Page 36 of Her Sweet Surrender
Brie spent the next hour answering all of Kylie’s many questions. It was nice to be the experienced one this time around.
“Do you have any food cravings?”
“Not yet.” Kylie sounded a bit disappointed. “However, I can’t stand the smell of garlic and I’ve always loved that smell. What’s up with that?”
“Pregnancy hormones can cause crazy things.” Brie giggled. “Luckily, I haven’t experienced that one myself. With Sir’s Italian background, it would be a rough nine months in the kitchen if I couldn’t stand the smell of garlic.”
Kylie grinned. “I have to say Faelan has been amazing—so attentive and caring. You really get to know a man on a different level when you carry his baby.”
“Agreed.”
They soaked up the rays of the sun as they continued to chat. Eventually, their men came out to join them.
“What are you two up to? Plotting world domination?” Faelan joked.
Kylie rubbed her tummy, smiling up at him. “One baby at a time.”
Brie closed her eyes as they all lay listening to the waves, enjoying the warmth of the sun.
Faelan broke the pleasant silence. “As far as your situation with Lilly…I think there is something you need to consider.”
Sir turned his head toward him. “And what would that be?”
“Faith.”
Sir snorted. “What do you mean by that?”
“If you end the threat, you know the path it will lead you down. Based on that alone, you have to choose the alternative and have faith.”
Sir grunted. “I am not a man of faith.”
Brie reached out to him. “I wouldn’t say that, Sir.”
“It’s true,” he insisted. “I have zero faith in the future, only in what I can control.”
“I’m surprised you haven’t learned that lesson by now.” Faelan chuckled. “Any control you think you have is only an illusion.”
Sir shook his head. “I wholeheartedly disagree.”
“Take me for example,” Faelan continued. “I thought I was going to be a famous football star and sacrificed everything for it, but look at me now.” He held out his hand to Kylie to squeeze it. “Funny thing is, I wouldn’t change it for the world. Even losing this.” He tapped the patch covering his eye.
“I believe life is a series of choices. We go down paths of our own making, but there is an element of the unknown that influences our lives.”
“How very philosophical of you,” Sir stated. “But that has no place in my world.”
Faelan smirked. “Or it does, but you are unwilling to accept it.”
Sir shook his head, chuckling with amusement.
When it came time for Faelan and Kylie to leave, Sir collapsed the sunshade and they walked back to the house.
Faelan dropped his car keys, and Sir knelt to pick them up.
“Sir…” Brie said in awe as Hope took her first steps toward him.
He turned to look and held out his hands to her. Hope was so excited that she lost her balance and tumbled to the floor.
Unfazed, she pulled herself up using the couch and tried again.
