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Pregnant?
Pregnant.
I couldn’t speak.
Couldn’t think.
I was prepared for him to say that I had mono.
Strep throat.
An immune disorder.
Or some sort of infection.
A baby?
A beautiful baby.
Joy coursed through my veins just before this unsettling feeling spread through my body.
If I was afraid of making Finn feel trapped before, I’d just forced him into a corner in the worst way. Now he’d feel obligated to me.
My bottom lip quivered first before I let the tears fall.
This was what I’d always wanted.
But Finn had this exciting career starting, and I was freaking pregnant?
He’d never had a serious relationship, and now he was tied to one that hadn’t even started out as real for the rest of his life.
He’d never forgive me.
It was too soon.
Carl grabbed my hands. “Is this not good news?”
Why did he sound so pleased?
Had the sound of his voice always irritated me?
“It’s not that. Of course, it’s not that. I’m thrilled. A part of me wondered if I’d ever be able to get pregnant. It’s just, Finn and I are so new to dating, and I don’t know if he’s ready for all of this. He’s leaving for Tokyo tomorrow. I-I just don’t know what he’ll think.”
“I’m here for you, Reese. I’d raise this baby with you if you asked me to.”
What?
That made me cry harder.
This was not how I ever imagined finding out I was pregnant would be. My ex-boyfriend delivering the news and then offering to raise the baby with me because I wasn’t certain that the man I loved would be ready for all of this.
“I’m in love with him, Carl.” I whimpered, and he held my hands from across the table, and I saw the tears streaming down his face.
My God, I’d made a mess of everything.
“Why are you crying?” I asked as I tried to pull myself together.
“Because I just realized right now that I’ve lost you forever.”
