Page 73 of Vegas Baby!

My alphas’ bosses were next to arrive. Luke brought whom I assumed to be Callie over, and Janessa vacated her seat so Callie could sit down, pulling up another chair for herself.

“Hey there, bump bestie.” Callie grinned. “I would offer a hug, but I’m not sure how we would both manage.”

Callie introduced herself to Jesse’s family as a friend of Luke and Micah’s. I wasn’t sure if their families knew what they did for work, but if Callie wasn’t blowing that whistle, I wasn’t going to either.

“Your party decor is so cute,” said Callie. “Props for doing a different palette than blue and pink. The orange and green reminds me of an autumn bouquet.”

“Thanks.” I smiled at her. “It’s the nursery decor colors.”

“Can we see the nursery?” Marisol asked.

“Yeah, of course.” I waved Jesse over. “Can you take them to see the nursery, please?”

“On it.” He stole a quick kiss before announcing, “Nursery tour happening if anyone wants to come.”

Half of the guests departed to follow him.

Callie stretched out in her seat, stroking her hand over her rounded belly. “Do you know what you’re having yet?”

“Not yet. I want to be surprised. You?”

“Baby girls.”

“How many have you got stashed in there?”

Callie laughed. “Two. Starting strong with twins.”

“I’ll get something cute for both of them when they make an appearance,” I promised. “Since I missed your baby shower.”

“I won’t say no to presents, but there’s absolutely no need. We have so much baby stuff already it’s bordering on ridiculous.”

“How much longer for you?”

“Depends on how cooperative they feel like being. Lots of twins are born early for betas, so I’m hoping they’ll stick around more since I’m an omega. They definitely don’t do full-term very often. Feels like I’m ready to pop already.”

I didn’t make a peep about how she looked like it too. It hadn’t quite occurred to me how much bigger a bump with two babies would be than with one, but knowing we were in the same month made the differences obvious.

“I hope we can hang out a bit,” said Callie. “I know we’ll have a while where neither of us will probably leave the house much, but if you want some girl time, I hope you’ll call.”

“Yeah, I’d love that. I’m pretty sure out of everyone I’ve met, you’re most likely to understand all the bullshit I’ve gone through.”

Callie nodded. “I’ve heard a bit, but not much for details. I almost was you, to be honest.”

“Oh?”

“My fiancé cheated on me too, but I think the difference is I got out before I got pregnant, and you weren’t quite as lucky on timing.”

“Understatement of the century.” I glanced around our mostly full living room, seeing how the guests had clustered together to speak.

“My four are up in the nursery, I assume to make sure their decorating is up to par,” Callie said, an amused smirk on her lips.

“It’s cute that they’re so excited.”

“It really is. I’ve barely had to do anything myself.”

“Do you have names picked out?” I asked.

“We have a short list. We know which alphas are the fathers of these two so I let them submit their favorites and I’ll pick from those once I get to make sure the faces match the names.”

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