Chapter 307: A caring older brother
Who was he trying to contact?
Amir’s grandparents, of course. Specifically, his grandmother. They had told him to reach out, and now was the time. He wasn’t sure if he wanted something custom or something that he could customize. He had no idea. He’d never had to buy a ring before, he just wanted to get something that would make Maxwell happy.
It was also a quiet declaration of intent that he knew would get back to Maxwell’s parents. He didn’t think that Maxwell’s parents would be upset that Andrew and Maxwell were taking the next step. They were the ones who had been joking about when to hold the wedding, but Andrew was just nervous. Any man, hell, any person would be when the news of their intentions towards one of in-law’s kids became known.
That was all to say, Andrew had to reach out through Amir to get his grandparents’ contact since he wanted to make sure it was okay to contact them. Amir, knowing damn well what his grandparents did for a living was giddy when he called Andrew during lunch, harassing him about what he was doing, but in an excited way.
He asked Andrew a bunch of questions that Andrew wasn’t able to answer since he wasn’t going to risk looking up rings and that kind of stuff when he knew Maxwell could watch the security cameras and his computer screen faced the door. He wasn’t facing away like Dr. Piper and Richard’s desks were.
Amir didn’t care, and just sounded like he was excited to hear good news. Andrew then asked how the pregnancy was going and Amir, bless him, was trying his best not to gush. He said that it was hard, but they had gotten past the point of where they had lost the pregnancy so he was feeling a bit better. Andrew felt warm hearing that, and told him to reach out if he needed anything.
Andrew meant it, and he was sure that Maxwell would agree with his words as well. Amir was too precious of a person to be neglected, and this child meant so much to him and the rest of the Beckett family that he knew everyone would have his back.
He didn’t expect the Ben call shortly after he hung up with Amir, but he should have. Andrew had answered the phone, expecting it to be someone else but when he heard Ben’s voice on the other line he tensed.
Ben was cordial, calm, confident. Andrew worried that the man was going to tear him a new one for not...asking for Maxwell’s hand? He wasn’t sure if that was something rich families did, but he had a feeling that Andrew was doing something wrong and therefore, Ben was calling.