Page 50 of Three to Fall

Queenie moved aside, and Kara was standing behind her, her eyes huge as she took in the three of us crowded around the door.

God, she was so effortlessly beautiful. With barely any makeup, in simple jeans and a top, her hair a mess, I’d neverseen anyone more stunning. I couldn’t even speak. And clearly Hawk was having the same troubles, trying to get his emotions under control enough to talk.

Grayson spoke for us. “You can’t leave.”

If it were even possible, Kara’s eyes got even wider. She opened her mouth but didn’t get a word out.

Grayson cut her off. “I think you know we’re all in love with you. And we know you think you need to go back to him. But I’m begging you not to. I wanted to give you the space you needed, hoping you’d change your mind, but all I have left is asking you not to go. For me.” He cleared his throat. “And if not for me, for them. For Hayley Jade. For your sister and all the other people here your leaving will destroy.”

She glanced at me. “You knew I was going to leave?”

“Yes.”

She turned to Hawk; her surprise written all over her heart-shaped face. “But none of you said anything?”

There was a low growl in his voice. “That wasn’t my choice. I wanted to chain you to the bed and give you orgasms ’til I wore down your resolve, but I was told I couldn’t make decisions for you. That it needed to come from you.” He glared at Gray. “That was a shit call by the way.”

He threw up his hands. “It was the right call! She’s a grown woman. You can’t take away her agency.”

Hawk reared back. “Her agency? What the fuck does that even mean? Quit using your doctor speak and talk English.”

I ignored their bickering, cupped her cheek, and pressed my forehead to hers. “Don’t fucking go, Kara. Just don’t.”

She pressed something into my hand.

I glanced down at it.

A pregnancy test. Two faint lines and the word positive on the display.

My fingers shook. My head snapped up to meet hers. “You’re…”

Grayson and Hawk both realized something was going on and quieted, their gazes swiveling in our direction. I silently held out the pregnancy test.

Hawk squinted at it. “What is that?”

Grayson just stared at it; his body frozen.

Kara’s voice was barely more than a whisper. “I’m pregnant.”

The two of them stood stock-still, shock written all over their expressions.

But warmth kernelled inside me. A sweet, slow, perfect feeling creeping its way through my limbs until it wrapped itself around my body. It pulled at my lips, turning them up into a smile, and then a grin. I stared at her, down at her belly that was no different than it had been earlier but somehow just was. I put my hand there, stroking over her shirt with my thumb. “You’re pregnant?”

Her fingers shook, but she covered my hand with hers. “Yes.”

Hawk looked like he was about to pass out. But he grabbed her chin, tilting her head in his direction, and claimed her lips. He kissed her hot and hard, a branding, demanding kiss that was all him. Bossy. Arrogant. So fucking in love with her it was killing him.

He pulled back an inch, his lips barely hovering over hers. “You aren’t going back there with a baby in your belly.”

She shook her head. “No. I’m not.”

The relief shattered the air around us. Hawk slumped back against the wall and pressed the heels of his hands to his eyes. I doubled over, breathing hard, not even realizing I’d been holding my breath, waiting for her answer.

Grayson moved in and gathered her into his arms, cradling her head as she began to cry, tears rolling down her face while her shoulders shook. “What are we going to do?”

He kissed the top of her head. “Live. Have a baby. Love it.”

She smiled through her tears. “I want that. I don’t know how we can have it, but I want it.”

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