Page 9 of Her Baby Daddy Mix-up

“I know, so come on, let’s tell her,” he stated leading her over to the desk to pick up the line.

“Well, it’s about time Carter, what were you doing, kissing that pretty assistant of yours?” Megan Russells questioned her son and Brianna had to cover her mouth to keep from laughing aloud.

“Actually, she’s that pretty wife of mine now,” Carter said sending her the wedding photo using his cell phone.

“What?!” Megan shouted through the phone. “Hold on…Carter Dominic Russells. You did not get married without telling me! I should beat your butt, young man…”

This time Brianna couldn’t hold in her laugh and let it out as Carter slid his arm around her and held her tightly against him as they sat in his chair.

“Brianna? You’re there, aren’t you?”

“Yes Ms. Russells, I’m here,” she admitted covering her stomach with a glance at Carter as to whether or not he wanted to tell her.

“Oh, enough of that Ms. Russells crap Brianna, its Mom or Momma now,” she said, and Brianna could hear the happy smile in her voice.

“Well, how about Grandma?” Carter suggested earning them another loud gasp.

“What?!”

“Brianna’s pregnant, ten weeks so this coming May…”

“You evil boy…you tell me this while I’m on vacation, a vacation you arranged for me none the less. I am coming to see you the moment I get back and you’d better be prepared for me to spoil your girl. Brianna, you have just made me the happiest mother in the world, twice in a matter of minutes. There’s no one else I’d want for my son than you.”

“Thank you Ms.…Mom,” she corrected as Carter slid his hand up and down her arm. “Carter’s made me the happiest woman twice now, so I suppose it works out, doesn’t it?”

“Absolutely, Carter you take care of my girl until I can get there and take over,” Megan stated making him laugh.

“You can come visit and help some, but the only person taking care ofmygirl is me, Mom. She’s my angel and after everything it’s taken to get her I’m not about to let someone else butt in between us, not even you.”

“Good boy, Brianna, if you need anything call me,” Megan said, and she agreed before they hung up letting her relax into Carter’s hold.

“Now if only my parents would be that easy to please,” she sighed resting her forehead against his jaw not caring that they were supposed to be working.

“I’m sure it’ll be alright, I’ll have the techs keep your old email open, letting it forward to your new account. If they send you anything, then they’ll get the instant reply that it’s changed, and they’ll know right?”

“They never send anything to my work email, only my home account and trust me, we do not want to tell them this over the phone. It’ll have to be in person and I’m begging you, please don’t make me go see them before Thanksgiving,” she said turning her face to his with a new smile. “I promise to make it worth your while.”

“How’s that Mrs. Russells?” he asked against her lips.

“Well, this assistant of yours will be quite happy to take yourdictation in and out of the office,” she whispered against his ear making him let out a full groan as his hands tightened on her.

“Mmm honey, I never imagined such an easy phrase could be so dirty,” he said capturing her lips in a kiss that soon left her breathless and wanting, needing lunchtime to be there although the clock only read eleven-forty. He lifted her into his arms, moving over to lock the door and laid her out on the couch kissing his way down her throat.

“Is that a yes on your need for dictation?” she teased as he slid her blouse from her shoulders.

“Yes and yes and yes and yes,” he agreed keeping her with him until one o’clock rolled around and he heard the phone ringing in the outer office.

“No supermodels allowed at my desk,” she said as he gave her a lingering kiss at the door.

“Honey I’ll never be able to say the word dictation without thinking about you. You’ve completely ruined me for anyone else now,” he promised before patting her bottom with a grin. “Get to work; I’m not paying you to sleep with me.”

“It’s just a bonus,” she said giving him a wink before returning to her desk a smile on her lips. It remained that week and they were able to pick up a certified copy of their license, getting her new id with Russells and stopped in for a new social security card with it also.

Friday morning Carter sent out a company-wide email, which included a reference to her new email account, as well as the picture from their wedding. The girls from the secretarial pool insisted on taking her out for lunch, a fact that caused Carter to give her a playful pout, which she quickly soothed with a kiss that had the girls tittering.

Her email account flooded with ‘congratulation’, ‘lucky girl’, and ‘I knew it’ emails and she smiled flipping through them as the afternoon wore on around them. She felt her eyes grow heavy around four-thirty and got up moving into Carter’s office for a wake-up jolt.

“Someone’s sleepy,” he stated as he hung up his phone, moving around the desk to reach her. “I’ve certainly kept you up late the last few nights, haven’t I?”

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