Page 27 of Alice & Meg

I tipped my head to the side.

“Oh, boy,” Wrecker whispered.

“I’m pregnant,” Lennox announced.

“You’re what!??” Snapper shouted. “How the hell did that happen?”

Pipe chuckled and shook his head.

Meg’s hand shot into the air. “I freaking knew it! I knew the second I saw you Thursday! I’m gonna be a grandma again,” she cheered.

“I don’t know how you knew, but I just took a test before we left on Thursday,” Lennox confessed.

“Why the hell didn’t I know that you knew?” Snapper demanded.

Out of all of us, Snapper seemed to be the most surprised.

“Congrats,” Wrecker called. “Prepare to be tired for the next eighteen years,” he chuckled.

Pipe raised his glass to Lennox and Snapper. “Congrats,” he echoed.

Meg jumped up from her chair and rounded the table to hug Snapper and then Lennox.

“My babies are having a baby,” she gushed. “I was worried I would never see this day. Especially after that whole Aaron Gibbs fiasco.”

Wrecker leaned into me. “Who is Aaron Gibbs?” he asked softly.

I turned and smiled. “Uh, I think I know, but I’ll tell you later.”

“You keeping secrets from me?” he asked.

I pressed a kiss to his lips. “Not intentionally. I learned a whole lot about Meg and the Devil’s Knights today.”

Wrecker smiled and glanced at my lips. “You know I don’t like when you keep secrets from me.”

“Oh yeah?” I whispered. “Maybe I can find a way to make it up to you.”

Wrecker wrapped his arm around my waist and pulled me into his lap. “Honey,” I laughed. “What are you doing?”

He buried his face in my neck and pressed a kiss behind my ear. “Thinking of ways you can make it up to me.”

He tipped his head back, and I combed my fingers through his beard. “Maybe we should head to the room and start with my mouth.”

Wrecker shot up from his chair with me in his arms. “Well, congrats again, but I think we’re going to head to our room.”

Meg tipped her head to the side. “Uh, okay. Is something wrong?”

I patted my throat and coughed. “Uh, I think the smoke from this afternoon might have got caught in my throat. I just need to lay down.” Yeah, I’m sure that was all I needed. The events of the day caught up with me, and I just needed to spend some time alone in our room. Alone with Wrecker was the key here.

Wrecker leaned to the table and grabbed the plate of pizza and banana bread. He pressed them to my hands, and I struggled not to drop them. “I’m sure she’ll be fine by the morning.”

“Yeah,” Pipe laughed. “I’m sure she’ll probably be fine within the hour.”

Yeah, everyone knew what we were up to, but I didn’t care.

No one had died from the banana bread fiasco, King had a great seminar, and Lennox and Snapper were going to have a baby.

It was a night to celebrate, and Wrecker and I were going to do just that.

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