Total pages in book: 66
Estimated words: 61929 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 310(@200wpm)___ 248(@250wpm)___ 206(@300wpm)
Estimated words: 61929 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 310(@200wpm)___ 248(@250wpm)___ 206(@300wpm)
Madison didn’t look as convinced.
“I have a few pregnancy tests in the bathroom cabinet. Why don’t you test to be sure?” she suggested.
My stomach twisted at the thought of getting a definite answer, but I couldn’t avoid it forever. I needed to know because that meant another curveball was thrown at me. I couldn’t wrap my mind around how insane my life had been lately!
Was this bad karma or something?
I headed to the bathroom and shut the door behind me, my chest feeling tight. It was hard to breathe in deeply as I found the tests and used one, time seeming to drag on as slowly as possible as I waited for the result.
When I heard a light knock on the bathroom door, I opened it to see Madison standing there with a small smile on her face.
“Can I wait with you?” Madison asked.
I flashed her a grateful, nervous look and nodded, looping my arm with hers and pulling her close. I decided to count the seconds, hoping that they flew by, but each one dragged on for what felt like forever.
My forehead started to feel hot when I reached sixty seconds, and I felt Madison squeeze my arm with hers in a comforting manner. That helped the seconds flow faster until I looked at the tiny screen on the pregnancy test and saw two blue lines.
Time stopped.
I was pregnant.
“Oh, no,” I breathed out, feeling my legs start to go numb. I lowered myself to the ground, my heart hammering in my chest as I placed my hand over it. “This can’t be happening. I can’t be pregnant! Obviously, I can barely take care of myself!”
Madison crouched down in front of me and placed her hands on my shoulders, trying to catch my attention.
“Aisling, breathe. It’s okay,” she told me.
My teary eyes snapped up to hers.
“It’s not okay! I don’t even have my own place yet!” I said as tears streamed down my cheeks, all of my calmness being blown away. How could I find a silver lining in this situation? I couldn’t raise a baby by myself.
Madison gave me a little shake.
“Breathe!” she demanded.
I breathed in deeply and exhaled slowly, trying to relax as much as I could. At least enough to talk to her without sobbing.
“I didn’t expect this to happen. I haven’t even been interested in dating lately. I’ve been reading about fantasy guys in my books more than talking to actual guys lately,” I admitted with a sheepish look on my face. My life was nowhere close to being put together.
“My pregnancy was a surprise too. Things just happen, and you have to roll with it. You have to figure out what you want to do next,” Madison told me in a steady voice that helped calm the erratic nature of my thoughts.
“It has to be Kai’s. He’s the last person I was with,” I said as I reached up to wipe away my tears. My stomach twisted just at the thought of Kai. What in the world would he think? “I need to reach out to him.”
“Are you sure?” Madison asked as she put her hand up to make me pause.
“Why wouldn’t I tell him?” I replied as I narrowed my eyes in confusion.
Madison lowered her hand as an uneasy look filled her face.
“If he’s in a biker gang, doesn’t that mean he might be a dangerous person? What if something bad happens? Do you really want to be stuck to him for the next eighteen years?” Madison questioned me.
I understood where she was coming from, but at the end of the day, this was his child too. I wouldn’t ever be able to shake the guilt if I kept such a huge secret from him. Besides, she could be wrong. Maybe he was a good person who abided by the law.
“I’m telling him. I’ll go from there,” I told her before getting to my feet and taking my phone out of my pocket. I found his name in my contacts, ignoring Madison’s uneasy look. I had to do this.
The phone rang a few times before Kai’s unmistakable, deep voice sounded over the speaker.
“Hello?”
“Hey, Kai. It’s me… Aisling. From Altitude,” I said, my cheeks warming up just at the thought of that night. That incredible night… that led to this situation.
“I didn’t think you’d call,” Kai replied.
Was he waiting for me to call? My heart skipped at the thought, but I steadied myself and took a deep breath before speaking again.
“I wanted to tell you that I took a pregnancy test today, and it was positive. I’m pregnant, and it’s yours,” I blurted out the words before I could chicken out.
Kai was silent for a few seconds, and I almost thought that he hung up until he finally spoke.
“I want us to talk in person,” he told me.