“So nice to see you again, Nathan. These must be your brothers,” her mother said with a nod towards Jared and Luke who came to stand to one side of Nathan. “I can’t imagine who else they’d be.”
“You guessed right. This is Jared and Luke,” he said, gesturing towards each. He turned towards her mother. “And this is Celine. Tess’s and Simon’s mother, Michael’s wife and Jordan’s grandmother all in one.”
Jared and Luke politely greeted Celine and made casual conversation with them. Tess’s eyes kept straying towards Nathan. He was freshly shaved and his thick black curls were damp and less wild than when he was out on the water. He wore a blue flannel shirt over jeans. The blue brought out the blue in his eyes, which were bright enough on their own.
She wished she could find a way to have som
