Page 98 of Keep On Loving You
“When you say,one day…”
He narrowed his eyes. “Wait? Whatareyou saying?”
“I’m not really saying anything except my period is late and?—”
“What? But how?”
“I think you know how.” She laughed. “But seriously, we did get a little lax with the birth control a few times.” She shrugged.
“Wow.” Andy sat up and the sheet fell in a pile around his waist. “You…we…”
“Nothing is a hundred percent.” Kat sat up and grabbed his hands. “And I don’t actually know anything for sure. I might not be.”
“But you might be.”
“I might be.” She smiled a little. “But I didn’t even do the math until after we got home from the hike. I’ve been so busy and more than a little preoccupied that I wasn’t really paying attention. And I need to tell you, I didn’t drink any of the bubbly tonight…I had apple juice.” She swallowed hard, the worry that had been playing at the back of her mind taking over. “But I did have a few sips of my dad’s whiskey the first night while I was camping under the stars and?—”
“Kat.” He held her hands in his and scooted so he sat closer to her. “It’s fine. If you are…” He blew out a breath and shook his head. “That won’t matter. I promise. We’ll go see a doctor just to be sure, but it’s fine.”
She nodded. “And you and me?” she asked, suddenly uncertain. “Are you okay with?—”
“Oh my God, Kat.” The smile split his face. “Are you kidding? I’m shocked, yeah. But, wow. I couldn’t be happier, Kitty Kat. Remember what I said earlier about putting a ring on your finger?”
Oh, she remembered.
“I don’t plan on spending another day of my life without you as my partner. Forever. As long as we’re together, it doesn’t matter what life throws at us. Because we’ve got this. No matter what. You just keep on loving me, Kitty Kat, and I’ll keep on loving you. Deal?”
She’d never been happier or more content as she answered him. “Deal.”
Epilogue
A few months later…
The sun was shining, and even with the nip of cold in the air that threatened an early winter, Mother Nature had cooperated with them for their moving day.
Her family had insisted that there was no need to hire movers and they would all be happy to get it done for them. Kat was pretty sure they were regretting that decision by the time they were done, but for now, she was happy for the help.
“Kat. Put that down. You shouldn’t be lifting anything in your condition.”
Okay. She was mostly happy for the help.
She rolled her eyes when Asher wasn’t looking before totally ignoring him. “I’m pregnant, Asher. Not an invalid. I’m sure this box of pillows won’t hurt.”
“You know I’m just looking out for you, sis.” Asher walked past her into their new living room, carrying two lamps. “I’m not trying to be overprotective.”
“Sure you’re not.” She laughed and blew him a kiss so he knew she wasn’t upset. Some habits died hard, and although her brothers had been making an effort not to be so overbearing, once she and Andy announced they were pregnant, most of those efforts had gone out the window.
“Which room should we put this in?” Chase and Craig appeared, each holding the end of a mattress. “Oh, Kat. You probably shouldn’t be carrying that,” Craig added when he saw her holding the box.
“You’re right.” She sighed and tossed the very light box that only contained a few throw pillows in it to the ground. “In fact, I should probably just sit with my feet up while someone feeds me grapes.”
All three of her brothers stared at her, but no one disagreed.
“She’s fine.” Andy appeared. He set his stack of boxes down and kissed her on the cheek. “Kat knows her body, and she knows just how much it can handle.”
He winked at her, and Kat worked not to laugh because earlier that day she’d used those exact words with him when he, too, expressed concern with her helping.
“Thank you.” Kat put her hands on her hips and turned to Chase and Craig, who were still holding the mattress. “You can put that one in the primary bedroom.”
