This Time (The DeLuca Family Book 4) by Amy Reece

Author:Amy Reece [Reece, Amy]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Limitless Publishing LLC
Published: 2018-07-09T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter Eleven

Seamus

“So, we’re still on for Saturday night, right?” Jon tossed him a dry sponge as he asked. He and Seamus were assigned to wash the smaller engine and were gathering the supplies.

Seamus had a moment of panic as he tried to remember what Jon could be referring to. “Uh, sure.” He closed his eyes and shook his head. “Sorry. I have no idea what you’re talking about. It’s been a crazy couple of weeks. What did I agree to?”

“It’s okay, man. I understand. Saturday is the ball, remember?”

Oh, shit. The Annual Fireman’s—now called Firefighter’s—Ball. He and Jon had asked for the night off months ago and made plans to double date. They’d already purchased their tickets and reserved tuxedos. “Yeah. Listen, Jon, I don’t—”

“Don’t say you’re bailing on me! Come on, man! I haven’t been able to get Lisa to leave the baby for more than an hour and I’m desperate. I’ll beg if I need to! Her parents are watching Louisa, and Lisa promised she would go. She bought a new dress, Seamus!”

He ran his hands through his hair and sighed. “Yeah, yeah, I know. But Sloane’s still out of town, so…”

“Don’t you have two sisters? Drag one of them along. I need this night out, dude, and Lisa will back out if she knows you’re not going.”

“Okay, fine. I’ll figure something out.” He stuck his bucket under the utility faucet and watched as the soap bubbles began to rise. “You don’t think it’s gonna get confusing to have a daughter named Louisa and a wife named Lisa? Did you really think that one through?”

Jon chuckled and grabbed the chrome polish. “It was Lisa’s grandmother’s name. I couldn’t say no. You just wait, Seamus, ’til your wife pops out a kid. You’ll see what it’s like.”

“Well, since I don’t have a wife, I doubt it, at least for a long, long time.”

“What about you and Sloane? I thought you two were solid? Why don’t you marry her?”

He cringed inwardly as he realized how little he’d thought of his girlfriend over the past few weeks. He and Nina hadn’t repeated the kiss, although they’d been together every night he wasn’t working. It somehow felt natural to head over to her house or to use the key she’d insisted he keep to let himself in and start dinner before she got home with the girls. He’d never realized before how much he liked preparing a meal for people he cared about—and he knew he cared about the three of them much more than he had any right to. Marry Sloane? The idea held little attraction any more, if it ever had. He’d enjoyed Sloane, enjoyed spending time with her, and definitely enjoyed sleeping with her, but he’d never planned to marry her. Marriage hadn’t even been on his radar—still wasn’t. But Nina’s beautiful face came to mind, all the same. Damn it. Not good. He laughed off Jon’s question and hoped it didn’t come across as pathetic as it sounded in his own ears.

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