She smiled, and we took off two-stepping. As the song played, she was only singing the same damn line, not the other lines in the song.
“Workin’ on a full house,” she sang softly.
I pulled away and looked at her. The moment her eyes met mine, I knew. Holy shit. “Baby…you’re pregnant?” I silently hoped I wasn’t reading this wrong.
When she gave me a big smile, I saw that glow on her cheeks. Then, I thought about last night and how she couldn’t get enough of me.
She slowly nodded.
“We’re having a baby?”
“Yep. I took a home test yesterday at my parents’ house. I made an appointment for us next week!” she said as she placed her hand on the side of my face.
I put my hand over hers, and then I pulled her to me and kissed her. The small moans coming from her were driving me mad. I leaned away and looked around. I grabbed her hand and started walking toward Josh. He was sitting at the bar by the pool, talking to a few people. Ah shit. Victoria was one of them.
“Josh, something’s come up, and Ari and I need to leave, dude. I’m sorry, but we’ll see you tomorrow night. ”
Josh got up. He kissed Ari on the cheek and then held out his hand for me. “Sure, I hope everything is okay?” he asked as he glanced at Ari.
She looked confused as hell.
I gave his hand a quick slap. “Yep, all is good, dude. When you see Gunner, tell him I said I’ll talk to him later. ”
Pulling Ari along, I started walking toward the gate to get to my truck.
Over her shoulder, Ari yelled, “Good-bye,” to Ellie and Heather.
I practically dragged her back to my truck. I opened the door for her and helped her in.
“Jesus H. Christ, Jeff. Where the hell are we going?” Ari asked.
When I got inside my truck, I looked over at my sexier-than-hell pregnant wife and smiled. “Baby, we are going to celebrate…at The Driskill Hotel. ”
Ari threw her head back and laughed. “You horny bastard. You just left one of your best friend’s birthday parties to have sex with me?”
I looked over at her like she had just said the stupidest thing ever. “Hell yeah, I did. Baby, I haven’t forgotten how fun sex is with you when you’re pregnant. ” I gave her a wink.
She smiled that beautiful smile of hers. “Neither have I, Mr. Johnson. Neither have I!”
Chapter Nineteen
Josh was having a great time at his birthday party. He was talking and laughing with his friends. Elizabeth was moving around, being the perfect host. I smiled as I watched Josh talking to Gunner and a few friends from college. Victoria had been hanging around him for the last hour. He would talk to her every now and then, but every time he did, he would look at me and smile.
“Jesus…you know you should have been dead like forty minutes ago,” Ellie said.
“Huh?”
“You know, with the drop-dead looks Vict-bitch-ia is giving you. ”
I let out a laugh and looked at Ellie. “Fuck her,” I said.
Ellis snapped her head at me and gasped. “Holy hell! Did you just say that?”
I winked at Ellie. “There’s no way in hell this girl is going to get anywhere near him. I’ll fight tooth and nail if I have to. ”
When I looked back toward Josh, Victoria was whispering something in his ear. He shook his head before he started walking toward me.
Just then, Jason Aldean’s “Staring at the Sun” started playing. The smile that spread across his face caused my stomach to take a dive.