Total pages in book: 108
Estimated words: 103721 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 519(@200wpm)___ 415(@250wpm)___ 346(@300wpm)
Estimated words: 103721 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 519(@200wpm)___ 415(@250wpm)___ 346(@300wpm)
Parting, we’re both breathless as our gazes lock. “Eh, my love, I’ve missed you.”
Her eyes brighten for me. “I’ve missed you.”
I kiss her nose as our foreheads meet. “I swear, your arms around my neck are my favorite thing ever.”
She laughs softly. “I thought you liked my hips.”
I groan against her lips before grasping said hips. “You’re right. I think everything about you is my favorite.”
“I doubt you’ll feel that way when I tell you I forgot my charger at Callie’s and my makeup bag.”
I grin, kissing her top lip. “Nothing could change the way I feel. All that’s replaceable. You, on the other hand, yeah, nothing can change how I feel about you, my beauty.”
She kisses me again. “I love you.”
“Ah, I love you.”
Our lips meet once more as I gather the jersey she wears in my fingers, her hands cupping my neck. When we part, she runs her thumb along my bottom lip. When I notice tears welling in her eyes, my heart becomes a frozen puck in my chest. “Cam, what’s wrong?”
A tear spills over as she meets my gaze. “I need to tell you something.”
My brows knit, confused by her tears. When she takes a deep breath, I can feel her heart pounding in her chest. “Hey now, breathe,” I say, gathering her in my arms. “I’ve got you. What’s wrong?” She nuzzles her nose into my neck, and I chuckle slightly. “I know I’m about to sound super insecure, but did you find yourself in an arrangement with a guy when you were down on Broadway?”
She pulls her head back and gives me the driest look ever. I laugh, unable to contain my amusement. “I’m gonna act like you didn’t just say that. Arrangement,” she mutters, shaking her head.
“Good plan,” I agree, wiping away her tears. “Talk to me.”
She swallows nervously, her eyes never leaving mine. She licks her lips and then sighs. “I’m pregnant.”
Two words. Just two.
But unlike before, fear doesn’t slam into me. Not this time. This time, this second chance at having a future with Cameron has me fighting back my grin. “Pregnant, eh?”
Her lips quirk, her eyes burning into mine. “Yeah.”
“But we use condoms.”
She nods. “I stopped taking my birth control.”
My grin widens. “You did?”
“Yeah. I was breaking out really bad, and then I was going to go get an IUD, but then I kept forgetting to make the appointment. And then I realized I didn’t want to—” I cut off her rambling by taking her lips with mine. She melts into me, and my soul sings for this girl. For everything she blesses me with.
I pull back, cupping her face. There is no apprehension in her eyes; all I see is joy and love. “You didn’t want to?” I ask against her lips, just like I did back in freshman year, and she smiles.
She shakes her head. “No, I know I should have talked to you first, but I love what we have, and I want to have your child.”
My heart thuds in my chest. “Do you wanna get married?”
“Yeah, I do.”
“Then we will.”
Her lips quiver, and I cuddle her in my arms. “In the nightstand at the house is your engagement ring that Shea gave me to give to you. It was Jenna’s moonstone ring that Mark gave her last Christmas. I had planned to ask you at Evan and Callie’s wedding since, apparently, Callie told you that’s how this would play out.”
A laugh bubbles out of her. “She had it all right, except for there being a baby in my belly.”
Emotions slam into me at that. I pull back and lift my jersey to place my hands on her flat stomach. A gasp leaves her lips at my cold hands, but she doesn’t pull away or stop me. Our baby is in there. My mouth goes dry as a lump forms in my throat. I run my thumb along her flesh as her hands cover mine.
“Are you happy?” she asks then, and I look up to meet her unsure gaze.
My stomach clenches. “I had this whole proposal plan. I had all the words ready. My declaration of love that is only for you. I had planned on making you cry, but I’m the one fighting back tears, because happy doesn’t even begin to describe what I’m feeling, Cameron.” Her fingers thread with mine over her stomach. “I’m complete because of you.”
Her jaw ticks as her tears come fast down her cheeks. “So am I.”
I capture her cheeks in my hands, brushing aside those tears that fall in rivers. “Wanna get married today?”
Her eyes dance with mine. “Today?” she laughs, but it dies off when she sees I’m not laughing. “You’re serious?”
“I am always serious when it comes to you,” I tell her, dusting my lips along hers. “I want to marry you. Now.”