Page 17 of Seven of Hearts

Her expression was kind. “Leah.”

I found the light bulbs and opened the box. “Maybe it was food poisoning.”

She handed me the white package in her hand. “Go take the test.”

I froze. “How did you pull a pregnancy test out of thin air?”

Kylie lifted her Mary Poppins purse. “I keep them on hand. You’d be shocked at how many brides find out they’re pregnant right before their wedding day.” She pushed it toward me. “Go take it.”

“But I?—”

“Take the damn test, Leah. Seeing the negative will make you feel better. Do you remember how many times you had to hold my hand while I took pregnancy tests because I was freaking out?”

There were normal friends, and then there was the type of friend that joined you in the bathroom while you peed on a stick to tell you that everything would be okay.

We were the latter.

But there was one big problem.

What if it wasn’t negative?

Because I had only slept with one person who could have made this happen. And it was my best friend’s brother.

I took it out of her hand with trembling fingers and headed for the bathroom. Kylie waited by the door while I took the test and set it on the counter while I washed my hands.

The three-minute timer she set on her phone chimed, and my stomach flipped, souring with anxiety.

It was going to be negative. We had used a condom. I was overthinking everything.

“Leah, you have to actually look at the result,” she said when I stalled and started collecting the bathroom hand towels to throw in the laundry.

I twisted a towel in my hands. “I can’t.”

Kylie reached for the test.

“No!”

She held her hands up. “If you’re not going to look at it, then I will. And when it’s negative, you have to tell me who you hooked up with that has you this freaked out. I’ve never seen you like this before.”

Time moved in slow motion as she flipped the test over and peered at the results window.

Kylie clapped her hands over her mouth.

Two pink lines stood out, clear as day.

She let out a shocked breath. “You’re going to tell me who it is, right? I know I said you had to tell me if it was negative, but...”

I shook my head. I couldn’t tell her.

And I certainly couldn’t tellhim.

Logan Solomon had earned his perfection and deserved to leave his past behind.

I couldn’t bear to be his mistake.

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LOGAN

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