Page 56 of When You Blush
“Where’s that baby?” Holden asks, looking around, and Skyla gently passes Bryce into Holden’s arms.
“You have such a goofy grin on your face,” Bridger taunts Holden with a smile.
“It’s ababy,” Holden reminds him. “It’s my girl’s baby. You’re so handsome, aren’t you? Just like your uncle Holden.”
I smirk, then wink at Millie as she walks over to sit next to me.
“So.”
“Not you, too.”
Millie snickers into her hand, then laughs outright as if she just can’t control it.
“I’ve watched you make your way through a lot of women in this town.”
“No, you haven’t.” I scowl over at her. “That’s a gross exaggeration.”
She shrugs a shoulder. “But I like this one. She got you coffee.”
Everything in me softens at that. Yeah, my girl got me coffee and brought me breakfast after I had to walk away from her in that bar.
It ranks up there as one of the single worst moments of my life, and I’ll never repeat it.
And the fact that she thought to bring me food after I’d failed her like that? It absolutely stunned me.
“She brought him coffee?” Brooks asks.
“It’s just a cup of coffee.”
Millie scowls and smacks my shoulder, and I pretend that it hurt.
“You’re a baby,” she says. “And it’s notjustcoffee. My drinks are masterpieces.”
“Right.” I decide that I need to change the fucking subject. “Hey, Billie, how’s book club going?”
Billie grins over at me. “So great. We’ve upped it to twice a month because there’s so much interest. We have a meeting later this week.”
“Oh my God, the book is so good,” Dani gushes. “And I’m coming to this one. I need to get out of the house and be around grown-ups.”
“I’m so excited you’re coming,” Skyla says, clapping her hands. “Beckett and I have loved this one as well.”
I raise an eyebrow at my brother, and he smiles smugly.
“You should give it a try,” he says.
“What, reading romance books?” I ask.
“Yeah. They’re good, man. Skyla and I read together every night.”
“Dani started reading some to me, too,” Bridger admits. “They’re not bad.”
I blink at my brothers. I have nothing at all against romantic literature. I think it’s awesome. Hell, my sister has built a thriving and incredibly successful business from it, and I’m damn proud of her.
I just never expected to hear that my brothers enjoy it.
I glance over to Brooks and find a strange look on his face.
“What’s wrong with you?”
