”
Reed groans. “My nieces are getting so big.”
“They sure are, and they are handfuls too,” Graham says, gazing at his girls with an expression full of love and adoration.
Evan and Olive are lying in front of the Christmas tree, watching the toy train circle it, and Briggs smiles. “I bet you a hundred dollars the second we leave here she’s begging us for a train.”
“For sure,” I agree. “And tomorrow, she’ll have one because you can’t tell that baby no.”
“Yep. Anything for my Olive Juice.”
Graham shakes his head. “Yeah, just wait until you’ve got babies to say no to. It’s fucking impossible.”
Asher agrees. “Dude. I’m pretty sure if Alex asked me to take him skydiving off the coast of Ireland, I’d book the next flight out. Especially because he’s just such a good fucking kid, it makes it even harder to say no. Auden tells me all the time that I have to be strong.”
