Page 97 of Harmless Scandals

“What?” Mick asked.

“My back,” she said, breathing through the pain.

He growled. “Come on. Let’s sit on the couch.”

Since that sounded lovely, she agreed. Taking his offered hand. The moment she stood, her head spun and she felt something pop before a gush of water.

“Oh, no,” she said.

“What?” Adam said as he turned around. His eyes went comically wide before both of her men when into action. They quickly helped her clean herself, grabbed the go bag, and were on their way to Queen’s Medical before she could even think of what needed to be done.

Serenity: Well, my water just broke.

Nic: What? No. I am supposed to be there. That baby shouldn’t go against my schedule.

Serenity laughed. It was such a Nic comment.

“What?” Adam asked as he kept his eyes on the road.

“Nic is mad that our girl is coming early.”

Mick smiled, but there was tension behind it.

“Don’t worry. Everything is going to be okay.”

“Are you trying to calm me down?” he asked.

“Yes. Because when we get to the hospital, I need both of you to be calm. You know I am going to freak out.”

His shoulders settled and some of the tension drained from his expression. “I’ll be calm once you are surrounded by a lot of beeping machines that tell us what is wrong.”

She snorted. “There’s nothing wrong. She’s just impatient.”

Thankfully, the traffic was light for mid afternoon and they made it to the hospital in record time.

“See, I told you,” she said, as Mick rolled her into the hospital. Yes, they would not let her walk, so Adam was parking the car. By the time he joined them, they were already being led to her birthing room.

She smiled at her men as she settled into her bed. “See, this will all go smoothly.”

Eight Hours Later

“I thought you said that would go smoothly,” Adam said.

Okay, Serenity had been wrong. It had taken forever, and she wouldn’t dilate, so after six hours, they had to do a c-section. It hadn’t been her choice, but her blood pressure had gotten dangerously high. Thankfully, it went off without a hitch and they didn’t have to put her to sleep for it so the guys could be in the room when Arabella was born.

She glanced up at the bandage on Adam’s head. “I didn’t know you would pass out.”

Mick laughed so loud Arabella stirred in his arms.

“Shh,” Serenity said with a smile. They have been back in her room for about thirty minutes and the guys kept taking turns holding their baby girl.

“Sorry, but that is never not going to be funny.”

His eyes narrowed. “You didn’t see it.”

It was apparently a bit of blood that spurted. Big, bad Adam passed out.

Her phone buzzed and Adam handed it to her.

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