Page 136 of The Billionaire's Virgin

“Oh, Reed,” Taylor sighed. “It’s Sunday morning, and we’re having guests or have you forgotten?”

“And when they get here, we’ll have more than enough babysitters,” I pointed out. “Which will leave the two of us free to mosey on down to the hospital for a checkup. Come on; it’ll be romantic.”

Taylor laughed at that and batted my hand away. “You are so ridiculous; Doctor Smith probably isn’t even on call today.”

“He consults on Sundays,” I replied. “I checked.”

“Oh, man.”

“Please?” I asked. “It’ll make me feel better.”

Taylor sighed. “You’re not going to let up, are you?”

“Nope.”

“Urgh,” Taylor complained wordlessly. “Fine, we’ll see the damn doctor. Even though it’s going to be nothing.”

I smiled triumphantly. “Thank you.”

“But please, can we wait till after lunch?” Taylor asked. “We invited people over, and it’ll be rude to just bail on them the moment they step foot through the door.”

“Of course.” I nodded. “We’ll feed them first and then bail.”

We went back to the living room where Jenna was waiting for the two of us, and then we got to work on our Sunday lunch with our little group of friends. Jennifer was coming with her new flame, Garry. Megan was coming, and she was bringing Ryan, her new boyfriend. And Taylor had also invited Lily and her husband. Millie was coming too, so Jenna was very excited.

When twelve o’clock rolled around, so did our guests, and I saw Taylor’s face brighten visibly, and I knew she hoped that I would forget about her promise by the time we finished lunch.

I had to admit; it was nice having company over. I really liked Lily and her husband, Hank; Megan was good company, and even though I wasn’t sure her boyfriend would stand the test of time, he was easy to get along with. I was pretty sure Jennifer and Garry were headed in the same direction as Taylor and me too, and I was glad for both of them. They suited each other perfectly.

We barely saw Jenna and Millie. The two girls kept to Jenna’s room and they only appeared long enough to eat a little lunch and complain about how they would rather have dessert instead. Then they went back to Jenna’s room and left the adults to their conversation.

“So, Reed,” Jennifer said. “Have the two of you set a wedding date yet?”

I turned to Taylor. “We were thinking sometime this summer,” I said.

“This summer?” Jennifer repeated. “That doesn’t give you very long to plan.”

“There’s not much to plan,” Taylor admitted. “We’re probably just going to go down to city hall.”

“Really?” Lily asked. “But… don’t you want a big wedding?”

“Not really.” Taylor shrugged, and I loved how flippant she was about the hype of a big wedding. “I’m more excited about the part that comes after the wedding.”

“Oh, the honeymoon,” Garry chuckled.

Taylor shook his head at him. “I mean the marriage.”

“Sure, you did,” Megan said, winking at Taylor.

We laughed, and I reached out and took Taylor’s hand. “I’m fine either way,” I said. “Whatever Taylor’s comfortable with.”

“I kind of just want to get married fast,” Taylor replied. “I can only file papers to adopt Jenna once we’re legally married and I want to do it fast.”

“Is it necessary to adopt her?” Megan asked. “I mean, for all intents and purposes, you are her mother.”

“I certainly feel that way,” Taylor said. “But I do want it to be legal. That would make it undisputable, and I suppose it’s just important to me. I think it’ll be important to Jenna too.”

The conversation veered into weddings and proposals and plans for the future, so I interrupted politely, and I saw Taylor’s face fall as she realized I hadn’t forgotten at all.