Total pages in book: 107
Estimated words: 104237 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 521(@200wpm)___ 417(@250wpm)___ 347(@300wpm)
Estimated words: 104237 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 521(@200wpm)___ 417(@250wpm)___ 347(@300wpm)
“Scarlett.”
Her voice cracked, and I knew she was reading me like an open book.
“Oh, Scarlett, is it Trevor’s baby?”
My chin trembled, and I opened my mouth, but nothing came out. I finally was able to nod a couple of times.
Amelia pulled me back into her arms, and I let the flood gates open. I wasn’t sure how long I cried in her arms, but it felt good that someone else knew. As of right now, it was only Maebh, Cord, and Eric. I hadn’t told anyone else. Not even my parents. I couldn’t take my father’s disappointment right now.
“Shhh, it’s okay. It’s going to be okay.”
My body shook as another round of sobs hit me.
“Come on, let’s sit down.” Amelia’s voice was strong and sure. That only made me feel more like an idiot. I wasn’t this type of woman. I wasn’t weak. I was strong, but this…all of this was throwing me, and I had no idea what to do about any of it.
“I’m…I’m sorry. I didn’t mean to break down like that,” I said, taking the tissue Amelia had snagged on the way to the living room.
“I take it Trevor doesn’t know.”
“No. The only people who know are Maebh, Cord, Eric, and now you.”
Her eyes widened in shock. “Cord and Maebh know?”
“I ran into them at the doctor’s office and, well, let’s just say I had a breakdown. Maebh was the first person I told, and I swore her to secrecy, but she told Cord. Unfortunately, she was in Eric’s office when she told him. She hadn’t seen him in there.”
Amelia smiled sweetly. “So that sort of makes sense why Eric was with you last night.”
“I was with Maebh last night. Eric was just walking me to my car when I saw Trevor with…um…some girl.”
She nodded. “He told Wade he wasn’t planning on being with her, if that helps any.”
I dragged in a deep breath. “It’s hard to see the man you’re in love with and whose baby your carrying hanging all over other women. Flirting with them, and not wanting to be with you.”
Amelia took my hands. “I don’t think Trevor feels that way.”
“The night we made this baby, he realized we had forgotten a condom and he freaked. He got up and left like it never happened. He didn’t say a word to me when he walked out. What’s he going to do when he finds out, Amelia? I’m scared to death he’ll think I’m trying to trap him.”
She scoffed. “He was the one who didn’t remember the condom. I know my brother, Scarlett. He wouldn’t abandon you or this child.”
I nodded, wiping a tear away. “I forgot too. I know he wouldn’t turn his back on his child, but he doesn’t want a relationship with me. He told me he didn’t.”
Amelia grinned. “Right now, my brother thinks he’s losing you to Eric and that is destroying his entire world. He’s upside down and inside out and no clue what to do about it. He does want you. He’s just too scared to see it.”
My eyes widened in shock. “What?”
“Last night when Wade was driving Trevor home, he kept repeating how he’d lost you. Sometimes men need to lose something in order to see what they had.”
“I’m not with Eric, though.”
“I know,” she said, throwing her hand up and waving it around. “Trevor doesn’t know that, and right now I’m going to guess he’s going out of his damn mind thinking you moved on and you’re dating Eric.”
Another round of sickness hit me. I stood. “I’ll be right back.”
Rushing out of the living room, I made it to the half bath and dropped down. I threw up the little bit of breakfast I’d had earlier. My morning sickness wasn’t just in the morning. It seemed to hit me whenever it felt like it.
“How bad is it?” Amelia asked, handing me a warm, wet, washcloth.
“It hits me at the strangest times.”
Amelia leaned against the sink counter as I planted my ass on the floor and pressed my back against the wall.
“Yours?”
“Morning, first thing. Then I feel great the rest of the day.”
I groaned. “I hate you.”
She chuckled. “From what I’ve researched, it sounds like you might be pregnant with a girl. They tend to make you more sick.”
My eyes widened, and I smiled. “A girl?”
With a nod, she said, “Yep. Of course, my research consists of old wives’ tales, but who cares!”
We both giggled.
“Needless to say, Wade would be happy with either, but I have a pretty strong feeling I’m carrying a boy.”
“A girl?” I whispered, my hands going to my stomach.
“When are you due?” Amelia asked.
“May twenty-fifth.”
She smiled. “Three weeks after me. We’re not that far apart.”
Sitting on the floor, she bumped my knee. “Me, you, and Harley are all pregnant at the same time! How fun will this be?”