Better than strippers?“I’m not going to an orgy.”
Chastity laughed. “It’s not an orgy. Or maybe it is. You’ll just have to see!”
“I’m not going unless you tell me exactly what I’m getting myself into.”
“I don’t want to spoil the surprise. But here’s a hint…” She rummaged around in her massive handbag and pulled out an envelope. A little black envelope. With lacy trim and a golden wax seal.
I tried to snatch it from her, but she pulled it out of reach. “How’d you get that? Did the Society finally contact you?!”
Was Tanner back?! Had he sent her that envelope? My mind started spinning with possibilities. But just then, Bee arrived in all her pregnant glory.
Chastity gave me a mischievous grin and put the envelope away. “Guess you’ll have to wait and see.”
“But…”Damn it!
With Bee’s arrival, the gender reveal party got started. At first everyone was fawning over her and the baby bump. Especially Madison, who could not stop touching her belly and telling her how gorgeous she looked. It was fine at first, but then it got a little aggressive. I was about to step in to save Bee when some random coworker started talking to me.
Ah! Stranger danger!I’d only talked to the lady like once before. Which meant I was terrified to be talking to her now. Making small talk felt like repeatedly getting punched in the boob. Painful and awkward. Only this was worse, because it made me all sweaty too.
The torture didn’t stop with Jill from accounting, though. All sorts of people started talking to me. And they were all being way too friendly. It seemed like I was almost more popular than Bee.
What the hell is going on?
I excused myself from the crowd and pulled Chastity aside. “Why are all those people being so nice to me? It’s freaking me out.”
“They must have heard you’re gonna be the boss.”
“Ooooh.” It all made so much sense now. Part of me was slightly terrified that I was going to have to put up with all that attention, but the other part of me was FREAKING JAZZED. Because it was practically a sure thing now. If all those people were sucking up to me, it was definitely happening. I was really getting promoted!
Mason clinked a glass to get everyone’s attention. He was Bee’s husband. And the CEO of the company. And Matthew freaking Caldwell’s older brother, but we didn’t need to get into the OG Incident right now because I was already sweaty enough.
This is it!
“Thank you all for coming,” he began. “Actually. Why am I thanking you?Youshould be thankingmefor letting you party during work hours.”
Bee slapped his arm. “Don’t listen to him. You’re all like family to us. Which is why we wanted to share the big reveal with you.”
“That’s my queue,” whispered Chastity. She slipped away and wheeled a giant cake out into the center of the room. And when I say giant, I meangiant. Like…big enough for a person to fit inside of.
“But before we do the big reveal,” said Mason, “I want everyone to guess what the sex will be. Show of hands for a boy?”
About half the room raised their hands. I didn’t.
Mason nodded. “Great. The rest of you are fired.”
Everyone laughed and Bee hit Mason again. “He’s joking. I’m sure he’ll be delighted if we have a little girl. Isn’t that right?”
Mason nodded reluctantly.
“Oh come on,” said Bee. “Don’t you want another little me running around?”
“Well that would be adorable,” he conceded. “As long as she never leaves the house.”
God, how are they so cute together?It was a total #CoupleGoals moment. For some reason an image of Tanner popped into my head.No! Go away!I had no couple goals beyond me and my future cats.Ew, what?Why had I subconsciously turned future me into a cat woman? Cats were disgusting little monsters that walked in litter boxes and then walked across the kitchen counter. Imagine if a human casually stepped into a full toilet and then danced on a table? I started gagging just thinking about it. The next time I saw a cat, I’d punt the little demon out awindow. And if I ever saw Tanner again…I’d punt his lying ass into a pit of cats.Take that.
“Alright,” said Bee. “I think we better reveal the gender before Mason hurls any more insults at our unborn baby girl.” She rubbed her huge pregnant belly.
Chastity drummed on a desk and counted down. “Three, two, one…surprise!”
