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Dylan stopped eating. “Really? What’s her story?”
“Easy, killer. They’re just talking.”
“Hey.” Brinkley sauntered over and waggled her brows. “Have you all noticed your father and my mother-in-law, Abi, have been awfully chatty through the entire reception?”
“Does Dad have game?” Dylan gaped. “Abi is beautiful. And she’s a good woman, right?”
Brinkley laughed. “Yes. And your dad is a good-looking guy. They actually look really cute together. Why didn’t I think of this?”
Ashlan and Charlotte sat down and leaned in as Ashlan whisper-shouted. “Are we talking about Dad and his hot lady?”
“That’s my mother-in-law,” Brinkley said over her laughter, just as Tia walked up and wrapped an arm around the bride.
“Are you having fun?” Brinkley asked.
“Yes. Best wedding ever. But if one more lady asks me if my brother is single, I’m going to hurl,” Tia said over her laughter.
“In his defense, he does look like aGQmodel, and he’s stealing all the attention in the room, which is saying a lot with the men in attendance at this wedding. He’s too young for me, but damn, that is one fine-looking man,” Lola sang out, and everyone agreed, aside from Tia, who was rolling her eyes and making it clear she was annoyed.
“Well, good luck to whoever finally wins him over. He’s such a grump sometimes,” she said.
Brinkley laughed. “He just needs the right girl to knock him on his ass. Just like his brother.”
We all held up our champagne flutes and toasted to Brinkley and Lincoln.
“So, Brinks, do you think you guys will have kids right away?” Vivian asked.
“At the rate everyone around us is getting knocked up, this will come as a big surprise, but we want to wait a little bit. With Lincoln still playing professional football and me working full time, we travel so much, and we want to just enjoy married life. And we’ll see how we feel after the next few seasons.”
“Yeah, it’s hard when your husband is on the road a lot or you’re still trying to work. Now that Hawk coaches part time, he has a flexible schedule. But I’m telling you, Jackson and Emerson are a full-time job,” Everly said.
“Tell me about it. I’m lucky to have Hadley and Paisley at an age where they can help me with Monroe. And she’s an easy baby, which has made it possible for me to stay on deadline because my publisher is a real tyrant,” Ashlan said over a fit of laughter as she looked at Georgia.
“Hey, your words are magic. The people can’t get enough. I’m currently beta-reading her latest, and it is so good. The steam… don’t even get me started,” Georgia said. “Bossman thanks you for that.”
Everyone laughed, and Dylan turned her attention to me. “Do you think you and Grumpy McNugget over there will have more kids?”
“Yes. I think so,” I said, feeling my cheeks heat as they all smiled, and Georgia laid her head on my shoulder.
“I’ve never seen my brother happier,” she said.
“Yeah, it’s impossible to miss how happy he is now. But he’ll always pretend to be a big grump, won’t he?” Dylan laughed, and we all agreed.
But I knew the man beneath that salty exterior. The way he loved big and would do anything for Gracie and me.
“Look at you,” Everly said, reaching for my hand and squeezing. “You’re glowing. And the way you and Gracie are together, it’s just magical. You were the missing piece in their lives.”
“Amen to that,” Brinkley said, and she shook her head as if she’d known it all along. “I caught Cage smiling as he watched you before you lined up to walk down the aisle together. He’s so happy, and I’m just so glad you guys found your way back to one another.”
“Not surprising. Second-chance romance is so hot right now,” Georgia said, and the corners of her lips turned up.
“I love that everything is a trope with you.” Ashlan chuckled.
“Ohhhh… what’s my trope?” Charlotte asked.
“You and Ledger are a best friend’s brother mixed with a dash of second chance. The one who almost got away.” She smirked.
“Luckily, no one got away, because you two were meant to be together, and Harper and Hudson are proof of that,” Dylan said about her niece and nephew. Charlotte and Ledger had twins that were absolutely adorable. “What are me and the big, bad Wolf called in the romance world?”
