Page 50 of Secret Baby for My Brother's Best Friends

“TMI, babe,” she grins, "But I’m happy for you. So what happened after that? Did you see each other again? Did they turn out to be jerks?”

“Neither. They actually turned out to be really sweet, but no, I didn’t plan on seeing them again. I mean, the night kind of just felt like one of those things you do once to cross it off your bucket list and never again.”

She shrugged. "Sure, but if you enjoyed it and everyone's game, there's nothing wrong with doing it again...and again and again…"

I laugh. "Nah. I didn’t want to get myself hooked on something that I can’t keep up with. And at the end of the day, they’re all way out of my league.”

She frowns. "You know I hate it when you talk down on yourself like that."

"I’m not trying to talk down on myself, I’m being totally honest here. Maybe you’d have to see them to understand, but they’re way hot."

"I don’t care how hot they are; no guy is out of your league. But anyway, I get the sense you're building to something, so we’ll talk about your tragic self-esteem issues later.”

I nod and swallow, preparing myself for the next part. “Yeah, so the thing is, that I snuck out in the middle of the night, thinking that would be the end of it, and I would never see them again. But then, as it turns out, their company is merging withmy brother's company, and I'm the one in charge of marketing the merger. So we did actually meet again right in my brother's conference room."

Her eyes widen. "Shut up. It's like a romcom."

"And I’m pregnant."

That freezes the smile on her face. I think that's the first time I've stunned her silent, the first time the smile slides off her face.

"What?" she asks.

"I’m pregnant," I exhale. "I found out that week you returned, and I freaked out about it. That's what's been occupying my mind for days."

"That’s..." That renders her silent, and I nearly snort as her mouth opens and closes like a gaping fish. "Wow."

"Yeah. Wow."

"Okay. And it's from the guys? Not Eric?"

"Yeah."

"Okay, good. That makes things easier then."

I chuckle because it looks like she had the same thought I did. Great minds think alike.

She gives me a knowing smile. "I'm sorry. I know he was the love of your life at some point, but I've never liked him."

"Yeah, I remember."

She has another moment of silence. It takes some time to sink in, but once it does, she accepts it with a nod.

"Do you plan on keeping the child?" she asks.

"Yeah," I say. "I mean, I haven't made up my mind, but I think there's a pretty good chance that I will."

"Alright. Are you going to tell them?"

"One of them already found out. I kind of blurted it out by accident. I do plan on telling the other two, but it's just...it's messy."

"How is it messy?"

"Because I was making out with one of them today, and the last meeting we had, I made out with another one."

"Oh." Her eyes go wide.

"Yes. I don't know what's wrong with me. I've never been that kind of girl, you know that, but it's like whenever they get close to me, my brain turns to mush."