Page 149 of Lavender Lake
He quickly gathered his clothes and boots and made a dash for it. I appreciated his muscled backside for a moment before mentally smacking my forehead and forcing myself to remain chill.
I went to the door to open it. “Morning.”
Wyn eyed me, her gaze taking me in from my messy bed head to my bare feet. “Hey.”
“What’s up?” I asked.
“Muddy wanted me to wake you up,” Wyn said slowly. “The tent people are here.”
“Oh, right,” I said. “Let me just get dressed real fast and I’ll—can you hang on a second?”
Before she could reply, I closed the door in her face.
My stomach rolled and I made a run for the bathroom. After my bout of morning sickness, I flushed the toilet. I brushed my teeth, and then I went back into my bedroom.
Wyn was sitting on the edge of my unmade bed, staring at me with a stoic expression on her face.
She held up one of Cas’s gray socks he’d forgotten in his haste to leave my room.
“This looks like a man’s sock,” she said.
When I didn’t reply, she went on, “And this is the second time I’ve seen you vomit in the morning. Don’t you dare lie to me and say it’s from too much sugar this time. You hardly ate anything sweet last night anyway.”
I stared at one of my best friends and realized my body had betrayed my secret long before I’d wanted to admit it to anyone.
“I’m pregnant with Cas’s baby,” I said.
Her eyes widened. “What?”
“It happened the night I flew home when we had our one-night stand. But we’ve been sleeping together in secret for weeks. We’re in love and we haven’t told anyone yet. I wanted to wait until after the wedding to tell people.”
Wyn suddenly spread her legs and put her head between them. I went over to her and patted her back. “You really should be comforting me.”
She turned her head to look at me. “Hadley doesn’t know?”
“No.”
“And you didn’t tell her because you want her wedding to be all about her.”
“Yes.”
“You’re having a baby.”
“Yes.”
“You’re in love with Bowman.”
“Yes.”
“I knew there had to be more to the story,” she said, finally sitting up. “I knew you weren’t just going to move home to be around your family.”
“I’d planned on doing that before I found out about the baby. The baby was just the icing on the cake. Speaking of cake, I better get dressed and help Muddy and Hadley with the wedding preparations.”
“Uh, hold on a second there,” Wyn said, grasping my wrist and forcing me to stay on the bed. “You just dropped this huge bomb on me and you expect me to keep it to myself?”
“Yes. You have to.”
“Okay.” Her brow furrowed. “Are you guys getting married?”
