Page 66 of Saved By the Marines (Soldiers Of Misfortune)

“Oh my God, yes!” She wiped the tears and sniffed, then shifted the paper away from the box fully. “I can’t believe you got me an Ankarsrum Mixer!” She paused, then looked over at me. “How did you know I’ve been wanting one?”

“I spoke to Gina,” I admitted. Bailey’s boss had been all too happy to tell me which appliance my girlfriend had been drooling over. The fact that the huge bastard had come from Sweden had been a bit of a shock, but I’d made it happen.

“Thank you,” she said again and hugged me.

“Well if she’s excited about that wait until she sees the vacuum we got her,” Kip said.

We all looked over at him, Bailey was glaring, and we shot him bemused looks. He winced when he saw Bailey’s expression.

“You just can’t help yourself, can you?” Wolfe asked him. Kip just shrugged and gave Bailey a winning smile.

“Thank you all,” she said, looking around at us. “I love all of my presents.” She hesitated, then seemed to come to some kind of decision. “I have one for you, too.”

Wolfe narrowed his eyes. “That’s not how birthdays work, Bunny.”

She got up and went to her purse, pulling something out and handing it to him. He froze, then his eyes shot up to hers. He handed it off to me while he stood and pulled her into a rib cracking hug.

I stared down at the pee stick I was holding, shock freezing me as well. I didn’t recover as quickly as Wolfe had. “You’re pregnant?” I asked, voice sounding a bit choked.

She looked worried. She didn’t need to. I was fucking thrilled. I tossed it at Kip and leapt off the couch. It was my turn for a hug and I twirled her around.

“I thought you had an IUD?” Kip asked, confused.

“I do,” she said, shaking her head. “I don’t know what happened.”

“Jesus,” I muttered. “Is that safe for the baby?”

“I mean he or she managed to implant despite the birth control, so I can’t imagine it’s too dangerous, but I have a doctor appointment on Tuesday to get it removed and check everything out.”

“We’ll go with you,” Wolfe offered, pulling her back into his arms after Kip had a round of hugs.

She looked around at us. “Are you…okay with this?”

“Fuck yeah!” Kip said with a grin. “This is awesome.”

“What he said,” Wolfe replied with a chuckle.

“We want you, Brat,” I told her. “Forever. Starting a family with you is exactly what each of us wants.”

It was like all the stress left her body all at once. “I don’t really know how to navigate this. We’ve really only just begun this relationship and now we’re adding kids.”

“We’ll figure it out together,” Wolfe told her, then gave her a kiss.

CHAPTER30

Bailey

Itouched my rounding belly. It had been months since I’d told the guys I was pregnant and they were treating me like a literal queen. Breakfast in bed. Foot massages. I almost wasn’t looking forward to giving birth because I wasn’t sure it would all continue. Then I remembered the prize I would get and would get excited all over again.

There had never been a time in my life when I’d been so content. So damn happy. I had three men who loved me. Their family who I adored. And soon we’d be starting our own. I hadn’t heard much from my father. Just a few voicemails here and there about how I was ruining his life and was going to lose him this election. Then there would be the random two AM rant about how my whoring with three Marines would ruin his reputation forever.As if that would bring me back to his good graces.He really thought he could shame me back to him. He had no idea about how happy I was.

Honestly, I hadn’t been following his campaign trail. I didn’t care one way or another how it ended. I was just looking forward to it being over with. The election was a week away. After that, I would be free. He’d have no reason to call anymore. At least not until the next time, but hopefully by then he’ll have chalked me up to a failure and moved on without plans to use me.

As far as I knew everything with Peter Coleman was finished, too. I hadn’t heard anything from the authorities, but the guys mentioned it could take a while before his trial. I mostly just tried not to think about him. He was locked up and couldn’t get to me. Or so I hoped. I knew my guys weren’t going to let anything happen to me and I refused to live in fear.

It was my day off and I was lounging in a pair of sweats and a tank top while reading in front of the fireplace. The weather had turned cold and the threat of snow was in the air.

I snuggled further under my blanket, swept away in the pirate fantasy book I was reading. She and the pirate lord were just about to kiss when a loud pounding yanked me back into the present and made me jump.

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