Page 101 of Billionaire Unforgettable: Tanner

She took my hand, and I clung to it like it was my lifeline.

It wasn’t that I didn’t want to have a child someday with Tanner.

I just hadn’t expected that to happen…now.

Not before things were settled for the two of us.

Not before we were married and ready to have a child.

God, I didn’t even know if Tanner and I were still together right now.

And I had no idea if he still wanted the child or two we’d hypothetically talked about years ago.

My heart raced as the first line showed up, which Reese had explained was the control line.

When the second line started to appear and grew stronger until it was just as bright as the control line, tears filled my eyes.

“You’re pregnant, Hannah,” Reese said softly.

I felt a little lightheaded as I stared at the results like I expected them to change.

“Sit down,” Reese ordered as she urged me into my chair. “You look like you’re about to topple over. Are you happy?”

Tears flowed down my cheeks as I nodded and put a hand to my flat belly instinctively. “I’m just not sure what Tanner’s reaction is going to be.”

“He’s going to be hovering over you, and worried about you,” Reese said calmly. “And underneath all that worry, he’s going to be ecstatic. Whatever little tiff you had is going to get worked out. I’m going to find you a good OB doctor in Billings and make an appointment for you. You need to get started on prenatal vitamins now. Trust me? I’ll find you the best OB doctor in Billings. There’s no one who specializes in OB here in Crystal Fork. I’d like to make that appointment today.”

I nodded, still not over my shock, so I was happy to let Reese handle those arrangements for now since she seemed to know more about pregnancy than I did.

I briefly wondered if Reese had actually been pregnant before, but I knew she didn’t have any children.

“I’ll be back after I make that appointment,” she told me as she walked toward the door. “Stay in that chair until you’ve processed the fact that you’re pregnant.”

I let out a deep breath when Reese left the room, grateful that she’d been here with me when I’d gotten those results.

“I’m pregnant,” I said aloud, my hand on my belly, my voice filled with awe.

My business was still growing, and it was so new, but I’d work everything out.

There was no reason that I couldn’t work through a healthy pregnancy, and Reese was so intelligent that she could already handle anything that came up.

My eyes flitted to my phone, and I realized that Tanner had texted me.

I looked at the clock and realized he was probably about to go into his meeting soon.

I picked up my phone and held my breath as I looked at his text.

Tanner:I’m sorry I acted like an asshole. I should have heard you out instead of reacting like an idiot. I still want to marry you, Hannah, but I can wait if you’re not ready for that. Can we talk at dinner? I’ll get home as soon as I can after the meeting.

Relief flooded through my body.

He didn’t want to break up.

His reaction had been instinctive because he thought I didn’t want to marry him.

I’d hurt him, and I hated that.

Part of me wanted to rush over to his house after work, but at the moment, I felt completely drained, and I wasn’t sure I was ready to tell him about my pregnancy before I’d really absorbed that information myself.

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