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I opened my mouth for a hot retort, but I was suddenly hit with a wave of heat and nausea, and as Beau grabbed my waist with concern in his eyes, I threw myself into his arms.
EPILOGUE
ELOWYN
Iwas just sitting down with a sigh of relief to a quiet lunch in my office while I watched Rupert Bartholomew-Buxton’s televised trial for his various felonies, when Muggsy burst in my door.
“Come quick!” Muggsy yelped, jumping into my office like a grasshopper getting fried on a griddle.
“Tell me what it is before I get up,” I warned him, breaking out the chopsticks for my veggie sushi.
“I can’t!” he said. “Just come! You’ve got to see this!”
Then he leaped out the door, almost bashing his head on the doorjamb, and hopped down the hallway.
“I don’t goanywherequickly,” I called after him, but of course he was too far away to hear me.
I sighed and got up from my desk, waddling as fast as I could out the door and down the hallway.
“Did your water break?” Miss Min asked anxiously.
“No, it’s Muggsy,” I puffed. “This better be good or I’m going to skin him.”
I headed down to the practice room and opened the door.
“Nice of you to join us, Elowyn,” said the cool, audacious voice of my husband and I turned to him, incensed.
“I can’t move any faster than a turtle because I’m pregnant withyourbaby, Beau de la Fontaine!”
His stupidly gorgeous face broke out into a smile, and he reached for me, pulling me against him, and rubbing a big hand softly across my belly. “You are the best fucking thing I’veeverseen, Mrs. de la Fontaine,” he said, kissing me, his hand on my chin.
Then he turned me gently around, and I saw what Muggsy had been so excited about.
It was Schwarb doing a split, a full, to-the-ground, honest-to-goodness split. I gasped with surprise and clapped my hands with excitement.
“That looks amazing, Schwarby!” I cried. I could even feel happy tears pricking at the corner of my eyes. Beau had taught him how to do it.
“Next step, from the roof!” Schwarb yelled with enthusiasm, pumping his fists in the air.
“You’re not there yet, you jackass,” Beau said, his big hand warm and soothing on my neck.
I turned away to hide my happy tears.
Goddamn pregnancy hormones!
“I’ll walk you back to your office,” Beau said, guiding me gently out the door.
“Rupert only hired Schwarb because he thought he’d help bring the club down,” I said, once we were out of range of the other queens. “He was wrong.”
“I know,” said Beau. “This split is a big fuck-you to Rupert, and he can never have enough of those, the nasty little worm.”
“I’m going to enjoy watching him going to jail,” I said, opening the door to my office.
“That’s because you’re a bloodthirsty savage,” said Beau indulgently. “Luckily your husband is a very sensible and stable man and he allows a little savagery as a treat.”
I laughed and sat down in my chair, turning the volume up on the TV as I rested my iced coffee on my big belly.
I heard the door click shut, softly but deliberately, and then Beau was kneeling down in front of me, one hand firmly on my thigh.
