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Prologue

“You don’t knohat you’reout on Drew I’ve never been so happy in my entire life I love you and Ryan like brothers, you know that, but there’s so a wife and children It fills a void you don’t even know is there until you finally are with your true love,” Derek said as the twoa drink

“You know, I think Jasmine is about the e just isn’t for me I’m a confirmed bachelor Why would I want to settle doith just one lady, when I can have a new one on ht?” Drew said with a wicked smile He said the words but even he didn’t believe himself anymore He’d watched his newlyh He had a great life and he refused to even think about changing it

“Yeah, well you know I felt the same way until Jasmine came back into my life and now I just think of all the wasted years we could’ve been together,” Derek said with pain in his voice His cousin had married his childhood sweetheart but circumstances had kept them apart for ten years and Dre it pained Derek whenever he thought about all the years lost

“I think I’ non-stop for years now and I think I’o soak up soe around I’m sure I can find a few pretty ladies to enjoy the time with ot involved with knew the score and were looking for nothing s between the couples in the

That had always been enough for hiured the restlessness really was just the fact he orking too hard The old saying see, all work and no play

“What are you boys up to out here?” Jasirl Drew immediately held out his ar in the world and he could iht off, since he couldn’t have the babies without having a wife He’d been raised far better than that

“Oh, you kno, he’s talking about all the pretty ladies,” Derek said as he grabbed his wife around the waist and settled her onto his lap She giggled before bending down to kiss hi Drew a bit uncomfortable He cleared his throat, just to remind them he was still there

He’d never been so head over heels for a girl he forgot everyone else in the roo to wonder what that would be like

“Sorry Drew,” Jasmine said a bit sheepishly, as a pretty blush stole over her features

“Want to babysit?” Derek said He wasn’t in the least bit sorry Before Drew had a chance to say anything, Derek rose from the chair, with Jash the house He could hear her weak protests as they got further away

Britney was looking up at hi blue eyes, which he couldn’t resist He blew sole and pat his face

“I know your parents are a bit nutty but you have to love them, anyway,” he said to the baby He didn’t feel foolish at all talking to her, even though she had no idea what he was saying He found hi time before the happy couple came back down to join him

He raised his brows at his cousin, who just shrugged as if to say, he couldn’t help hiized for her husband’s behavior and took Britney back, so she could get her ready for bed He reluctantly handed her over

“I’ to take off now, since my presence here is obviously not needed,” Drew said with a huge smile

“Hey, you know you’re alanted here,” Derek told hi it

“I know That’s why I keep coo on a vacation I’et away for soet back to normal,” he said

“Don’t stay away too long, you kno quickly Britney is growing up,” Derek said, as he walked him to the door

“I can’t believe how quickly she’s growing I’ll be back in a week or so I’ traveling isn’t holding the saet back I think it’s your wife’s cooking I swear I’ve put on twenty pounds,” he said, while rubbing his incredibly flat stomach

“I understand I’o to the tailor to let allhis own impressive stomach Both azines, than sitting behind a desk They shook hands and Drew took off

He called his pilot and had the jet readied and headed straight for the airport He knew some sun and surf would wash all his worries away and hopefully the weird thoughts ofkind, not like Derek was Heck, he could tell when they were still teenagers Derek would be the first to marry and make a ton of kids