Double Daddy Trouble

She twisted her lips together. She wanted to know what Jack was talking about. Was he saying they wanted to be the grooms? Was that it? A wedding of their own. Oh God. How would that work? Did it really matter? As long as she got to spend the rest of her life with them she didn’t care about the details.

“Baby, we have a call from France coming in. We need to take this.”

“Ok. I’ll talk to you tomorrow.” She hung up and thought about all the things they didn’t say on the phone. Her hands traveled to her flat belly. Was their future already sealed? Maybe it was. Maybe they had already given her the miracle she always wanted.

Lily held a cup of coffee as she walked into the first seminar of the day. The room was crowded. The only seats left were the ones in the front row. She walked down a long aisle, before finding a place front and center.

She smiled at the man next to her. He was texting someone and didn’t notice.

She wondered what Sawyer and Jack were doing at the office now. Penny was probably getting their coffee ready and prepping the staff for a board meeting.

She had checked in with Jones before leaving the hotel this morning. He was running things for her while she was in New York.

The lights dimmed and Lily focused on the speaker. She turned her phone to silent.

“Good morning and welcome to New York.” His voice was clear on the speakers.

The audience clapped lightly as if they were on a golf course.

“Global marketing is something I have been speaking about for over twenty years. And wow, has it changed,” he continued.

Lily listened, but the more he spoke, the more her mind wandered. She tried to follow him as he walked back and forth across the audience. She tried to take mental notes of his assessment of the global climate on marketing. She zeroed in on the mouthpiece he used. She watched his multi-media presentation. But no matter what she did, her mind always traveled to the same place. It was unavoidable. She might be a global force in marketing, but she also knew she was a woman in love. All she could think about was Sawyer and Jack.

By the time the conference ended for the day Lily wandered to the conference lobby.

“Hey, you going out for drinks tonight?” She recognized one of the girls from the working lunch session she attended.

“No. I think I’m going to order room service and watch a movie,” she answered.

“You should come with us. The theme party at the bar is the Love Boat.”

“Oh?” Lily didn’t know how to say politely that she wasn’t interested in mandatory fun. It was a requirement she was glad didn’t exist at Kincaid-Rivers. “I’m afraid I didn’t bring my cruise ship wardrobe.”

The girl laughed. “I don’t think we dress up, just the bartenders and wait staff. It will be fun. My parents loved that show.”

“Thanks, really. But I’m tired and it’s my last night in New York. I think I’m going to get some rest before I fly back after the conference tomorrow.”

The girl shrugged. “Ok. But if you change your mind I’ll be there.”

“Thanks. Have fun.”

Lily walked outside where her driver was waiting for her. Penny had every detail covered on this trip. Maybe it was a waste to spend her last night here locked inside her suite, but she couldn’t wait to call her guys. She wanted to see their gorgeous faces on the screen and hear their sexy voices.

Tomorrow night she’d be back at the penthouse. She bit her bottom lip, wondering what the reunion would feel like.

“We’re here.” The driver deposited her outside the Waldorf.

“Thank you.” Lily climbed from the car.

As soon

as she walked into the hotel, she felt a strange sensation. It was as if there were eyes on her, but not from the lobby passers-by. She walked through the lobby and couldn’t shake the feeling. Her skin prickled.

She tapped the button for the elevator and waited for it to carry her to her suite. She even took her shoes off inside the elevator. Her feet had been sore all day. High heels and walking through a gigantic conference center were not a good combination.

As Lily pulled the key card from her bag she heard the doors open behind her. She spun around.

“Uncle Gino?”