Page 150 of Imperfect Player

“That’s kind of what I was hoping for.”

My lips slant over hers. In fact, it’s the whole reason I texted Maddox and asked him to entertain Ben for me for a little while. Just long enough to get a real celebration with Everly in.

As we kiss, I maneuver her backward until we reach the pool house. Just as I’m about to step us inside, I pause.

“Did you say we?”

Everly nods.

“As in you and . . . ”

She lowers her hand to her stomach.

Fuck.

A million emotions swarm me. Each one hitting harder than the one before.

“A baby?”

“Our baby.”

Our baby. I’m going to be a dad.

“Are you okay with that?” she asks me.

If someone had asked me that question a year ago, I would have laughed in their faces. A wife and kid? No fucking way I would be okay with that.

Each day with Everly makes me want those things more and more.

“I’m more than okay with it. I’m Ethan Ambrose, and you, Everly Ambrose, are the best thing that ever fucking happened to me.”

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