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“I don’t . . . I have . . . oh my God, Wolfe is going to freak out!” Vivi said. “I’m going to be in bed for the next nine months. Do you think I can hide it from him?”
“I think that might be kind of impossible,” Maggie replied. “You know . . . because of the baby belly and everything.”
They all stared at her.
Invisible.
She crept back toward the door, leaning against it. “And now . . . I’m just going to go . . .”
She reached for the door handle without looking, turning it. The door swung open quicker than expected, and she stumbled, landing on her back in the passage.
Oh. My. God.
A stern, angry face glared down at her. “What the hell are you doing?”
Dear Lord. What the heck did he think she was doing? Inspecting the floor?
“Hello there.” Jack’s smiling face appeared in front of the dickfly’s. Well, that was better, she guessed. Although, now she had two witnesses to her embarrassment.
Plus all of those beautiful, poised women.
But she was choosing to pretend they weren’t there.
“Are you falling for me?” Jack asked with a cheeky grin. “Next time, give me a heads up and I’ll catch you.”
There was a surprised giggle from one of the women.
No. Nope. They weren’t here. They hadn’t just seen her fall over like a complete idiot.
“What happened? Did you really fall?” Ian asked incredulously. As though he couldn’t believe she’d be so stupid as to fall.
Hadn’t he ever fallen in his life?
Dear. Lord.
Why couldn’t she just disappear? Where was that invisibility superpower when she needed it?
“I’ve heard this happens as you get older,” she managed to say, catching her breath.
You should get up.
She would if she thought her hip could handle it. But the impact of the hard floor hadn’t just stolen her breath. It had sent sharp agony through her body.
“What?” Ian snapped.
Was he capable of talking without snarling?
“Your eyesight goes.”
His eyes widened with shock, before narrowing angrily. “Little girl, are you calling me old?”
A shiver ran through her. She did not like him calling her that.
Nope. No way.
“I mean . . . if the shoe fits . . .” she trailed off as his eyes filled with fire.
Yikes.
