Total pages in book: 17
Estimated words: 15962 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 80(@200wpm)___ 64(@250wpm)___ 53(@300wpm)
Estimated words: 15962 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 80(@200wpm)___ 64(@250wpm)___ 53(@300wpm)
“Trust me, when they’re looking for your body, they won’t be thinking that,” Freya said.
“I won’t be thinking anything, stupid. I’ll be dead.”
Freya growled. “Go away.”
“Oh, is this where you’re pissed?” Adele didn’t show any signs of leaving, which just annoyed her.
She wanted Maverick back. After her sister’s explosive betrayal, and letting her family and Maverick know she might be pregnant, he and her father had headed out the door to go to the pharmacy.
In response, Freya had stormed up to her bedroom and hadn’t left. Her mother had come to bring her some hot chocolate, which was her favorite beverage when she was stressed.
Tilly was trying to stop the food from spoiling, while Freya was trying not to lose her freaking mind.
She stormed over toward the door, grabbing the handle, and jerking it open. “You had no right to say anything. I was going to tell Maverick when I was ready.”
“Were you?”
“Yes.”
“Or were you going to take the test and then wait to see how best to handle it?”
“What does it matter what I decide to do?” she asked. “It’s my body and this is Maverick’s baby, or it could be his baby.”
“You slept with someone else?”
She growled. “You know what I mean. It could be his baby if there is even a baby inside me.”
Adele was about to say something as Maverick rounded the corner and walked toward her. He was the perfect distraction.
Her sister chuckled. “This is going to be the rare occasion our parents are not going to freak out about having a boy in our room. Good luck, I know what I want it to be.”
“I’m going to kill her,” Freya said, stepping back into her bedroom.
She couldn’t believe she had Maverick Lavin in her bedroom, complete with a pregnancy test kit.
“One?” she asked.
“There are two tests inside, but your dad said you don’t need a dozen tests to tell you the same reading.”
She closed her eyes and rubbed at her temples.
“Are you … would you like me to leave?” Maverick asked.
Freya opened her eyes and went to him, putting her hands on his chest. “No, I don’t want you to leave. I don’t want you to ever leave.” She licked her dry lips.
“What’s wrong?” he asked.
“This. I was hoping to tell you when it was just us—you and me—and now my family downstairs are potentially listening in. I didn’t want to have to take a test in my childhood bedroom. I didn’t want Adele to open her big mouth and ruin dinner.”
“Dinner’s not ruined.” Maverick cupped her cheek. “Okay, babe, I’m going to be straight with you right now. I know what I want those tests to say.”
She took a deep breath. Did she want to know what he thought about the tests? She needed to know.
“Tell me.”
“I want you to be pregnant. I … we’ve not used any protection, Freya, and I’m clean. I swear to you, I am clean.”
“I am as well. I’ve never been with anyone but you,” she said.
He cupped her cheek, sliding some of her hair behind her ear, and then running his thumb across her bottom lip. “I’ll never forget it, but Freya, I want you to be pregnant, I prayed for you to be. I want you to be mine, because I knew there was a chance you’d wake up and realize you were better than me. You could have any man you wanted. I didn’t know what to do, and the thought of losing you scares the shit out of me.”
“What are you saying?” she asked.
“Freya Parker, I am in love with you and I’ve been in love with you for a very long time. Going to that bar the night your sister got her divorce papers was the best night of my life.”
She couldn’t help but smile. “You think so?”
“Yeah, and then going to find you a few days later at the bar was the next best decision I made. I love you, Freya, and whatever happens, I’m going to be there by your side, until the very end. If you will have me.”
“I love you too,” she said, then laughed. “Wow, it doesn’t really have the same punch as your words. I do.” She licked her lips. “Do you realize that in this very room, I would … daydream about the day you’d tell me you loved me?”
“You did?” Maverick asked.
“Yeah, I did.” She let out a giggle. “You’d get down on bended knee to tell me how amazing I am.”
She gasped as suddenly, Maverick slid down on one knee in front of her.
“Maverick, what are you doing?”
“I don’t want you to ever doubt my feelings for you, so, Freya Parker, regardless of what that test says, will you be my wife?”
She couldn’t believe this was happening.
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“You got my daughter pregnant?”
“I love your daughter, Mr. Parker. Yes, I might have gotten her pregnant. I’m going to do right by her.”