They fell out laughing, and Maui held on to me to keep me from leaving. I kissed her forehead and asked, “How are the three of you feeling though? The wedding is coming up soon.”
“Stressed, overworked, tired as fuck, and ready for all this shit to be over,” Bali said. “I just want to lay down all day and eat. My cravings are on one thousand. I swear I’m gonna gain fifty pounds if I’m not careful and tame this shit.”
“I’m sorry, Bali.”
She waved me off as I turned my attention to Noni. “Well, I’m not feeling much of anything. I’m a little sluggish, but I don’t even have morning sickness,” she said, then knocked on the wooden table.
“You are definitely the lucky twin.”
“Tell me about it,” Bali said as she rubbed her belly.
She was looking like she wanted to throw up just at the mention of morning sickness. Within seconds, she hopped up from her seat, and as if he had an alarm on him, Carter was right behind her. I always admired their love. It was so beautiful the way he took care of her while letting her be just who she was. Mythic was the same way with Maui.
I felt like Seven was gonna be close to that with me too. After we had sex, that man’s nose was wide open. I felt like he would give me whatever I wanted and would protect me with his life. As I thought about him, I looked around, trying to see where he went.
“He went outside with Mythic, Ace, Royal, and Kingsley,” Maui said as another pregnant woman sat with us.
“Hey, Aaliyah,” Maui said.
“Hey,” she said softly.
Ashanni reached for her hand, and asked, “Sis, is everything okay?”
She shook her head and broke down crying right here at the table. Ashanni gave the baby to Maui, then stood and led her away from the table. I didn’t know what was going on, so I wished they would have stayed and talked about it at the table. Thankfully, my man was just as nosy as I was, so I knew I would find out soon enough.
“Who is she?” I asked.
“She’s Red Squared’s sister. Ashanni and Noni’s sister-in-law. She’s supposedly pregnant with Royal’s babies.”
“Babies?”
“Yeah. She’s having twins,” Maui responded.
“Geeze. Why you say supposedly?”
“Because they’re both some freaks and sleep around a lot. He wants them to be his and so does she. So I’m hoping that’s the case for them. If not, they are both gonna be hurt. He’s preparing to settle down with her.”
“Oh, damn. You think maybe they found out the results?”
“I don’t know. If they did, I can imagine what the results were.”
I frowned slightly as I looked toward where she and Ashanni went. Shani was hugging her and rubbing her back. When the men came inside, Royal stopped in his tracks, then turned and went back out the door. Seven was frowning, then turned and went back outside with him.The babies must not be his.
CHAPTER SEVENTEEN
SEVEN
“Aye, what’s up? Why you come back outside?”
Royal turned to me and shook his head. “I gotta go, man. I’ll talk to y’all later. I guess we can meet at the diner again, since Uncle Marcus people are here too.”
“Royal, what the fuck wrong wit’chu, nigga?”
He stopped walking, took a deep breath, and said, “They aren’t mine.”
I frowned. “What’chu talking about?”
“The babies aren’t mine. The results came back this morning. We haven’t talked, but what exactly do we need to talk about? We both knew this was a possibility. I’m just . . . I don’t know.”
