“She said run another test.”
This sweet bear of a man is as pale as a ghost right now, and if it were actually possible, I swear he got smaller at the word “pregnant.”
The doctor taps the clipboard to his palm two times, then gives a small nod to the nurse. “Alright, we’ll do it again. Cindy here will do a blood test this time, if you’re okay with that?”
“Yep. That’s fine.”
She can take a donation bag if she wants, but I’m going to need her to tell me I’m not having a baby.
The nurse gives me a sympathetic smile as the doctor leaves. “I’ll go grab the stuff, and I’ll be right back.”
My stomach turns in knots as a whole new wave of nausea hits me at that realization. What ifI ampregnant? What does that mean for us? For me?
Shit, this can’t be happening. This is not a part of the plan.
That picture in my head of the family I would have with Adam wasn’t meant to start now. There’s no guarantee that Adam would be the man to be my husband and father of my children. Yes, I can see it, but still, it’s just a dream.
How are Adam and I going to survive this? What if this freaks him out and he leaves? How is this going to affect my business?
No, Mia, pull yourself together.The test is wrong. We’ve been safe every time. There’s not even been a missed period yet to raise concern.
I know my body. I’d know if I was growing a human in there.
Delusion may be setting in, or would you call it rationalizing? Manifesting? Maybe I should just not think about it.
“Mia…” Adam starts cautiously, but I hold a hand up.
I can’t bring myself to look at him yet. “It’s a mistake. I—I’m sure of it. We used condoms. Everything will be fine.” I wrap up the sentence quickly. There’re way too many emotions coursing through my body right now, and it’s taking everything for me to hide them all.
So far, I’ve passed out at a work event and been told I’m having a baby with the guy that I’m falling for. I refuse to add “crying from too many emotions” to the list of new experiences I’m having.
Adam opens his mouth then closes it. He doesn’t say another word the entire time we wait.
He reaches for my hand when the nurse comes back to stick a needle in my arm, and he doesn’t let go when she leaves.
It crosses my mind for a second to ask him how he’s taking all of this, but that feels a whole lot like accepting that this is a reality, and I just cannot do that right now.
“Okay, Miss Wright,” Dr. Bell calls again before stepping through the curtain with a nurse in tow. “Test number two confirmed again. You are pregnant.”
Yeah, the delusional bubble was thin, but the pop feels massive.
Chapter 15
Adam
Pregnant. Mia’s pregnant.
This asshole of a doctor could say it ten more times and still it wouldn’t be enough for me to wrap my head around.
Pregnant…hell, is it mine?
Of course it is…it’s Mia, for fuck’s sake. But holy shit, we’re having a baby? NowImight pass out.
Mia’s jaw drops, and for a moment, she’s silent. I’m sure she’s processing the same as I am, but then some sputtered thoughts come tumbling out. “But—but we used condoms? I just don’t?—”
My brain goes into overdrive. A calendar pops up in my head. This had to have happened during Spring Training. We definitely used a condom, but there’s no telling if it got a small hole during travel…or hell, they aren’t exactly 100 percent effective. Shit. Shit.
Mia sends a quick look my way, her lip trembling. Fuck. I step to her, reaching for her hand. This news is consuming her; I can see it all over her face.
