Page 67 of Inked Devotion

“I brushed my teeth after I had a pink lemonade cupcake.” I did my best to ignore the flutters in my stomach.

His eyes widened. “Please tell me you saved me some.”

That made me smile. “Of course, I did. I’m not going to make a cupcake you enjoy and hand them all out without giving you one.”

“You know, this is why I like you,” he teased as we moved towards the front door.

He led us in, and we didn’t have to wait long as we were right on time for my appointment. I got awkwardly into the gown and dangled my feet over the end of the bed while Benjamin kept looking at his phone, frowning.

“What’s wrong?”

“Work things. And I was trying to give you some privacy while I stood here in the corner and pretended that I wasn’t watching you get into a paper gown.”

“Yes, because this is the hardest thing you’ve ever seen.” My dry tone made his eyes light up.

“Hey, you’re naked under there. I can’t help it.”

“Benjamin,” I scolded as my OB came in.

“Hi there, Brenna, it’s good to see you,” she said as she walked in.

“Hi, Dr. Geller. This is Benjamin. The um, father.” I wasn’t good at labels, apparently, but from the look on Benjamin’s face, he didn’t mind.

“Hello, Benjamin, it’s nice to meet you too.”

“I’m excited to be here,” he said, and it sounded like the truth.

“Good to hear. Since he’s here, I’m going to go over everything with both of you guys, and then we’re going to work on the sonogram.”

“Okay.” There were the normal questions, and at one point, nerves wrecked me, not because it was scary, just because this was different. I was finally doing it. I was going to be a mom.

In the most unexpected of ways.

Benjamin took my hand as the nurse walked in, and we began the sonogram.

I held my breath and tried to look at the screen, wondering what I was seeing. Then the most wonderful sound filled my ears.

A heartbeat. Quick, beautiful, and ours.

“There we go, your baby has a beautiful heartbeat. Everything looks great. I’m going to take a few pictures, and we’re going to go over a few more things, but everything looks great for now. Congratulations, you two.”

I looked up at Benjamin, and he held my hand tight, his eyes watery. I knew I was crying, and when he leaned down to kiss my cheeks, taking the tears away, I cried even harder.

“We are having a baby,” I whispered.

“We are.”

I looked up at him, and I knew I was in trouble. So damn in trouble. Because I couldn’t fall for him. Not so quickly. I couldn’t want more when we were figuring out what we had right then.

I was falling. Far too quickly, far too hard.

I knew when it came to the Montgomerys, once you fell, there was no getting back up. You were lost. Only I wasn’t sure he would fall with me, as that wasn’t the promise we had made. I was falling in love with Benjamin Montgomery, a single mistake I knew could break everything.

Chapter 17

Benjamin

“Is this our first date?” Brenna asked me.

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