Gaius heard the equivocation in her voice and chuckled. “What’d you do, Ness?”
“Oh, I just called Gerri Wilder and told her to be on the lookout. Bonus points if she can find a substitute chef for them while I’m on maternity leave. After the babies are born, I’ll need the help anyway, especially with the feeding regimen Dr. Taji recommends for Bryer after he’s released. It’s going to be a long, hard road for him. I want . . .” She paused and bit her lip, her eyes searching his.
Gaius knew what she was thinking. Ever since their mating, he’d been a new man. It hadn’t even required a special diet, though Nessa’s cooking didn’t hurt. His knees never once twinged, and some of the gray had even left his hair. It was almost as if his bear had been reborn twenty years younger.
He’d even entertained the idea of competing again, but dismissed it the very second he learned of Nessa’s pregnancy. He had more than he needed right here with her and his construction business, so he was more than certain Bryer’s doctor was right. The boy needed a mate.
“You want them to be happy.”
“Yeah. If you and I could find each other, there has to be someone out there for them. Hell, Gerri even managed to find my mom someone. Mom’s on Cloud Nine, now that the elder Jake Hansgen’s professed his love to her. She finally got the clan leader she wanted.” She shook her head, smiling inwardly, no doubt remembering the ordeal Nina Baxter had put them through the prior summer.
“Well, if anyone can find those boys a mate, Gerri Wilder can. But I suggest you not discount the power of bribery. Last time she visited, I caught her snooping through your cookbooks. She seems to be attached to that cake of yours.”
Nessa’s brown eyes twinkled when she looked up at him. “My recipes were the way to your heart, after all. They’re bound to work on a matchmaker’s heart too.”
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