Page 80 of Unexpected Forever
“She’ll be here before we know it.”
“Still thinking it’s a girl, huh?”
“Yep. I just feel it in my bones.”
He smiles. “Well, you are carrying the baby, so I trust you.”
It seems like a good time to talk about the hospital tour I want to take. But my stomach is in knots and my heart pounds. Why am I so nervous to ask him?
“Hey, so the hospital has a tour for expectant parents where they show you around the maternity wing and stuff. I was wondering if you’d want to go with me when the time comes.”
I hold my breath waiting for his response.
“Of course, I’ll take the tour with you. Just let me know when so I can get Sharon to put it on my calendar. I also had her put the ultrasound on my schedule so we’re all set there.”
Who the hell is Sharon?
“Who’s Sharon?” I ask, trying for nonchalance but failing.
“My assistant.”
“You have an assistant?”
“Well, yeah.”
A vision of a hot blonde with big boobs wearing a tight dress enters my mind.
Stereotypical and totally unfair, I know, but I can’t help it. On the heels of that vision, something hot and snarly snaps inside me.
A slow smile spreads across his face. “Are you jealous, Firefly?”
“What? No. I don’t get jealous.”
Liar.
He taps on his screen a couple of times and my phone pings with a text. “I just sent you a photo of Sharon.”
I switch over to messages and open the picture. He has his arm around an attractive brunette with a great smile. He looks happy and relaxed standing next to her in his baseball uniform.
She’s also old enough to be his mother. “Well, she’s…pretty.”
“She’s worked for me for over a decade and has been more of a mother to me than my mother ever was. She and Archie have been married for forty-eight years, have four kids, and eight grandkids.”
“Oh. Well. That’s nice.”
And I’m an utter fool.
He grins. “Feel better?”
I smile. “I blame the hormones. I blame them for everything these days.”
He laughs, and it sends shivers down my spine. “You’ve got nothing to worry about, Charley. Since I met you, you’re the only woman I think about.”
I bite my lip and look away, heat warming my cheeks. Emotions are caught in my throat, leaving me unable to speak.
When I look back at the screen, his smile is soft, making my heart actually swoon.
“Did you know your whole body takes on a blush color when you’re aroused?”
