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“They had sex three times already today,” I say, supporting Thomas’s claim.
If Gabriel were a man who blushes, he’d be blushing right now.
“You told her that?” he accuses Blake.
She waves him off. “Women talk, get over it.”
“Only three times, Gabriello?” Thomas teases. “You’re getting old.”
“Quit it, Thomas, before I kick you out of my apartment.”
Unfazed, Thomas cups a hand over his mouth and turns to me. “He’s joking. I’m his favorite brother.” If I’m right, they’re each other’s only brothers. Next, the younger Mercer offers me his hand. “Thomas, by the way.”
I shake it. “Marissa.”
“Ah,” he says. “I’ve heard about you.”
“Likewise,” I say.
He smiles at me and then turns to the other two. “Anyway, I need advice.”
“Wait a minute, I was here first,” I protest.
“I’m sure your situation can’t be worse than mine.”
“Oh, really? I’m accidentally pregnant with my ex-boyfriend’s baby.”
“Accidental how? Unless the condom broke or something, it was no accident.”
“No condom broke,” Blake interrupts in a high-pitched voice.
We all turn to look at her.
She flushes. “What I meant to say is that Marissa was trying to have a baby on her own through IVF. Only, in a fluke of fate, instead of using the anonymous donor she’d selected, the clinic made her pregnant with her ex’s baby, who is a doctor there. That was what I wanted to say.”
Thomas raises both his eyebrows. “Seriously?”
“Unfortunately,” I confirm.
“And what’s the problem? You hate the guy?”
“Not exactly.”
Thomas smirks. “Ah, you still like him. Is he some kind of dirtbag who wants nothing to do with the baby?”
“The opposite. He’s all in.”
Thomas frowns. “And that’s an issue because?”
“I don’t want to like him. I don’t want him to say all the right things.”
“Are you afraid he’s going to be a terrible father? Because he was a crappy boyfriend… how many years ago?”
“Sixteen. And, no, I know he’s a good father. He’s raising his daughter alone and that’s the other thing, single dads are just so…” I sigh.
Blake sighs.
“Wait, wait.” Thomas sits up straighter. “Do women think single dads are hot?”
