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I rethought that a few minutes later when I got lightheaded on our way to the kitchen for breakfast, though. We’d been splitting our time between my rental house and his room here while we looked for a place big enough for us both.

As my vision darkened and I saw spots behind my eyelids, I wished this was one of the mornings when we were at my house instead. It would be a heck of a lot less embarrassing to faint in the privacy of my own home without any of his club brothers around.

“Fuck, baby. Are you okay?” Baylor rasped as his arms wrapped around me.

“Just a little lightheaded,” I whispered, pressing trembling fingers over my eyes.

“Someone get Razor,” he yelled.

I felt slightly better when he plopped me onto a barstool. “Asking for a doctor seems like overkill, even if he’s one of your club brothers.”

“You’re pale as fuck and almost fainted. You need to be checked out by someone who knows what the hell they’re doing.”

I knew him well enough to assume he wouldn’t back down, but I still complained, “Ugh, really?”

“Yes, really.” Glaring over his shoulder, he demanded, “Call an ambulance.”

I rolled my eyes as Ash stabbed his finger against the screen of his phone, not realizing until later why he was so quick to make the call.

It only took five minutes for the ambulance to arrive, and two paramedics rushed into the clubhouse. The guy asked what was going on, and while Baylor explained, the woman came over to me.

“You don’t look so good. Is there any medical history I need to know about or pre-existing conditions?”

“Nope, I’ve always been as healthy as a horse.”

“That’s good to hear.” She flashed me a quick smile before pulling a blood pressure cuff out of her bag. “I’m Nora. What’s your name?”

“Thea.”

“Enough chitchat,” Baylor barked. “What’s wrong with my woman?”

“Careful,” Ash warned for some reason.

After Nora took my vitals, she asked, “Is there any chance you’re pregnant?”

“A whole lot of them,” I confirmed. “But only over the past two weeks, so isn’t it too soon for me to be having symptoms like this?”

“Nope.” She repacked her equipment into her bag. “Your blood pressure is normal. Same with your temperature and pulse ox.”

The tension drained from my body as I started to hope that the reason I had been lightheaded was the best one possible. “That’s good to hear.”

“The dizziness passed fairly quickly, and it’s often one of the first symptoms a woman experiences during pregnancy since it can be caused by hormonal changes or increased blood volume,” she explained. “My recommendation is that you have your man send his friend out for a pregnancy test and take it as soon as possible.”

“His friend?” I asked, my brows drawing together.

“That one.” She pointed at Ash. “It’ll probably embarrass him, which would be awesome.”

“Wouldn’t be bothered by it at all, Nora,” Ash disagreed.

She completely ignored him, her focus remaining on me. “If the test is positive, make an appointment with your gynecologist. If it’s negative, go in to see your primary care physician, even if you don’t get faint again. Better be safe than sorry.”

Baylor squeezed my shoulder. “She’ll see a doctor soon, either way.”

“Good,” Nora replied.

She’d done her best to ignore Ash, but I caught the soft look in her eyes when she glanced up at him earlier. She probably thought nobody was looking because everyone was paying attention to me, but she hadn’t counted on me not staring at myself, which would’ve been weird.

“What was that all about?” I asked after she left with Ash hot on her heels.

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