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"Oh, that’s Declan’s sister, Ava, and his brother, Brant They own a company thather voice, Claire continued "Jason is interested in buying their co them on board They’re headquartered near Charlotte, North Carolina"

"Does Declan own part of their coather, it was left to them by their father when he passed away Ava and Brant run the day-to-day operations and Declan handles the troubleshooting It’s a very successful business and I know Jason would like to bring it into the Danvers family Just as we did with Mericom and Gray and Nick, Ava and Brant would relocate to Myrtle Beach and work fro at Ella inquiringly "It looks like they’ve caught us staring; o over and introduce ourselves"

"You’re right," Claire agreed "We don’t want to take off like we are guilty of talking about theh we are"

Ella reluctantly followed thereet Declan and his faraciously offered a hand to each sibling Beth followed her lead and then all eyes turned to Ella expectantly Beth could see the slight flush on her friend’s cheeks as she squared her shoulders and introduced herself to Ava and Brant When she caave her a soft smile and, if it was possible, she flushed even ain, Beth wondered how Declan felt about Ella She was sure that Ella had a crush on hi in his eyesmore than polite friendliness when he looked at Ella Beth wanted to tell her to start running and never stop because Declan was uy ould worship the ground she walked on Declan would shake the very foundation under her, and Beth seriously doubted if Ella would ever recover Nick ht be a bad boy in the ladies’ man sense, but Declan was just a bad boy, period

They all loaded onto the elevator and Claire exited several floors later with the Stone family Oh God Ella just checked out Declan’s ass as he left the elevator I need to have a serious talk with her soon, even if I’et accidentally pregnant with Nick’s babies Maybe I should send Suzy to have a chat with her It ht scare the hell out of Ella, but she wasn’t likely to soon forget it

Beth parted ith Ella at the reception desk and continued on to her office She needed a few rips with her doctor’s appointment before she had to face Suzy But just as she finished the thought, the door burst open and her sister strode in She carefully bit back the groan before it escaped her lips Suzy perched on the corner of her desk and leaned in closer to Beth

"So when did you get in?" Suzy asked

"A fewto your office," Beth lied

"So, uht place and all?"

Beth snancy You would think after Claire’s pregnancy that she would be used to it, but she still looked nauseous whenever babies were mentioned "Yeah, they are just as they should be"

Slad to hear it" Suddenly her head jerked up and she asked, "They? Shit, please tell me you didn’t say that word"

Beth buried her face in her hands andtwins; can you believe it?"

"Holy shit, how did this happen!"

Beth couldn’t help but suess"

Suzy stood up from the corner of the desk and slumped backward in the chair behind her "My God, what are you doing to do? Ito babysit, but I will at least pay for a babysitter on a regular basis for you, how about that?"

Beth chuckled "Thanks, sis It hasn’t really sunk in yet so I don’t knoe will do I just need some time to think"

Suzy jumped up and said, "Hey, I know just what you need: a distraction!"

This can’t be good "What kind of distraction?"

"I need you to helpto settle for living together forever He wants tosiown bigger than I am"

Beth clapped her hands in excitement This was exactly what she needed to take her ive the ter, but it sounded like fun Suddenly, another thought had Beth frowning Unless we can pull this wedding together in ato look like a whale Poor Beth, always a brides that depressing thought, Suzy dropped another boht I told them you would be there"

"What! Have you lost your mind? I can’t see the you a favor We’ll get the dog-and-pony show out of the way before you start showing and if they decide to skip the wedding, we probably won’t see theain until after the babies are born If it’s any consolation to you, Gray is sweating bullets I tried to tell him that our parents aren’t the type to co as he has a good IQ, they will be thrilled"

Beth snickered "Hoe know? Their facial expressions never change If I didn’t know better, I would swear they got Botox So, should I bring Nick with me?"

With an evil s out of this Gray probably needs the ht we should o our separate ways afterward, but I insisted they come to the house"