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Da Jake looked back at the closed door to the bathroo the tub in a rush He should have walked outside the roo Not while he’d been staring at that inviting bed

"Yeah" Jake didn’t say anythingand he wasn’t in it So pause followed Then Darien finally conceded "All right" He tried to sound gruff, but Jake could hear the hint of a smile in his brother’s voice "Call us when you’re on your way"

"Will do" Jake turned off his phone and shoved it into his pocket, annoyed with hiht in the act Darien was sure to tell hiswith Jake again

But with Alicia being hu

Jake shook his head, irritated with hiaze flew to the bathroo out of the tub and into his arreat rooer by the second the way the triplets were growing He kissed her forehead and rubbed her back as she looked up at hiht, isn’t he?" Lelandi asked as Darien led her froreat room toward the stairs

She was alorried about Darien, and she worried about his two brothers He wondered how they had ed to survive before she came into their lives the previous fall He sht and will let us knohen he’s on his way hoed "He’s taking so"

Eyes huge, she stared at him "Jake? Your brother Jake?"

Darien chuckled "Yeah" He tugged on a red curl "Do you want et tired of giving them to me"

He snorted and led her up the stairs to their bedroo his hand gently over her expanding belly "Anything I can do to make you feel more comfortable until the babies co all the sacrifices, after all"

When they reached the room, he shut the door, then helped her out of her stretchy shirt She rested her hands on his shoulders as he rearments

"Have I told you how beautiful you are?" he asked, as he helped her lie down on her side, then tucked the pregnancy pillow under her belly and between her legs to take the pressure off her back

He poured some creaan to e her back

"Hh I feel like a beached whale" She sighed "What is Jake really doing? Hood, honey A little lower if you don’t ht… wait, to the left… yes, there"

He ed her lower back and felt the tension ease in her muscles as she continued to purr

"He ith a wouess"

Her eyes wide, Lelandi looked over her shoulder at Darien "A woman? Are you sure?"

He chuckled "Well, the shoas running, and he wasn’t in it The fact he’s sightseeing when he never does sure sounds to me like he’s holed up in a hotel room with a woman"

Lelandi turned her head back to the pillow and didn’t say anything as Darien continued to e her back Finally she said, "He never sees a woman socially beyond a strictly htseeing with her, does it mean she’s one of us?"

"We won’t know until he’s ready to tell us But if she’s not one of us, I’ht and return after that" He had no intention of second-guessing the situation

Lelandi was quiet Darien knew her ain

"What about that wo for Jake, but he hadn’t given her his number Would it be her, do you think?"

"Sherry Slate, the lawyer? Jake told iven her his private one She must have done some research to coet hold of him He told me she was a nice woman but not his type"

"So as she then?"