Play Softly (The Devil's Share Book 4) by L.P. Maxa Read Free Book Online

said that.”
    Landry sat her book down on her lap. “You know they pay me, right?”
    Her little accent was adorable. Ya know thay paay me, riiiigh? Jacks narrowed his eyes. “What? Who pays you?”
    “The chicks and B. They pay me to watch you guys when they aren’t around.”
    Jacks looked over at me, eyes wide. I shrugged. I wouldn’t put it past them. He pulled out his wallet. “They pay you weekly?” He handed her twenty bucks. “Will that buy some silence about my fake stomachache?”
    I added, “And me almost scalding Halen?”
    Landry put the twenty in her book and snapped it shut. “Yeah, y’all are good. For today.”

Chapter Ten
    Lexi
    I’d had a two-week check with Dr. Solomon today, which was good because I’d had a nightmare that she had sewn my vag completely shut. I begged Dylan to look for me the next morning, but she wasn’t having it. Some friend she was. Apparently, everything was fine and I would be able to have sex again. One day.
    “Hey, babe.” I dropped my purse on the bar and headed into the living room. Dash and Jacks were posted up watching some kind of sand volleyball tournament with Bryan. I reached out and ran my hand over Halen’s head; she was asleep in her bassinet. Then I placed my hand on her stomach to verify that she was still breathing. I wasn’t crazy. No matter what Dash said.
    “Well, what did she say? Will Dash ever be happy again? Or will it be like throwing a hot dog down a hallway?” Jacks took a sip from his beer bottle.
    I shot him a look. “Beer? What happened to that terrible stomachache?”
    “Beer settles your stomach.”
    I sat down next to Dash, letting him pull me into his side. “Jacks, don’t talk about my fiancée’s hallway.”
    Bryan punched him in the arm. “I second that. And Lexi’s right, if your stomach is upset then you don’t need that beer.” She took it from him and he stuck his tongue out at me.
    I kicked my shoes off. “I got a voice mail from the builder’s secretary, and everyone’s house is done. The landscape crews are finishing up and all the furniture we’ve been having delivered can go in next week.”
    Bryan took a pull of the stolen beer. “So it’s time to move?”
    I nodded. “Dash, Halen, and I won’t go for another four weeks. I have to have a six-week check and I don’t want to have to find a new ob/gyn. But y’all can head out in about a week if you want.”
    Jacks and Bryan looked at each other. He winked and she said, “Nah. We’ll wait and all go together.”
    I smiled. “Like one big chaotic family.”
    Dash laughed. “Yeah, the movers are going to love us.”
    Luke and Landry came up from the studio, both smiling big. Landry was a little drum prodigy and Luke was more than happy to be the one teaching her. Jacks held his arms out, letting her climb into his lap. “How’d you do?”
    She looked to Luke. It didn’t matter how many times he told her she was great; she still needed his approval. “She did amazing. Just like she did yesterday, and the day before that, and the day before that, and the day before that…” Her face lit up. Luke lay down on the floor and stretched out. “What were you saying about the movers?”
    I stood when Halen started to fuss; it was time for her to eat again. “Our houses are about ready. You could move as soon as next week if you wanted to.” I settled back on the couch next to Dash and used her light blanket to cover us as I fed her. Breast-feeding still wasn’t my favorite, so we usually gave her bottles that I pumped. But right now I was feeling too lazy to go make one.
    Luke tightened his core, bringing his head off the ground to look at me. “When are y’all heading out?”
    “I have another follow-up in four weeks, so we’ll go after that.”
    Jacks tickled Landry’s ribs. “Us too. We thought we’d just wait and all go together.”
    Luke nodded. “Yeah. I can wait another few weeks too.” He pulled his phone out. “Is that what that