Page 23 of For Your Consideration

Will

Photos are beautiful Quinn.

Oli

We were on video like three minutes after you said yes. But the photos are great.

Jaxson

Happy for you guys.

Knight

If you’re all going to be stupid, then we don’t need to include you in our big moments.

Quinn

No one listen to Theo. I know you were all happy for us because I’m pretty sure I saw a tear in Noah’s eye and Asher actually answered the call.

I stepped out of my truck, letting Thor out of the back. He bounded ahead of me as I walked toward where the rest of the guys were huddled in front of the entrance to the construction site. Will, Oli, Noah, and Jaxson were all here already, which meant that just Quinn and Knight were left to arrive.

We were here today to do a walk-through of the new members club. The foundation had been poured, and the framing would be done in two days. Once we signed off, they could get started on the next phase of construction which would include plumbing and wiring.

The fifty-thousand square foot building was sprawling across the land that we now owned. It was just on the outskirts of the city, surrounded by forest and quiet walking trails that would be mapped out for members to use. A golf course was being put in, set back so it wasn’t in your face, and members could access it by foot or by the golf carts that would be made available. The space would have two swimming pools, one outdoors, heated for the winters, and an indoor one, plus a spa, a fine dining restaurant, and a lounge. Before the plans went to the project team Quinn convinced us to add a library.

Oli, being our CFO, was still deciding how many suites would be most profitable for the square footage. But since those were on the second floor along with the library, we didn’t have to have that finalized yet. The plan was to have staff quarters out back in a separate building so people could live on site if needed, especially in the summer, but they were still framing that up.

Thor barked at each of the men, lapping up the attention. Noah shook his head at me with a smile. I quirked an eyebrow in question as I strode up to the group.

“Do you own any other clothes?” Noah asked as I stood there blinking at him.

He and the other guys were in various forms of jeans and clothing more appropriate for a construction site. I rarely wore jeans so changing hadn’t even crossed my mind. He was lucky I’d tossed on my sports coat rather than the suit jacket.

“Hundred bucks says that Knight also shows up in a suit,” Jaxson called from beside me.

“Deal.” Noah shook his hand with a smile just as we all turned to see Quinn and Knight’s car pulling up next to mine.

“Heel,” I commanded Thor before he could go bounding toward them. The guy had no fear of cars. I think he could almost tell who it was and I didn’t want him to take off. He sat dutifully beside me but his tail was wagging in excitement, his tongue lolling out of his mouth and his whole body quivering.

They’d landed not long ago and headed straight here. Quinn jumped out of the car before it was even turned off and was about halfway to us before Knight got out of the car, glaring at her, likely for not waiting until he opened her door for her.

“Go.” I released Thor and he took off running. Quinn bent down to greet him excitedly, cooing and giving him a good scratch behind the ears. Knight stopped beside them to get in some love with the dog.

“You owe me a hundred bucks.” Jaxson turned to Noah who opened his wallet and slapped the bill in his hand.

Once, Quinn had told Noah that her grandpa always said you should have cash on you at all times, so he’d started carrying it. Fucking unnecessary to be carrying around one-hundred-dollar bills.

Knight straightened and pulled down the sleeve of his suit shirt.

“Welcome home, you crazy kids,” Will greeted them as they made their way toward us, both of them beaming.

They had Facetimed the group the night they got engaged so Quinn could tell us all at the same time and show us the ring. She said she didn’t want there to be arguments about who would see it first.

Except we all knew Knight was proposing on the trip and had all seen the ring in a group chat that we agreed we would never tell her about. Knight had even removed us all and then deleted it since she had his passcode and wouldn’t have hesitated to pick up his phone and reply to a text, call one of us, or google something. We all managed to keep the secret though.

A round of hugs and back pats started. I pulled Quinn in and bent down so my mouth was beside her ear.

“You know you were already a part of this family. This is just giving us all a reason to party.”