Locked Eyes

26. Genevieve

"What do you hope it is?" I ask Iris putting pink and blue cupcakes on a tray.

"I think everyone woman hopes for a girl right?" She asks me and I smile. "But either way, I'm happy with whatever."

"I hope it's a girl!" Penny yells from the living room, I laugh. I grab the tray and carry it out onto the terrace, thankfully the weather is still really nice for October so everyone can mingle between outside and the terrace. I offered to have the party to be at the winery, my grandparents didn't mind either but they wanted it at the penthouse.

"Gen, can you grab more tape from the office?" Penny asks me once I've entered the living room. I nod and laugh as she lets go of a balloon she was blowing up and it flies to the ground.

I knew the boys were in the office, probably hiding but I didn't expect them to be hovering a stack of papers when I entered "sorry," I say with a guilty smile. "Penny needs more tape," I tell them.

"We were just wrapping up anyways," Rhett tells as he stacks the papers, Sebastian glances at his brother and sighs but drops the pen in his hand into the cup at the corner of the wooden desk.

Rhett passes me with a smile as he heads to the living room to give Penny the tape "I interrupted something important didn't I?" I ask Sebastian rocking on my heels.

"Just brother stuff, I'm helping him with something," He shrugs, I spin on my heel and turn to the wooden bookshelves.

"You are willing to help Rhett with something?" I tease him and he rolls his eyes, I listen to his footsteps near me and he is quick to twirl me around and lock me in his arms. I smile.

"I'll willingly help Rhett when it comes to family," He tells me.

I run my hands up his chest and fix the collar on his navy blue polo, Penny forced him to dress up a bit so he's wearing a nice polo and dark jeans. "I'm not even going to ask," I say meeting his heated gaze.

"Better not to," he nods. "I see your team boy," he raises his brows at me, his hands moving from my mid-back and slowly moving down my spine to my ass. I'm wearing a white polka dot navy dress with my Doc Martens.

"Well one of us girls has to root for a boy, did you see Penny's pink dress? She looks like a gumdrop," I grin and he shakes his head.

"Bash!" Rhett yells and Sebastian sighs, he pats my ass gently before nudging me out the door. I lead the way into the living room to see Bash and Penny rolling out a banner.

"I'm going to go help Iris with the food," I tell Sebastian and he nods. Soon the baby shower begins and the penthouse is filled with people, Sebastian's friends too. Imogen is coming, she'll be here before the actual gender reveal.

"Where's the third part of you?" I ask Jaiden and Maverick who were outside by the food.

"Spencer is talking to Mr. Hale," Maverick says sipping on his beer. "I'm surprised he's here."

"Your surprised Caleb Hale is here at his son's baby shower? Caleb Hale is about to get a grandkid, it's not that surprising," Jaiden scoffs.

"How come Spencer is entertaining him?" I ask smiling at an older woman, I assume Iris knows her.

"Because Spencer can entertain anyone, even if it's Caleb Hale. Plus, he's had years of perfecting his charm with the man, look," Maverick points to across the terrace where Mr. Hale and Spencer stood.

Mr. Hale is sitting back in a chair, cradling a whiskey while Spencer talks to him, dramatically too it seems like. Mr. Hale seems genuinely interested in whatever Spencer is saying which is shocking.