Page 63 of Fall for You (Flirting with Forever 4)

“I want us to have a life together, Quinn. I don’t know what that looks like yet, but I know I need you.”

My voice hitches. The confusion over how to respond to him must be clear in my eyes because he kisses me sweetly and shakes his head.

“We’ll figure it all out. Olivia, your mom, everything.”

“I never thought I’d get here.”

He smirks. “You know, when Olivia was talking to me about you on the phone last night, there were two phrases she kept saying that stuck out. ‘Be happy’”—he stamps a kiss on my lips—“and ‘never say never.’”

Epilogue

Zoey

Sophia has the best ideas. Honestly, meeting at Meg’s bakery for our book club is a win-win. We get to help out in the back, taking the stress off of Quinn’s mom’s recovery as we help to make all sorts of cookies, muffins, and cupcakes. Sampling some of the treats while gabbing about everything from books to life and everything in between seems pretty perfect.

Also pretty perfect is the way Liam adores Quinn. My insides get all melty as he kisses her before running a hand over her stomach in a gesture so sweet it’s bound to give me a toothache. It seems like the day of Meg’s surgery was a turning point for them and everything has shifted and righted itself in her world. I’m glad for them. They really are adorable together, Olivia included. In the back of my head, I make a mental note to check in with Liam’s daughter to make sure everything is better for her at school. Last I heard, she’s getting ready to go on a date with the boy she’d been worked up over all semester. Too cute.

Liam takes his leave with Heath, Sawyer, and Damon, who are going for a drink together at Shawn’s bar. Quinn had this great idea that Shawn should carry Liam’s ciders at his bar, so I know they are going to discuss that, among other things.

Soon, we get down to the business of baking and chatting away, and it’s the same, but also different. We’ve gone from one of us engaged and everyone else completely unattached to not one but two babies on the way and only one of us is still single—hint, it’s me. It’s enough to blow my mind, but this is the way life works. It can change when you least expect it. Personal experience taught me all about that a long time ago.

“Hadleigh, what did you think was about to happen when the pterodactyl caught the heroine with its beak or whatever and flew her off to its cave dwelling?” I giggle, unable to stop myself from egging her on.

“I’m not sure what I saw happening, but it sure as hell wasn’t that. I think we’ve officially found my limit, girls.”

Madison scoops dough and plops it on the cookie sheet, laughing. “Hadleigh’s hard limit is dinosaur love. Who could have guessed that one?”

Sophia just shakes her head with a slight smirk. “As a science teacher, I’m going to say none of that was physically possible.”

“I’m still finding it hard to believe Hadleigh has a limit. The shape-shifting bear was okay, as was the blue alien with two dicks, but not the dino porn. Got it.” Quinn cracks up as Hadleigh cringes, shuddering.

I wave my spatula in the air from where I’m taking baked cookies off a hot cookie sheet. “Is anyone else going to bring up the fact that the female character was supposedly impregnated? I was confused. Aren’t you science teachers supposed to be yelling about pterodactyls and how they would have laid eggs, not had live births?” I belly laugh. “Or maybe Madison or Piper should be telling us that these kinds of books definitely require suspension of belief?”

“I don’t know what I’d think about carrying a pterodactyl baby. I’m scared enough to be carrying Damon’s—I’ve been warned by his mom that he weighed nearly ten pounds.” Piper gives her best yikes face and snickers.

Quinn bites her lip. “Crap. I guess I’d better ask Becky about how big Olivia was at birth.”

Sophia nods. “Yep.” A timer goes off at the oven and she turns it off, then checks on the cupcakes. From over her shoulder, she asks, “How are both of our mamas feeling?”

“Still barfing every day.” Quinn shakes her head.

Piper grins. “I feel fantastic. No problems at all.”

Quinn groans. “Ugh. She’s even got that glow. Not fair.”

I zone out, deep in my own thoughts. Speaking of pregnant women, something must be in the water at school … I mentally shake myself. I knew when I’d chosen to work in a high school that I might have to deal with things like this. I hope I can handle it.

And that’s not the only thing thrown my way and giving me extra anxiety lately. Miles gave me the heads-up last Friday that he has a conference he’d like for me to attend.

With him.

SNEAK PEEK: UNEDITED

CHARMED BY YOU

CHAPTER 1: Zoey

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