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Beth also had the distinct impression that it was worth a lot of money.
“So,” she said as Finn keyed in the code on the heavy wooden front door, “what’s a mountain guide who lives mostly in a hotel or his office doing with a luxury Queenstown hideaway?”
“Levi’s got money he stashed away years ago,” Finn said as he held open the door for her. “Though to be honest with you, I’ve never asked him where he got it. That’s his business, not mine.”
“Fair enough.”
She took a step inside and looked around.
A hallway ran down the middle of the house, with one side opening up into a big, open-plan living area and kitchen. It was all exposed wooden floors, white walls, and a big stone fireplace.
It looked like a five-star hotel.
Finn went past her, showing her to the sleek, white-tiled bathroom down on one end of the hallway.
Beth stepped inside and closed the door, then leaned her forehead against the cool wood of the door, her heart pounding.
Maybe she wasn’t pregnant. Maybe this was just a bug, a virus that she’d soon throw off.
Yeah, and Finn Kelly is the smiliest, chattiest person you’ve ever met.
She gave a little groan.
Okay, here went nothing.
A few minutes later, Beth stared down at the pregnancy test sitting on the white vanity, watching as two pink lines slowly appeared.
Yep. She was pregnant, all right.
***
Finn didn’t need to see Beth’s white face as she came out of the bathroom holding the small plastic test stick.
He already knew. He’d known yesterday, pretty much as soon as she’d told him, give or take half an hour.
The test was for her benefit, and it was clear she’d been hoping for another answer, even though some part of her had known for sure just the way he had.
He was going to be a dad.
Something kicked hard inside of him, something that had already been building since the day before, hardening into a sure certainty.
She would move in with him. He wanted to be near her to look after her and the baby, and hell, if she didn’t want that, then he’d move into Clint’s, though he thought she’d be more comfortable at his place.
So, what? You’re just going to ride roughshod over her?
Sheri used to complain about how stubborn he could be at times, and yeah, he could be unyielding and a bit too rigid. But then he’d had to be, growing up with a father like his, to suffer all the criticisms his old man had dealt out and with no one but his big brother to rely on.
Sheri understood because Sheri had grown up in the valley like he had and knew him, but Beth?
Yeah, she might not.
Finn stood in the living area by the big windows that looked out across the lake and watched as Beth came into the room and walked over to him, her hand outstretched with the pregnancy test in it.
“I know,” he said. “You’re pregnant.”
Beth shook the test at him. “You don’t want to look at it?”
“I don’t need to. I know already. I was certain of it yesterday.”
