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I couldn’t help the wince. “Not worry as such. But I can’t say it hasn’t crossed my mind.”

She smiled softly. “I’d guess that was perfectly normal. And you have to be bluntly honest with yourself.”

“But, as you said, other families face that too. And I look at Cam and think there isn’t anything we can’t do together. He’s an amazing father to Cory, and he’ll be exactly the same with another child. He’d fight to the death for our family, no questions asked. He’s my fucking hero, but even heroes have limits.” My voice broke and I wiped at my eyes. “For fuck’s sake, look at me. I’m getting married next week to the love of my life and I’m a fucking blubbering disaster.”

Georgie wrapped her arms around me. “Welcome to the messy world of families, baby. You should know that tale better than most.”

I kissed her cheek. “Yeah, let’s try not to use my family as an example for anything other than how not to do shit, yeah?”

She shuddered. “Amen to that. But that doesn’t solve the problem that you haven’t yet told Cam that you really want the baby?”

I looked away.

She sat back and nudged my foot with hers. “Remember the last time you didn’t tell him how you felt?”

Shit.

“You almost lost him.”

I closed my eyes and my chin dropped to my chest. “I was coughing up dust balls in the closet. It’s hardly the same. I’m not that guy anymore.”

“Potatoes, potahtoes. Don’t make that same stupid mistake. And so what if he’s not talking. Cam doesn’t get to call all the shots, Reuben.”

I cocked an eyebrow at her, and she kicked me in the ankle.

“Well, don’t let him get away with it, then.”

I sighed. “He knows I’m thinking seriously about it. And no one canmakeCam do anything he doesn’t want to.”

“That’s where I think you’re wrong,” she said softly. “The way he looks at you? He’d give you the world. But sometimes you have to step up and ask. And you’ve never been good at that, Reuben. That’s how you got stuck in the closet for so long. Cam’s an Energizer-bunny, take-charge kind of guy, and you love watching him eat up the world. The dynamic clearly works for you both, until it doesn’t.”

Here we go again. “Wow, don’t hold back.”

“I won’t,” she scoffed. “Because you damn well know it’s true. You’re a nice guy, Reuben, too fucking nice. You’re so busy protecting each other, neither of you are really thinking. But you can’t do thatandmake a good decision. Tell himeverything, now,and ask him to tell you.”

Damn.

Pinky swear. Guess it went both ways.

“Yeah, I know,” I grumbled. “But holy moly, can nothing in our lives ever be easy for a change? I feel like we’ve been pushing a rock uphill ever since we first met. A bit of luck would be nice.”

Georgie patted my thigh and sipped on her tea. “Is he easy to love?”

And everything fell away as a huge smile stole over my face. “So fucking easy.”

She smirked. “Then you’ve got all the luck you need and more than most ever have. So shut up and drink your tea.”

* * *

“Hand me the lube.” Cam dropped my needy cock and pushed his open hand through the jets of steaming water in our huge double shower.

Not tonight.I slapped his hand away and spun him to face the wall.

He looked over his shoulder with a sultry smile and wiggled that sexy butt. “So, it’s gonna be like that, is it?”

“It is.” I squidged a mountain of lube onto my fingers and slicked both our cocks before running my fingers up his taint and tapping at his hole. “Knock, knock,” I whispered in his ear.

“Who’s there?”

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