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“But your daiquiris all week—” Ava begins, and Desilaughs.

“Virgin!”

“Unlike her, apparently,” Asher says, wiggling his eyebrows.

What follows can only be described as a chorus of joyous “Congratulations!” and excitement.

So another baby. We’re seemingly surrounded by them.

Desi’s pregnant, and this enthusiasm and love and happiness around the table is what a pregnancy announcementshouldbe met with.

Not the fear and retreating of a broken condom.

I draw in a deep breath and wipe the corner of my eye. I’m happy for them, truly. They’re a lovely couple, and they deserve everything they want.

“When are you due?” Ava asks once everyone sits back down.

“February tenth,” Desi says.

“Oh, cool. Maybe the cousins will be born on the same date,” Grayson says.

“The cousins?” Asher asks.

Grayson and Ava look like they’re about to burst with excitement.

“Oh my God, you’re pregnant?” Desi asks Ava, and she’s grinning as she nods.

The same excitement rolls around again, and everyone gets up to hug Ava and Grayson—including Missy, who heard everything and rushes over from the next table to congratulate her son and daughter-in-law.

Two babies, both due around the same time.

And maybe another one coming two months later.

I feel Miller’s gaze on my profile, but I don’t dare turn to look at him.

It suddenly feels like we’re surrounded by babies.

“Guess that just leaves you and me,” Grace teases me as we all sit back down.

I nearly choke on my water, but I force a quick recovery. “Guess so.”

But maybe not.

CHAPTER 46: Sophie Summers

Cheering for Offense

It’s our last day on the cruise, and it’s a day at sea. We decided on a pool day for thirty-two, but there are another five thousand or so people on the ship whoalsodecided on a pool day for their last day of the trip.

We’re alternating between sitting on lounge chairs in the water with Spencer and Grace to sitting on lounge chairs out of the water with Spencer and Grace.

I sort of pushed the fact that I caught her dad with her husband’s mom out of my head, but it’s back right there at the forefront as we hang together all day.

There are no less than twelve times that I think about telling her what’s going on, but then I remember it’s not my story to tell.

Still, it’s the two of us for lengthy amounts of time. I guess the others have more to talk about than we do. Ava and Desi are busy comparing pregnancy symptoms while Grayson and Asher talk about fatherhood and their own symptoms that come with a pregnant wife.

Miller hasn’t mentioned anything about Missy and Steve to Spencer—or to anyone else, for that matter. Maybe he forgot about it in the broken condom scandal anyway.

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