Page 96 of Obsessive Love

"Are you feeling better after this morning,dolcezza?"

She nods, licking some melted chocolate from her finger, and then swivels around to face me.

"Much better. Those tablets you got for me seem to be helping quite well so far." She steps out of my embrace, smoothing her hands down the sides of her dress. "Do I look okay?"

"You look absolutely stunning. You always do."

She blushes and steps forward, pressing a kiss to my jaw.

"I best go get my mother and Jess to come and help me with some of this. You need to go get ready. Dominic texted and said they're on their way already, so it won't be long."

"Just be careful, okay? Let your mother and Jess do most of the work," I tell her, frowning as I scan the trays of food, assessing how heavy they probably are.

"Kaleb, I'll be fine," she says, chuckling.

"Okay, well, I'll be right back!"

I rush out of the room and take the stairs two at a time, quickly walking down the hallway and into Sophia's room where she's laid out a short-sleeved polo shirt for me and a pair of jeans.

Chucking the clothes I'm wearing across the room, I shove my legs into the jeans, pulling them up, and then hurriedly slide the top over my head.

As I'm doing up the two buttons on the top, there's a knock at the door and I frown as I walk towards it.

When I open the door, I see Jess standing there, hands on her hips and glaring up at me.

"What did I do?" I ask, wondering whether I've accidentally done something to piss off Sophia and now she's sent Jess up her to chew me a new one.

"I have been here, at this house, at least once a week," she states, narrowing her eyes at me. "I've been having movie nights with you both for the past two months whilst my brother has been in the hospital, have I not?"

"Yes, you have."

"I am also one of Sophia's best friends, right?"

"Yes, you are."

"So please enlighten me as to why she hasn't told me yet."

"Told you what?" I ask.

"Don't play dumb with me, Kaleb. Why hasn't she told me that she's pregnant?"

I raise my brows, impressed that she's managed to figure it out, but I shrug and shake my head.

"I don't know what you're on about," I say, walking around her out of the room and down the hallway.

"You've been smothering her for weeks, not letting her out of your sight, asking if she's okay and if she's comfortable about twenty times in an hour. For God's sake, you even went andknocked on the bathroom door last week because she was gone from the room for longer than a minute."

"What can I say, I'm just very protective," I tell her nonchalantly as I reach the top of the stairs.

"Well, then why is Myra downstairs making mimosas for everyone but personally handing Sophia one without champagne?"

I sigh and turn around, rolling my eyes at her incessant nagging.

"Fine, yes, she's pregnant," I hiss. "We're planning on telling everyone today, towards the end of the party. She hasn't told anyone because it's still so early and she wanted to keep it a secret, but it's been killing her not telling anyone, so we're throwing this party for Jaylen. It was the only reason we could think of to get everyone together without making anyone suspicious as to the reason why."

Her eyes widen and she squeals as she throws her arms around me.

"Oh my God! This is amazing!"

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