Page 56 of The Billionaire Alpha Surrogate

“There’s two of them,” Lucy said.

“Twins. Wow. Congrats,” Jade said.

“Thanks. We’re pretty happy,” Micah said.

Lucy had a feeling that people were watching them. She didn’t actually catch people staring, but the hairs on the back of her neck stood up.

“They aren’t used to seeing me here with a woman,” Micah said when Lucy mentioned the sensation. “They are curious, especially since you have a little bump going on.”

“Little?” Lucy laughed.

“Okay, medium-sized,” Micah said. “Plus, I’m sure that Dad has made sure that the word got out that I knocked up a bear shifter.”

“Would people care that I’m a bear shifter and you are a wolf shifter?”

“Not anyone who matters,” Micah replied. “The people who care about us and love us don’t care who you are. My dad will have a problem with it, but he isn’t an important part of my life. I only support him because of my mom. If they got divorced tomorrow, I would completely cut him out of my life.”

Lucy touched his arm. “I’m sorry you feel that way about your dad. I can’t imagine that. My parents are so amazing. I can’t wait for you to meet them.”

She mentally groaned after she said that because it inferred that they would be together in the future. Lucy was relieved when he said, “I would like that. They sound pretty awesome.”

“You, know, Micah. I really…”

“Hey, Micah, Lucy. How are you guys?”

Lucy sighed as Conner slid into a chair at their table.

“Hey, man. We’re great. You’ll never guess what we found out today,” Micah said.

“What?”

“We’re having twins,” Micah said.

Conner laughed. “You two are going to be up to your ears with dirty diapers, clothes, and everything else.”

“Luckily, it won’t just be the two of us. Vera and Michelle will likely be hands-on when it comes to taking care of the babies. I don’t see Ronnie volunteering to change too many diapers, though,” Lucy said.

“Probably not. He’s a great guy and will be the first one to take them fishing and to play ball, though.”

They finished eating and headed back to the house. As expected, Ronnie, Michelle, and Vera were extremely excited to find out that there were going to be two babies in the house soon.

“You’re going to have to pick out some great names,” Vera said. “Vera the second would be a good one if the baby is a girl.” She winked exaggeratingly at Lucy.

“We haven’t even discussed names,” Lucy said. “I ’spose we’ll get to that when we find out whether they are boys or girls or one of each.”

“That would be so awesome,” Vera said.

“It would be pretty cool.” Ronnie smiled. “A baby Micah and Lucy running around.”

“I’m sure we’ll find different names than that.” Lucy laughed.

That night, Micah pulled Lucy into his room with him and they made sweet love before falling asleep together.

I could get used to this, was Lucy’s last thought.

Micah had to be at the office early the next morning. Lucy ate breakfast with everyone else and then decided that it was the perfect day to work on her book. She packed up some bottles of water, her computer, and a couple of snack bars.

She finished the rough draft of her first chapter when she heard footsteps walking up behind her. Lucy excitedly looked behind her, expecting to see Micah. Her heart sank when she realized who it was.

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