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to tell them tonight that she carried twins, not just one baby. She didn’t want either of them to feel slighted if the baby wasn’t theirs when it was all of theirs.
Katlyn hugged Brendan tight after the kiss broke and, after a few minutes, they both made their way out of the shower and dressed for dinner since they’d be taking it at the main house with Paige.
Chapter Seven
Katlyn wore a little black dress for dinner since she wouldn’t be able to wear it for much longer. It accentuated her frame, including her growing belly that was just starting to show slightly. She pressed a hand against her belly and hoped that Chase and Brendan wouldn’t totally freak out when they learned that she carried twins.
“Are you ready?” Brendan asked, buttoning up his white shirt. Instead of wearing jeans and a western shirt like he usually wore, he dressed up for dinner on most occasions if they had dinner with Paige.
Chase joined them, his gray pants hugging his lean hips. He also wore a white shirt, but had it opened nearly to the waist. Katlyn had learned that he only preferred to do that because he hated wearing dress shirts period, but Brendan was a stickler about wearing proper clothing to dinner. Katlyn found this to be odd since they owned a ranch and worked like ranch hands most days, but she kept her thoughts to herself.
She glanced down and bit off one of her nails that was longer than the others. She was a habitual nail biter, and even though Brendan raised a brow, he never said anything even though Katlyn knew it might have bugged him. That was the thing about her mates—neither of them nitpicked her about anything, not even her reluctance to speak about her past. How could she begin to explain about her parents from Ohio that just wouldn’t understand her current lifestyle choices, like having not one, but two mountain lion shifters as mates? She’d be taken to task by her parents, one of the reasons she’d hadn’t told them too much about her life in Wyoming.
Chase continued to scratch as the starch from the shirt made him itch. “I swear, if Paige says something about my shirt, I’m just taking the dang thing off completely.”
Katlyn smiled. “I’d love to see the look on Paige’s face when you do that.” Paige might be a vampire, but she had an air of sophistication about her, like she had come from somewhere quite fancy at one time. Besides biting Tessa that one night, she had behaved herself like every inch the lady.
“What about Tessa?” Katlyn asked. “Will she be at dinner, too?”
“No, it’s not quite dark yet. I’ll have Angus fetch her after dinner,” Brendan said.
Katlyn nodded as they left for the big house in the truck, although it wasn’t all that far. They walked to the door and Paige opened it, greeting them. “It’s about time. Dinner just came out of the oven.” Paige didn’t like to be kept waiting and admired anyone who was prompt. In many ways, she made Katlyn feel like she was a lowly servant whereas Paige was the lady of the house. She’d love to ask Brendan one day if either of them had been with Paige, or why it was, exactly, that she came to be running the ranch.
Brendan took Paige’s arm and escorted her into the dining room while Chase took Katlyn’s arm. There was something just too prim and proper about the main house, and yet this was also the very place that Paige had bitten and turned Tessa into a vampire.
Katlyn sat when Chase held out a chair for her, and they were soon served roast beef with baby carrots and mashed potatoes with at thick gravy that smelled so beefy that Katlyn’s mouth watered. Paige, Brendan, and Chase each had a wine glass filled with red wine, but Katlyn’s was filled with milk that she begrudgingly managed to choke down since she wasn’t the hugest milk fan. Sure, growing up she’d had milk at every meal, since that’s what her parents insisted on, but Katlyn barely drank it much since.
Katlyn hugged Brendan tight after the kiss broke and, after a few minutes, they both made their way out of the shower and dressed for dinner since they’d be taking it at the main house with Paige.
Chapter Seven
Katlyn wore a little black dress for dinner since she wouldn’t be able to wear it for much longer. It accentuated her frame, including her growing belly that was just starting to show slightly. She pressed a hand against her belly and hoped that Chase and Brendan wouldn’t totally freak out when they learned that she carried twins.
“Are you ready?” Brendan asked, buttoning up his white shirt. Instead of wearing jeans and a western shirt like he usually wore, he dressed up for dinner on most occasions if they had dinner with Paige.
Chase joined them, his gray pants hugging his lean hips. He also wore a white shirt, but had it opened nearly to the waist. Katlyn had learned that he only preferred to do that because he hated wearing dress shirts period, but Brendan was a stickler about wearing proper clothing to dinner. Katlyn found this to be odd since they owned a ranch and worked like ranch hands most days, but she kept her thoughts to herself.
She glanced down and bit off one of her nails that was longer than the others. She was a habitual nail biter, and even though Brendan raised a brow, he never said anything even though Katlyn knew it might have bugged him. That was the thing about her mates—neither of them nitpicked her about anything, not even her reluctance to speak about her past. How could she begin to explain about her parents from Ohio that just wouldn’t understand her current lifestyle choices, like having not one, but two mountain lion shifters as mates? She’d be taken to task by her parents, one of the reasons she’d hadn’t told them too much about her life in Wyoming.
Chase continued to scratch as the starch from the shirt made him itch. “I swear, if Paige says something about my shirt, I’m just taking the dang thing off completely.”
Katlyn smiled. “I’d love to see the look on Paige’s face when you do that.” Paige might be a vampire, but she had an air of sophistication about her, like she had come from somewhere quite fancy at one time. Besides biting Tessa that one night, she had behaved herself like every inch the lady.
“What about Tessa?” Katlyn asked. “Will she be at dinner, too?”
“No, it’s not quite dark yet. I’ll have Angus fetch her after dinner,” Brendan said.
Katlyn nodded as they left for the big house in the truck, although it wasn’t all that far. They walked to the door and Paige opened it, greeting them. “It’s about time. Dinner just came out of the oven.” Paige didn’t like to be kept waiting and admired anyone who was prompt. In many ways, she made Katlyn feel like she was a lowly servant whereas Paige was the lady of the house. She’d love to ask Brendan one day if either of them had been with Paige, or why it was, exactly, that she came to be running the ranch.
Brendan took Paige’s arm and escorted her into the dining room while Chase took Katlyn’s arm. There was something just too prim and proper about the main house, and yet this was also the very place that Paige had bitten and turned Tessa into a vampire.
Katlyn sat when Chase held out a chair for her, and they were soon served roast beef with baby carrots and mashed potatoes with at thick gravy that smelled so beefy that Katlyn’s mouth watered. Paige, Brendan, and Chase each had a wine glass filled with red wine, but Katlyn’s was filled with milk that she begrudgingly managed to choke down since she wasn’t the hugest milk fan. Sure, growing up she’d had milk at every meal, since that’s what her parents insisted on, but Katlyn barely drank it much since.
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