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It's time to face my fate.
To see if this is really happening.
I close my eyes and pray for two pink lines.
Chapter Forty-One
Chase
Ariel shrieks. "Oh my God."
I reach for the handle, but it's still locked.
"Chase… Oh my God." Her fingers hit the door. The handle. The lock.
Click.
I turn the handle, press the door open.
She stares back at me, her eyes wide, her smile wider. "It's…" She turns the test over.
Right there, in that tiny display, my life changes forever.
She's pregnant.
This is happening.
Fuck, this is really happening.
It hits me all at once—
I want that. I want this with her. I want everything with her.
How the hell do I do that?
She throws her arms around me. "Thank you." She squeezes me tighter. "I'm so… I don't know how to say it enough."
I don't know what to say, so I stick with something simple. "You're welcome."
She laughs as she digs her fingers into my skin. "I… God… what do I do now?"
"How about breakfast?"
She nods into my chest. "Breakfast is good. But I need more. I need big."
"You're not feeling any symptoms?"
She releases me. Looks up at me with a hazy smile. "Just a little… the ginger tea helps with the nausea. I thought it was nerves, but—" She jumps into my arms again. "I… I asked my adviser how she felt about her first pregnancy."
"She knows?"
"No, I told her my brother and his wife are trying."
"Your brother got married?" I tease.
She laughs. "She said she knew she wanted a baby, but when she saw the pregnancy test… all of a sudden, it was real. Terrifying and exhilarating and everything."
"You're terrified?"
