Page 107 of A Simple Love

Still, it was amazing.

I shook my head at my musings and headed to the door. I was surprised to find it unlocked, and I stepped in, hearing Kassie’s voice in the kitchen. Her tone was shocked, the volume rising as I got closer. She was on speaker, and I stopped before she could see me.

“Are you sure? I mean, how⁠—”

I recognized her doctor’s voice. “Really, Kassie, you’re asking how? I’ve seen that husband of yours and the way he looks at you.”

“I mean, I’m on birth control. How can I be pregnant?”

I gripped the doorway in shock.

Kassie was pregnant? Holy shit.

“Have you been taking it regularly?”

“Well, I missed one day, but I took it as soon as I remembered.”

“That’s all it takes,” Dr. Mitchell replied dryly. “As I have explained before, even taken as prescribed, it is not one hundred percent effective all the time.”

My eyebrows shot up. I had no idea about that fact. Not that I cared.

I was thrilled. Ecstatic.

Kassie hung her head. “Oh God. How am I going to tell Oliver?”

I stepped into the kitchen. “You just did, lovely.”

She spun around, her eyes wide.

Dr. Mitchell chuckled. “Well, I’ll leave you two to discuss this. Kassie, come in next week for an appointment. We need to get you on vitamins and check you out.”

She disconnected, and Kassie met my eyes, her gaze shocked.

“You were late one day?” I asked.

“Hours.”

“Hmm. And still, I knocked you up. Definitely a boy.”

“Oliver…”

I closed the distance between us. “Not the stomach flu.”

“No. I saw Dr. Mitchell this morning. She just called…” She trailed off. “Oh God, what do we do?”

I wrapped her in my arms. “We celebrate. Then we move in to our new house and get a nursery together for our little one.”

“But we planned to wait a year!”

I laughed. “I don’t care. I’m thrilled.” I pulled back. “Aren’t you?”

She blinked. Looked down. Cradled her stomach. “Yes,” she whispered. “Just shocked.”

“As long as you’re happy.”

“I am. I have to get used to the idea.”

“You have a few months. How far along are you?”