Chapter 9

FOUR DAYS LATER

Things have been crazy lately but in a good way. We have been hot and heavy since our last date, and it feels like we are a real couple. Actually, I said that once, and he flipped out. He bent me right over the couch, I had to hurry up and put my hand on the arm so my stomach wouldn’t be pushed against it, and he fucked me hard, making me say over and over that we are a real couple, he is mine, and I am his. He wears me out every night and falls asleep with me in his arms. Every night, we do something: go to the movies, an adult-only craft fair, or simply walk up and down downtown. It has been Amazon, but it is always clouded by the fact that I am keeping this massive secret from him and the closer and closer we get, the guiltier I feel. It has been so long that now there doesn’t seem to be a good time.

Aside from life with Logan, work has picked up. The comments during the meeting further stoked interest in me and my sisters. Now, all of them are convinced that he might be the donor, so the question is, how do we get the DNA?

Aside from that, they put me on the project working for the new environment initiative. Some days he is in the meetings, and I find us both staring at one another. We look away quickly, but the implication is there. Could it be?

Right now, I am taking a much-needed lunch break because the vomiting has passed. The baby now likes to eat on a schedule and snack whenever it chooses. Speaking of, I have an ultrasound coming up in a few days. I am super excited to see the baby and its progression. I haven”t had an ultrasound since I was six weeks and first got confirmation.

“May, hey, girl.” Turning, I wave to June. She has her tray of food and sits next to me. “I feel I haven’t seen you in ages. What’s been going on?” She is the only person aside from my sisters that I remotely confide in, and even she doesn’t know about the baby. “I’ve been seeing you come in and out of the configuration room lately on my way to my team”s offices.”

“Yeah they have me on a new project.”

“That is awesome. Congrats!”

“Thanks.”

“And at home?” My entire face turns beet red, and I look down for a moment before looking at her.

“Well, Logan and I are…giving it a shot.” is all I am willing to say.

“It’s about damn time.” She whoops, throwing her hands up in the air. Scrunching my nose up, I can’t help but feel like I have missed something. She looks at me with amusement. “Girl, you can tell me you didn’t know that man looks at you like the first coming. No matter who else is in the room or what is being discussed, his eyes are always on you, waiting for yours to be on him.

My mouth opens and closes with a rebuttal, but I don”t have one. It is obvious that I have been missing some vital clues, and I can only blame that on being afraid to be rejected. “I don’t have a comeback for that,” I tell her, clearing my voice.

“Well, talk to me about the donor search.” Now, this I can talk about.

“Well, I think we are all ready to admit that the president is a very viable option.” Her mouth drops open before she closes it and leans her head closer to me.

“As in the Mr. President we work for?” I cover the giggle with my hand. Her eyes are as wide as plates.

“Yes. He was one of the options on the list. We have all been brushing it off, but…”

“You two favor each other. Especially that..”

“Butt chin.” I finish her sentence, and her mouth forms an o. Smiling, I nod my head.

“I take it you have heard this already?” Nodding, I tell her what happened the other day, and she damn near falls out of the chair laughing. “Oh my God. I wish I was there for that.”

“Yeah, it was…interesting.” Then I sober up.

“My sisters are coming down here because now that we have all acknowledged this is a possibility, they are all chomping at the bit, but how the hell do we go about getting the DNA?” She looks at me like I swallowed the cuckoo stick.

“Seriously May?”

“What?”

“You’re his intern. His coffee cup.” Well, shit. Why didn’t I think of that?