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“Well, they couldn’t stop the labor, because of the cord. And I guess they kept hiding in the ultrasounds I had, their heartbeats synced enough that we didn’t hear it. But …” Aria clears her throat and picks at the blanket covering her legs. “I also miscalculated the timing.” I furrow my brow when Aria’s sight shoots to her man that hovers attentively at her side. “I guess I was pregnant sooner than I realized. The babies are on the smaller side because they are a little early, but were also sharing everything.”
“Babe?” Rex’s fingers brush over the hand he holds, his face showing something akin to what I’d guess mine looks like.
Utter confusion.
“Jesus, it was around the night I met your mom, Rex.”
His eyes flare wide for only a moment before a shit-eating grin nearly breaks his face in half. “Fuck yes, babe. I knew it.” Rex’s deep chuckle rolls over the room.
“Shut up,” Aria mutters, her face showing the first level of color and it’s red.
Like beetred.
“Huh.” I scoff with a grin. “Didja get your freak on at the mom’s house, Ari?” I bounce my brows when she turns another shade of darker red. “Get it in while Ma wasn’t watching?”
“Ew—” Aria covers her face with her hands while her man laughs at her side. “God, stop.”
“Something like that,” Rex mutters on a chuckle, earning himself a backhand to the chest.
“Rex!”
“Go ahead, babe,” Rex rumbles on a smirk that I really should look away from. “Say my name and see what happens.”
“Ugh, you’re insatiable.”
“Good God, it’s time to go.” Fin’s skin warms my side, his voice filling my ears and drawing goosebumps down my spine. “Before they start making the next one right here.”
“Oh, no,” Aria forces, hands up and all. “Nope. Never again.” She winces and grips at her stomach. “Cedar, don’t do it.”
Snickering, I shake my head and lean closer to hand little Makkin over to his ridiculous parents. “Ari, I don’t even know if I have a boyfriend or not. Pretty sure babies are a hardnofor me.”
“Ahem.” I hear the correction in Fin’s tone, but I shrug him off and lean down to kiss the cap on Makkin’s head.
“Oh, boy,” Rex mutters as he accepts the transfer of his daughter from Fin’s solid arms I pay a little too much attention to when they ripple and pop veins beneath the ink.
“Um,” Aria states as she straightens herself up in the bed with only a slight wince and one arm. “You better lock that shit down.” Her pointer finger comes up just when I open my mouth to smart right back, only for the pointer to land over my shoulder.At Fin.“And you better do itright.”
The fierceness I see makes my chest ache and my stomach warm over. “Ari …”
“I’m dead serious. Fin,” Aria speaks solidly, clearly. “Don’t fuck this up or I’ll have your nuts.”
“Damn, babe,” Rex sniggers. “I think I’m even a little nervous right now.I like it.”
I turn just in time to catch Fin’s clipped nod and his eyes flit to mine. “C’mon, sweetness.” He holds out a hand I accept and I allow him to tug me to my feet. “Time to have a little fucking chat.”
“What did I do?” Fin’s solid arm I was just admiring rests across my shoulders and pulls me in tight to his side.
“Call me later, C,” Aria calls to my back, her crazy switch flipped back to the normal person that doesn’t threaten dude’s balls. “I want all the details.”
God, I love her.
Snickering, I hold up a thumbs up with my free hand in answer when Fin refuses to loosen his grip.
Our steps fall in sync as we walk, his lips sealed up tight, and his warmth sending little spikes of adrenaline through my system.
Fuck, I’m nervous andexcited.
We leave the room, the washing station where Fin dumps the paper smock, and once we round the corner to a cleared hallway, my back hits the wall before I even see him move.
