Accidental Plus-One by Julia London

Author:Julia London
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Sourcebooks
Published: 2021-11-23T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter 11

“You don’t get it,” Chelsea insisted to Ian, who was patiently listening, one hip on the desk, his hands clasped before him. “She’s awful. She’s never without her phone; she forgets important details—”

“But she’ll work for what we can pay her,” Ian calmly pointed out. “We can’t do better.”

Chelsea frowned at him. He was right; he was alarmingly always right. And he was going to win this one. He knew it as well as she did. For extra insurance, he put his hand on her swelling belly, where their baby—highly unexpected and highly anticipated—was growing.

“It’s going to be all right,” he assured her.

“You always say that,” she said crossly.

“Have I been wrong?”

Chelsea looked around at their little storefront office in Park Slope. “No,” she admitted, and she teasingly punched his shoulder. “Just don’t say I didn’t warn you.” She pushed his hand from her belly so she could move closer to kiss him.

“I promise. I will never say you didn’t warn me any more than I will say I told you so. Which, you know, I could say a lot.”

She couldn’t help but laugh at that. It was true. She was overly cautious with their fledgling business.

They’d made the plunge a year ago. They’d opened their advertising firm and had begun with the pizzeria around the corner. Radio, print—sales had gone up, and the next thing they knew, they had a regional insurance company, a car lot, and a nanny service. It wasn’t much, and it sure wasn’t the big national accounts they were both used to, but it was a start. And it was their work, their vision.

Currently, they had a few bids out. They’d just moved into an apartment a few blocks away. They had a fantastic life together, and they were happy.

Pure, unadulterated happiness.

“I’m going to call Farrah now and give her the good news.”

“Better you than me,” Chelsea muttered.

He smiled and kissed her forehead. “I’m going to invite her to the wedding too.”

“Well for heaven’s sake, Ian, why don’t you ask her if she’ll be our nanny?”

He arched one gold brow. “Hey…”

“Don’t even,” she warned him, and she smiled. “I’m going to go pick up some lunch. How about Thai?”

Ian sighed and took a seat at his desk. “I will be so happy when that baby is born and we can get off the eat-around-the-world track.”

“Yes or no?” Chelsea asked, resting her hand on her belly.

Ian smiled at her. “Yes. Whatever you want, Chels. You know that.”

Yes, she knew that.

“While you’re out, pick up some more Lean Cuisine,” he said, and he grabbed her bottom, giving it an affectionate squeeze.

She went out onto the street and looked up at the crystalline blue sky. She thought she’d never seen it so blue.

She and Ian were a study of nevers. They’d never seen a blizzard like the one that trapped them in the Grabber-Paulson suite. They’d never walked out on good paying jobs. Ian had told her he’d never thought he’d be this guy, the family guy, that he’d never even known he wanted it.

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