Page 16 of Our Chance

“I won’t be thinking anything, stupid. I’llbe dead.”

Freya growled. “Go away.”

“Oh, is this where you’re pissed?” Adeledidn’t show any signs of leaving, which just annoyed her.

She wanted Maverick back. After her sister’s explosivebetrayal, and letting her family and Maverick know she might bepregnant, he and her father had headed out the door to go to thepharmacy.

In response, Freya had stormed up to herbedroom and hadn’t left. Her mother had come to bring her some hotchocolate, which was her favorite beverage when she wasstressed.

Tilly was trying to stop thefood from spoiling,while Freya was trying not to lose her freaking mind.

She stormed over toward the door, grabbingthe handle, and jerking it open. “You had no right to say anything.I was going to tell Maverick when I was ready.”

“Were you?”

“Yes.”

“Or were you going to take the test and thenwait to see how best to handle it?”

“What does it matter what I decide to do?”she asked. “It’s my body and this is Maverick’s baby, or it couldbe his baby.”

“You slept with someoneelse?”

She growled. “You knowwhat I mean. It could behis baby if there is even a baby inside me.”

Adele was about to say something as Maverickrounded the corner and walked toward her. He was the perfectdistraction.

Her sister chuckled. “This is going to bethe rare occasion our parents are not going to freak out abouthaving a boy in our room. Good luck, I know what I want it tobe.”

“I’m going to kill her,” Freya said,stepping back into her bedroom.

She couldn’t believe she had MaverickLavin in her bedroom, complete with a pregnancy test kit.

“One?” she asked.

“There are two tests inside, but your dadsaid you don’t need a dozen tests to tell you the samereading.”

She closed her eyes and rubbed at hertemples.

“Are you … would you like me to leave?”Maverick asked.

Freya opened her eyes and went to him,putting her hands on his chest. “No, I don’t want you to leave. Idon’t want you to ever leave.” She licked her dry lips.

“What’s wrong?” he asked.

“This. I was hoping to tell you when it wasjust us—you andme—and now myfamily downstairs are potentially listening in. I didn’t want tohave to take a test in my childhood bedroom. I didn’t want Adele toopen her big mouth and ruin dinner.”

“Dinner’s not ruined.” Maverick cupped hercheek. “Okay, babe, I’m going to be straight with you rightnow. I know what I wantthose tests to say.”

She took a deep breath. Did she want to knowwhat he thought about the tests? She needed to know.

“Tell me.”

“I want you to be pregnant. I … we’ve notused any protection, Freya, and I’m clean. I swear to you, I amclean.”

“I am as well. I’ve never been with anyonebut you,” she said.

He cupped her cheek, sliding some of herhair behind her ear, and then running his thumb across her bottomlip. “I’ll never forget it, but Freya, I want you to be pregnant, Iprayed for you to be. Iwant you to be mine, because I knew there was a chance you’d wakeup and realize you were better than me. You could have any man youwanted. I didn’t know what to do, and the thought of losing youscares the shit out of me.”

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