Page 104 of Billionaire Unforgettable: Tanner

“I missed you, too, sweetheart. Are you sure you’re okay?”

“I’m fine,” she reassured me. “How did the meeting go?”

I didn’t really want to talk about the meeting, but I answered, “It went well. I think we’re set for acquisition. Did you eat?”

“A little,” she informed me. “I really was tired. Can I say something before we talk about anything else?”

“Shoot,” I said, ready to listen to whatever she had to say.

“I love you, Tanner. I should have said it weeks ago, and I can’t go another minute without saying it anymore. Maybe if I had said it, we wouldn’t have had that misunderstanding today.”

I hadn’t realized how much I’d wanted to hear those words from her gorgeous lips again until this very moment.

It had been so damn long, and those words meant even more to me now than they had years ago.

I wrapped my arms around her even tighter. “I love you, too, Hannah. Always have. Always will. I could have said them, too, but I didn’t want to move too fast. That statement about marriage was a stupid move. The words popped out of my mouth before I had the chance to think about them. That wasn’t exactly a romantic way to propose, and I should have told you that I loved you first.”

“I didn’t mind,” she said softly. “It was just a shock to hear you mention marriage. I planned my dream wedding once, and it never happened. I know we’ve moved on, but it was an instinctive hesitation because of what happened before. It didn’t last long, but those thoughts crossed my mind for a split second.My brain froze for a moment. It wasn’t that I didn’t want to marry you. I just needed a minute to recover.”

“You’ll have that dream wedding,” I promised hoarsely. “And I’ll be involved every step of the way unless you kick me out of the planning.”

“I’ve changed,” she said thoughtfully. “I’m not sure I want to plan that dream wedding again. My business is busy, and I don’t really want to wait that long.”

Now she was telling me exactly what I wanted to hear.

“What do you want?”

“I’m not sure how to answer that because I have something else important to tell you.”

She sounded nervous, and I hated that.

Nothing Hannah could ever tell me would change the way that I felt about her.

“Tell me,” I urged. “There’s nothing we can’t talk about anymore.”

“I’m pregnant, Tanner,” she said in a rush, like she wanted to get that information out before she changed her mind. “I know the timing sucks, and it shouldn’t have happened this way, but we’re going to have a child.”

“You’re on birth control,” I said, my mind still not quite able to process the fact that Hannah was going to have a child.

Our child.

“When I had that stomach virus, I must have thrown up a few of those pills,” she explained. “I’m sorry. We probably should have used something else for a while. I was so busy with my business that I didn’t stop to think about that. I took a pregnancy test today. It was positive.”

“Christ, Hannah, don’t apologize. We made this child together. I should have thought about that, too,” I said hoarsely as I put a hand to her belly. “I’m not even sure what to say, but I’m happy. I feel like the luckiest guy in the world right now.”

I meant that. Hannah and I had always wanted to have a child. We just hadn’t planned exactly when that would happen.

She’d just given me everything I’d always wanted. She loved me. She wanted to marry me, and she was pregnant with my child.

“Are you okay with it?” I asked, concerned. “I know your business is just getting started, and it probably isn’t an ideal time for you right now.”

“I’m over the moon,” she said breathlessly. “Maybe it isn’t the ideal time, but I’m not getting any younger. I’ll work everything out with Glam Anywhere. I can be a businesswoman and a wife and mother, too. Women do it every day, and they don’t all have the support system that I do. I was just worried that you might not be ready to be a father.”

“I’m ready, sweetheart,” I assured her. “I’m not getting any younger, either. I’m still trying to wrap my head around the fact that I’m going to be a father, but I’m definitely ready. I want to get married as soon as possible if you don’t have your mind set on that dream wedding you planned. I can arrange almost anything you want in a very short period of time.”

“What are your thoughts about Vegas?” she asked hesitantly. “We could have an amazing wedding there if we have a little time to plan. Our entire family and our friends could all be there. I’ve never been there, but I had some friends who had extraordinary weddings there. No muss. No fuss. The wedding isn’t important to me anymore, Tanner. I just want to be married to you. I’d rather focus on our life together and our child.”

Hell, maybe we would be getting married in Vegas, which meant that wedding could happen soon.

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