Page 105 of Never Again

“I don’t think the meeting’s going to happen,” Quinn announced, making her frown in confusion, that is, until he added, “I saw Hunter drag his assistant out the back door and into a limo earlier.”

“Really?” Bailey asked, wondering if that had anything to do with the crazed woman screaming at the convention earlier. She opened her mouth to ask, only to close it with a wince at Quinn’s next question.

“And the laptop?” he asked, drawing her attention back to the laptop that she may have promised not to touch between the hours of eight p.m. and eight a.m. while she was pregnant.

Clearing her throat, Bailey said, “I have no idea how that got there.”

“I have a theory,” Quinn said, pausing to kiss the back of her neck. “Would you like to hear it?”

“Does it have anything to do with the fact that I’m a pain in the ass?” Bailey asked as she turned over and carefully got to her knees with her husband’s help, of course. Once she was assured that she wasn’t about to fall onto her side, she gestured for her husband to get on with it. With a heavy sigh, Quinn dutifully rolled onto his back and reached for her, and since that worked for her, she allowed him to pull her onto his lap.

Once she was there, Bailey shifted to get more comfortable, cleared her throat and once again gestured for him to continue. With a mock glare, Quinn drawled, “It might have something to do with it,” as he placed his hands on her large belly while she watched his lips pull up into that tender smile that was reserved solely for their baby girl.

“What are you up to?” Quinn asked, his gaze flickering up to her as he gently caressed her large belly.

“What makes you think that I’m up to something?” Bailey asked as she placed her hands over his.

“Besides the fact that I know you?” Quinn asked as he entwined his fingers with her.

Nodding, Bailey said, “Besides that.”

“I saw the look on your face when you found out that the digital copy of your game was being released early,” Quinn said with a teasing smile as he leaned up so that he could brush his lips against hers.

Blinking, Bailey said, “I have no idea what you’re talking about,” while she did her best not to glance at the laptop only to go for a hopeful smile when a chime let them both know that she had a message. When he narrowed his eyes on her, Bailey let that smile slip from her lips, cleared her throat and mumbled, “Excuse me,” as she pulled her hands free and leaned over so that she could see what Casey sent to her only to find herself sighing with relief when she saw the first review.

Worth the wait. Only on level two right now and this game is amazing! Never seen a game like this before!

“Thank God,” Bailey murmured, unable to help but smile.

They did it.

She still didn’t know how Nathan managed to pull it off, but he’d somehow managed to convince everyone to extend their contracts. They’d been left with an insane amount of work, but thanks to Casey, they not only managed to put the game back together in time, but they were able to create the program that they needed to pull it off and now…

Bailey had everything that she could ever want and so much more.

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