“I’ll talk with him once we get home, I promise.”
She sighed. “Great, because I’m about to toss him off a cliff.”
Asia giggled. “She’s mad at Jorge. He called at six this morning.”
I blinked. “Wait. Did he really?”
She smiled, but her eyes grew wide with muted fury. “An hour before our beautiful little girls woke up, yep.”
I pulled my phone out of my back pocket. “I’ll resolve it right now.”
She kept that plastered smile on her face. “Much appreciated, and—Asia! You can’t play on the set!”
Eva piled Asana into my free arm and went chasing after Asia as I dialed Jorge’s number. The last thing I needed was him pissing off the woman I wanted to spend the rest of my life with because he was getting more anxious than I was. I peered over my shoulder and saw Eva racing after Asia behind the set scenes, so I maneuvered myself into a darkened corner where no one would see me before Jorge picked up.
“Dude, please tell me she’s gone from the house.”
I nodded. “Yeah, she’s gone. But did you really call at six in the morning?”
“I didn’t have a choice! You weren’t picking up, and you said she was supposed to go to work with you all day today.”
I looked behind me to make sure Eva hadn’t resurfaced. “I know, I know. Plans changed, I’m sorry. But she’s at the studio now, and I’m going to do my best to keep her with me for the rest of the day. Do you still have time to get it done?”
He shuffled around on his end. “We’re headed there now. We need at least a couple of hours, though. Possibly three.”
“Don’t worry. Eva never turns down food, and a lot of the restaurants around where we are will take at least three hours to get in and get out.
“Wonderful. See you around five, then?”
I looked at my watch. “Make it six-thirty.”
“Even better. See you soon.”
“Jorge?”
He paused. “I know. And you don’t have to say anything.”
I sighed with relief. “I appreciate that.”
“All right. Talk soon.”
I nodded. “Talk soon.”
And the second I hung up the phone, Eva’s panting voice resonated behind me. “Did you talk to him about waking me up before seven again?”
I turned around with a chuckle on my lips. “I gave him a stern talking to, I promise.”
She giggled. “My hero.”
I leaned in and kissed her forehead. “My queen.”
“Gavin! We need you over here!”
My head went on a swivel as I mindlessly handed Asana back to Eva. “What?”
Then, I saw a pair of hands waving in the air. “Over here! We need some input!”
Eva smiled. “Duty calls.”
