Page 44 of Last Minute Fiancé

“What?”

“You’re having a baby. And you’re keeping it. And you sound happy even underneath the fear. I have no idea what is going to happen next, and I’m here for it. Because you guys are my family too. I’m excited for you. I promise.”

That made me cry again, and then Paisley and Devney were there and I was holding onto them both.

“I’m so sorry for stealing your thunder,” I told Devney, who just laughed.

“I was about to tell you that I stole your thunder. What were the chances we were both going to tell each other tonight that we’re pregnant?”

I shook my head. “I have no idea. I also have no idea what’s going to happen with Luca, or how I’m going to handle work and being pregnant and being a mom, but we’ll figure it out. Because one of the hurdles is over. I told my best friends. I’m having a baby.”

My mouth went a little dry, and Paisley laughed again.

“You know, I was coming over here to tell everyone that I had a boyfriend, but you know, I guess babies beat out boyfriends.”

Devney and I looked at each other, before we blurted out at the same time, “Who, how, when?”

“Oh, I’ll tell you about Jacob later, first though, let’s talk babies. And Luca. Because wow. That’s, that’s going to be interesting.”

And as I sat down eating mushrooms and lasagna with my friends, I knew interesting was one word for it.

I just didn’t have any answers to the questions they asked.

And that was a damn problem.

Once they left, I made my way to Luca’s, since we needed to talk. We had planned this earlier, as he’d wanted to make sure I was okay, and I knew I’d need to debrief.

I just hadn’t expected that debriefing to go as wild as it had.

Boyfriends and babies, oh my.

Luca opened the door before I could even knock, and then I was in his arms, my head on his chest.

“Hey there. Are you okay?”

There was a dog with a cone around his neck in the corner and kittens mewing from their little kennel near the couch, and I just sighed at the craziness of it all.

“They know.”

Luca nodded, running his hands down my back.

“I take it you know about Devney, too?”

I winced. “Yep. Did you tell your brothers?”

He nodded. “Yes and they didn’t punch me. It’s a big fucking news night. Are you okay?”

“I think so. Maybe. I don’t know. Oh, and Paisley has a boyfriend.”

Luca’s brows rose. “That was not discussed tonight.”

“I really don’t know if I can deal with everyone else’s problems right now, but okay. They know. There’s no turning back.”

“Baby, I don’t think there ever was.”

And because I was an idiot, because it just felt good in his arms, I went to my tiptoes and kissed him, and when he kissed me back, I knew we were in deep trouble.

ChapterEleven

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