Page 356 of Forbidden Billionaires: Vol. 8
“It’s strange,” I said.
“What?”
“I didn’t remember what it felt like for time to be limited.” I watched the minute hand tick forward. “I was used to having so much time. Too much time.”
Ash stared up at me. “Do you...regret giving that up?”
I shook my head and smiled down at her. “No.” I shook my head again. “Not at all. I was just thinking about how excited I am to spend every second with you.”
“I love you so much. I can’t wait to spend every second. Every hour. Every day with you.”
“Of course you can’t. Stalker.”
She lightly pushed on my chest and I caught her hand.
I kept her palm against my heart. And I could feel it beating. My time was limited now. And I really was so excited to spend all of it with her. “Thank you, Ash. For saving me from my curse. For loving me even though I’m 343 years old.”
“You don’t look a day over 30,” she said with a laugh. “But I’ll love you even when you’re as old and wrinkly as your real age.” She gasped. “Oh my God, Tanner!”
“What?”
“I think... No.I know. I just got pregnant!”
I laughed. “I came on you. Not inside of you. Besides, you definitely can’t tell yet.”
“Yes I can. I’m very in tune with my hormones now. And you can get pregnant with precum, sir. #PregnancyFacts. Besides, we had sex in the photobooth earlier. I have picture evidence. And I just had this...tingly sensation.”
“In your stomach?”
“No. Yes. All over my body. Mostly in my arms.”
“I don’t think arms have anything to do with pregnancy...”
“But I felt this tingling I’ve never experienced before. I don’t think this is coming out right. Oh my God, I can’t believe it. I’m with child.”
“Ash, I’m not sure it’s possible...”
“Tanner, I never stopped taking prenatals because they made my nails so much stronger. And I love Brazil nuts so my selenium levels are always perfect. I should have known this would happen tonight! My womb is still a perfect vessel. Wait! Do my nipples look darker?”
“What?”
“Oh, sorry, they’re covered in skeet.” She grabbed a towel and cleaned up. “What’s the verdict?”
“Ash, your nipples are very pale.”
“Right...but...darker than usual, right? It’s one of the first signs of pregnancy.”
I stared at them. They were so pasty. “Ash, I don’t think...”
“Oh my.” She put her hands on the center of her chest and her cheeks puffed up. “I’m suddenly feeling very nauseous. The most nauseous. This baby is going to be a handful, I can tell.”
“Do you need a trashcan?”
“For what?”
“Your nausea?”
She waved her hand through the air. “No, I can control it. For now.”
