Page 55 of Inked Devotion

“I’m not giving you details,” I mumbled, my lips twitching.

“Fine, be the spoilsport. It seems like I will be the odd man out, the single one forever.”

“Brenna and I aren’t together,” I frowned.

“For now,” Lee said, with a shrug, and I glared at him. “What? I’m just saying. You’re having a baby with that woman. You’re friends with her. You like her. You never know. One thing could lead to another.”

“It would be stupid for us to let one thing lead to another.”

Beckett just glared at me, as Archer beamed as his thumbs moved like the wind as he texted.

“It was probably idiotic to sleep with one of your best friends on a road trip. But you did. And I have a feeling that staying away isn’t going to be as easy as you think it is.”

I looked at Beckett and blinked. “Didn’t you just almost hit me and tell me to stay away from her.”

Beckett shook his head. “No, I almost hit you because I was pissed off that you got our friend pregnant, and it seemed out of the blue. Now my being an asshole is over, and we’re not going to tell Eliza or anyone else what happened.”

“Oh, they already know,” Archer said, and all of us started to glare at Archer.

My youngest brother looked up and shrugged. “What? I’m in the group chat. I annoyed them until they let me in.”

“What are you telling them?” I asked slowly, my words precise.

“Nothing. Just a play-by-play. Brenna’s going to kick both of your asses later, but I did not mention anything about what feelings you may have for her because I’m not going to ruin whatever relationship you have.”

Beckett groaned as Lee began laughing, and I let out a breath. “Oh good. I’m so glad that everyone can mock the situation that I’m in.”

“It’s either mock it or cry. I’m pretty sure that Archer might be getting a cake out of the deal,” Lee added.

“Great. Cake will fix everything.” I ran my hands through my hair. “I don’t know what’s going to happen with Brenna and me. Our motto is friends first.”

“I’ve seen enough movies and been on enough dates to realize that one of two things is going to happen,” Lee said, sounding far too wise. “Either you two are going to make this work for a while before you blow things up and walk away from each other and only see one another for the kid, or you’re going to fall madly and passionately in love, and we’re going to have yet another Montgomery wedding.”

“Seriously?” I asked Lee.

Lee just shrugged. “It’s written in the cards, man. You done fucked up. Now you’re going to have to deal with it.”

I sighed, pinched the bridge of my nose, and knew Lee was right.

Chapter 14

Brenna

Icouldn’t figure out why I was nervous. It wasn’t as if this were a date. Benjamin was coming over so we could have dinner, try to relax after a very stressful day at work, and make a plan.

A co-parenting not-dating-or-sleeping-together plan.

I probably had to work on the title more.

I looked down at my notebook in front of me, at the very detailed note, and cringed.

“Yes, I have to work on that title a bit more.”

However, it was a start because I was not going to make the mistake of falling for the father of my child.

I swallowed hard and put my hand over my stomach. I was far too early in the pregnancy to feel a bump or even a little kick. The baby was so tiny right now. No one would know I was pregnant, except that it was hard for me to keep food down.

Considering I worked at a bakery and was around cake and sugar at all times, it worried me that I kept getting nauseous. However, sugar didn’t send me over the edge. Meat, grains, vegetables, fruit, or anything healthy, I had to throw up right away. Cake and frosting? Not so much.

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