Chapter Forty

Maddie picked her tote bag off her bed and hurried out of the room. She really needed to stop keeping Drew and Aiden waiting. Aiden had been around since eight a.m. The time they all had agreed to. Which was forty-five minutes ago.

Sincerely, it was never her intention to take so much time. It was just that choosing a cloth that was not revealing too much skin but still had the ability to cause Drew’s jaw to drop was no easy feat.

Her messy bun bounced as she raced down the stairs into the living room. Aiden seemed to be playing a kind of game with Bane and Marlowe. Drew was talking with a young man who she didn’t know but who seemed to be a close friend of her husband.

“I am ready. I am sorry for the delay.”

Drew’s head shot up. His eyes crinkled in a smile of pleasure, sending a shot of satisfaction through her. “You are always forgiven, Madeline.” He stood up and stretched his hand to her. “Come meet Adrian, Aiden’s brother.”

She looked at Aiden. “You have a brother?”

Once she had