Total pages in book: 17
Estimated words: 16103 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 81(@200wpm)___ 64(@250wpm)___ 54(@300wpm)
Estimated words: 16103 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 81(@200wpm)___ 64(@250wpm)___ 54(@300wpm)
“She will be as soon as I make sure she’s okay,” I tell him without even turning around.
“Can I see your ID, sir?” the nurse asks, and I fumble for my wallet, tempted to push my way past her and tear this hospital apart until I find my girl.
“Miranda, I can vouch for him,” Dillon cuts in and I appreciate his assistance. He probably saved me from spending the night in a jail cell.
“She’s in the Emergency Department, room twenty-three. Go straight down the hall and turn left.” The smiling nurse hands me a sticker that reads, “Visitor Room 23.”
“Thank you,” I call over my shoulder and rush down the hall with Dillon right behind me. When I turn the corner, I see Skylar pacing in the hallway talking on her phone.
I rush up and spin her around. “Where’s Letty?” I don’t care who she’s talking to. I need to know my girl is okay.
“She’s sleeping,” Skye tells me before mumbling into her phone, “Lex is here. I’ll call you back.”
My soon-to-be sister-in-law pats my arm. “Letty is fine.” My heart finally resumes a normal beat as questions swirl around my mind. “She passed out on me at Curvology, and I freaked out and called an ambulance.”
“Passed out? What the fuck caused her to pass out?” I need to know. No matter what, I’ll make sure my girl has the best medical care available. She’s alive and we’ll find a way to take care of whatever illness she has, I reassure myself over and over again, knowing there’s no way I’d survive without my curvy little love. Life just wouldn’t be worth living.
“She can explain it all to you.” Skylar evades my question, causing my anxiety to spike. “Come on, I’ll take you to her room.”
As I follow Skylar, Dillon calls behind me, “Call me if you need anything. We can discuss your driving offenses over breakfast next week.”
“Whatever.” I forget all about my friend when Skylar pushes open a door and I see my girl lying quietly in a hospital bed. Skylar steps out of the room and closes the door as I step close to the bed and take Letty’s soft hand in mine. My girl’s eyes pop open and she smiles at me, soothing some of the turmoil coursing through me.
“Are you okay, baby?” I pull a chair over and sit next to her bed without releasing hold of her hand.
“I’m fine.” She isn’t fine. Her face is the color of paper, and there are dark circles surrounding her gorgeous green eyes.
“God, I love you.” I rub circles on the back of her knuckles with my thumb. “You scared the holy fuck out of me.” Now that the adrenaline is waning, I feel like I’ve been through the wringer.
“I love you, too, and I’m so sorry.” Letty squeezes my hand. “I was so stupid.”
“What happened?” I need to know what we’re dealing with.
“I didn’t eat breakfast and my blood sugar dropped.” What the fuck? She’s never passed out from hunger before. From now on, I’m going to make sure she eats regularly, no matter how busy we get. “And your child already loves to screw with me.”
Her last comment runs through my mind on a constant loop until I feel like I’m about to pass out. “Child?” I mumble more to myself than anyone.
“Yep.” Letty sits up in the bed and smiles at me. “Surely, you aren’t surprised. We haven’t exactly been careful.”
She’s right. We haven’t been careful, and I was secretly hoping that this would happen, but I’m still a little shocked. And a whole lot happy. Happier than I’ve ever been in my life.
Nothing compares to the knowledge that we’re going to have a child.
“When did you find out?” I can’t believe she didn’t tell me before now.
“I suspected but didn’t know for sure until we got here, and they did a test,” she explains.
One thought keeps circling through my mind. “This means you have to marry me.” I drop to my knees on the side of her bed and lay my head against her soft belly.
“That’s how you’re asking me?” Letty stares at me with a raised eyebrow. I’m relieved to see the color slowly returning to her gorgeous face.
“I’m not asking. I’m telling you that I’m dragging your gorgeous ass down to the courthouse and tying you to me for life,” I insist, knowing I’m lying through my goddamn teeth. I’ll do whatever it takes to make my girl happy. Even if it means waiting for a few weeks so she can plan the perfect wedding.
“We can negotiate once we get you home,” I tell her while my mind fills with lists of things we need to get done.
Chapter 11
LETTY
It takes some effort, but I manage to convince my caveman to give me at least a month to put together a small wedding. When Jazzy and Skylar insisted that I spend the night before our wedding with them, Lex threw a fit.