Page 54 of The Hookup
“It’s going to break in the press in a few days’ time anyway, and then everything will go haywire for a few more weeks. It’s something I have to get used to.”
Kay gave her a sympathetic smile, but Savannah looked so happy, so glowing, and content, as if the world was her playground. It was hard to imagine that there was a baby inside her, maybe not a fully-fledged baby yet…butlife. Soon there would be a tiny little baby for everyone to fawn over, a second baby for Savannah and a sibling for Jacob.
Uncle Dale and Aunt Jean would be over the moon, she was sure, and her own mother would, too. Any day now her mother would probably call her to lecture her on the ticking time-bomb of her ovaries.
With a shiver, she thought of what lay ahead. The comparisons between the girls would continue. Future events filled her with dread. There would be the christening, and the baby’s first Christmas and first birthday, then other milestones in the baby's first year. She couldn't stomach it; the disappointment in her mother's voice at future family get-togethers where Savannah would be surrounded by her doting prince and children, and she would…not.
She wondered whether she would still be with Luke, or was that expecting too much, several months down the line? Would she still be single, or still having short-term flings? One thing was clear. Time was marching on and she was getting older. Maybe she was already too old to be doing what she was with Luke. This thing with Luke—it would have ended had he not sought her out, but now that he had, now that they had been together, and the sex had been amazing, she couldn’t think of walking away. The connection between them felt more intense than anything she had yet experienced with another lover.
If they were going to part ways, the directive would have to come from him. “And Jacob?” she asked, not wanting to dwell on these things too much. “How did he take to the news?”
“He can’t wait.”
Kay beamed at her, a wave of profound happiness settling over her. Thiswaswonderful news. The best. Now that she thought about it, it wasn’t that surprising that Savannah was pregnant. She knew Tobias was going to make a wonderful father, especially after seeing how he was with Jacob.
“You don’t look too big. When are you due?”
“May.”
“So you were pregnant when you got married?” She’d been so wrapped up in her own drama with Xavier at that time that she hadn’t paid much attention to the bride.
Savannah nodded. “Could you tell?”
“No. I had no freaking idea.” She recalled the wedding day. “You looked amazing, Sav. Are you sure you were pregnant then?”
“Positive.”
“I was sure you’d make a baby startingthatnight, especially the way you two were around one another.”
Savannah giggled. “Were we embarrassingly loved up?”
“You couldn’t keep your eyes off of one another. You should have seen the way you were on the dance floor.”
“I’ve never been happier.”
“I’ve never seen you looking happier. I knew you’d get pregnant, but it never occurred to me that you’dalreadybe pregnant.”
“It happened so quickly.” Savannah sat back on the couch, curling her knees up and making herself at home. “I came off the pill, and within the month, it happened.”
“Just as well you were on the pill then. Otherwise you’d have gotten pregnant as soon as you met.”
Savannah blushed. “We didn’t have sex for months,” she confessed, sweeping her hair away from her face again.
“Formonths?” Kay echoed, guilt slicing through her, and with it a sense of shame when she thought of that first night in her kitchen. If Savannah had any idea what had happened between her and Luke, she would be shocked.
“He was my boss,” explained Savannah. “Not my direct boss, because I reported to Briony. He was her boss.”
“Oooh,” Kay squealed. “You had an office romance with the CEO!”
“It was not like that,” insisted Savannah. “I never set out to get involved with him. I didn’t see him in a romantic light at first.”
“Why the hell not? Didn’t you think he was good-looking?”
“I thought he was rude.”
“Rude?” She couldn’t imagine Tobias being rude to Savannah, ever.
“And it was Jacob he took a shine to, more than me.”
