Pearl gladly handed over the kids for the day to Jase, but I still didn't have any idea what he planned to do with them for hours while I went to this family picnic with Max. I was a little edgy but had talked to Emmy repeatedly about telling Jase if she was too tired or if she started to hurt. She blew me off in typical three-year-old fashion. When he showed up, the kids were bouncing off the walls, excited, and my heart melted at the thought of Jase spending the day with my babies. He looked so young and carefree standing in the doorway in khaki shorts, a fraternity T-shirt that had seen better days, and tennis shoes. He had some sexy legs-I couldn't stop staring at his calf muscles. "Gia, what are you looking at?" "Huh?" I scrambled out of my dazed state and tried to recover with so

