As soon as we walk into the kitchen, everyone is already crowded around numerous trays of appetizers. Jordyn notices us first, flashes me her beautiful smile, and then comes over to hug me before she steps over and wraps her arms around Xander.
“It’s good to have you back,” she says in a shaky voice that I’ve never heard from Jordyn before.
Xander returns her embrace. “Thank you. For everything.”
Cash lets out a weak growl as he pulls Jordyn away from Xander. She and I laugh while Xander rolls his eyes and tugs me into him.
Yeah, I’d say these men are a little possessive.
“Come on, let’s eat. Birdie made all this food for us,” Jordyn announces. “Then we’ll play poker.”
“How do you feel about going to a wedding tonight instead?” Xander asks.
Everyone in the room freezes and stares at us with various expressions of shock before it morphs into shouts of excitement.
“Hell, yeah!” Beckett throws his arms around me. “Can I be the ring bearer?” he asks with a smirk and a wink.
The guy is too freaking cute for his own good. I’m sure women fall at his feet all the time.
After everyone gives their congratulations, Xander nudges me toward the food. “We need to eat.”
I look at everything and really breathe in the aroma of the spinach artichoke dip that’s usually my favorite. My stomach turns, and I dart for one of the guest bathrooms. Xander is rightbehind me, asking what’s wrong, but I’m trying not to vomit all over their house.
As soon as I make it into the bathroom, I fall to my knees in front of the toilet and throw up. He hovers right behind me, pulling strands of hair away from my face while Jordyn follows him in.
“Can you get me a hair tie?” he asks her.
Her shoes click against the floor as she hurries off. Xander holds my hair and rubs my back, letting me know he’s right here, but he doesn’t say anything until I lift my head and flush the toilet, then rise to stand.
He immediately goes to the sink and wets a washcloth with cold water, then he hands it to me and watches me, looking concerned. “I’m worried about you, baby. Maybe I should take you to the emergency room.”
I shake my head and set the cloth next to the sink, then look through the drawers for something to use to brush my teeth. “I’m okay. Today has just been emotional and a lot. I’m fine, though.”
Jordyn comes back in and holds out a hair tie for me, then smiles nervously, which is strange because she’s normally so confident. “I, uh, I also brought this. Just in case.”
She places the box on the counter, then rushes out of the bathroom like her ass is on fire. When I look at the box, I go still, unable to draw in a breath.
A pregnancy test.
I look at Xander, who’s staring at the box like it might burn him. “Are you…?”
Shaking my head, I close my eyes and try to remember when my last period was. It was…
Fuck.
When was it?
“I… I don’t know.” I wrack my brain as thoughts begin to swirl in my mind. “I don’t…”
Xander reaches for me and takes my trembling hands in his steady ones. “Look at me, sunshine.”
I immediately obey, and when I look up at him, a calmness washes over me.
“No matter what happens, we’re going through it together,” he says firmly.
Nodding, I look at the box again and sigh. “I didn’t,” I start, unsure how to say it so he believes me. “Try to trap you, Xander.”
He laughs quietly and cups my chin. “Iknow. You aren’t her. Not even close, thank God. I knew the risks when I fucked you bare, and I wanted to take that risk. I knew you were going to be mine no matter what. So if we start having babies now or five years from now, I’m happy. The only thing I need is you. The rest will fit into place when it’s meant to. And it’s okay if that time is now. No matter when it is, you’re going to be an amazing mom, and I can’t wait to spend our lives together.”
