Page 33 of Surprise! I'm Engaged To My Boss
“Is Mrs. Williams' daughter pregnant again?”
“Yes. For the fourth time. In my mother's estimation, Nora Williams isthe happiest woman in the world, with her house full of grandchildren.”
I sat down on the bed and Waffle jumped on me, snuggling into my lap.
“At least my grandmother doesn't make that kind of demand on me. I think she already understood that the closest she'll get to grandchildren is Waffle.”
“Lucky you. I think that even if I adopt about fifty cats, my mother will still demand human grandchildren from me.” Evelyn fell silent, seeming to think about something. Then, she sat down next to me. “Girl, speaking of children... I know you don't remember much, but... how can I tell you without freaking out?”
“Tell me what? For the love of God, Evy, look what my life has become in the last few days. Nothing else in the world can make me freak out.”
“Okay, then.” She took a deep breath, as if she needed to gather courage for what she wanted to ask. “Do you happen to remember if you and Michael Turner...” Another pause. This was starting to make me impatient.
“If we what?”
“If you... used a condom?”
It still took me a few seconds to process that question and connect it with the 'speaking of children' that started it. When that happened, my mind felt like it had been thrown into a blender, spinning a thousand times a second.
I stood up so suddenly that I scared poor Waffle, who jumped and ended up on the other side of the room.
“Do… do… do you… do you think… you think that…” I began to stutter, feeling a true sense of panic just trying to form the question in my mind. “Do you think I might bepregnant?”
“If you are in your fertile period and you had unprotected sex, there is a big chance, girl.”
"No... I can’t. I can’t have lost my virginity, gotten ‘engaged,’ and ended up pregnant after one drunken night."
And here I was thinking that party was open bar. Turned out to be the most expensive hangover of my life!
“Calm down, bestie. You must’ve remembered to use a condom.”
“I don't even remember how I ended up in that room, Evy. I didn't think for half a second before going to bed with that man, do you think I remembered condoms?”
“Okay... but he's a guy who must be more than used to it, he must always carry a condom. I'm sure he remembered, don't worry.”
I sat back down, lowering my head and placing my hands on my forehead.
“This can't be happening to me, Evy. It sounds like a huge nightmare.”
My friend came closer, putting her hand on my shoulder.
“Don't worry, girl. We'll go to a pharmacy tomorrow, buy a quick test and get this question answered.”
“And what will happen if it tests positive, Evy?”
“Well... To begin with, I'm going to have to hear from my mother thateven Camilais going to have a child, and I'm not.”
“What do you mean 'even Camila'?” I knew that was far from the important issue at the moment, but I couldn't avoid the question.
"Girl, you made it to twenty-four — almost twenty-five — a virgin and without any boyfriends, you know that."
“I’ve had boyfriends.”
“Your longest relationship lasted two months.”
“He was distracting me, and I needed to study.”
“It's the kind of argument I use with my fifteen-year-old students when their grades start to suffer because of dating. And they don't pay me any attention.”
