Hit Hard: A Bad Boy Sports Romance (Athletic Affairs) by April Fire

Author:April Fire [Fire, April]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Sports Romance
Publisher: April Fire
Published: 2017-04-30T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter Seven

I looked in the mirror, smoothing down my dress over my bump. It wasn’t too obvious, right? Like, if you were to look at me, you wouldn’t immediately go “yeah, that woman is undeniably pregnant”. At least, that’s what I was shooting for.

It was time for the annual family dinner; everyone came in from out of town to go out for my grandmother’s birthday, to the same Italian restaurant that we went to every year It was a big deal, and it had been a tradition for as long as I could remember. My parents had pictures of me from when I was a little kid with spaghetti sauce smeared all over my face, pictures I couldn’t even remember taking. Well, that would be my kid soon enough, if they didn’t disown me when they discovered I was pregnant.

The taxi out to the restaurant was quick --irritatingly so, as I had hoped to kill some time stuck in traffic. But, much to my chagrin, I arrived early, and stood awkwardly outside as I waited for everyone else to get there.

Soon enough, the whole clan had arrived --- Mom, Dad, cousins, grandparents, aunts and uncles from out of town. We greeted each other in a flurry of niceties before we went to our table. Mom briefly gripped my arm and nodded at me supportively, and I could tell she was hoping as badly as I was that the pregnancy wouldn’t come out tonight. I didn’t think either of us could handle it.

“So, Kyra, what have you been up to?” My cousin Kimmy turned to me, a smile on her face, but I could tell there was something more going on. Her eyes flashed, as though she was testing me, so I met her gaze steadily and shrugged.

“Oh, you know, not much.”

“I’m so glad to see you out after the…after the wedding,” Kimmy whispered the last three words loudly, reaching over to take her husband’s hand pointedly. “We couldn’t believe when we heard.”

“Yeah, well, I’m fine now,” I dismissed her, wanting to move on. “Can you pass me a menu?”

Kimmy handed me the leather-bound menu, and I flipped it open and began browsing pointedly, hoping that no-one else would give me any more hassle. I knew that David and I would have been a prime gossip source for the last couple of months, but I wasn’t interested in giving them anything more to go on.

Eventually, the waiter came by, pen poised over his pad.

“Can I get anyone anything to drink?” he asked brightly, smiling around the packed table. One by one, we put our orders in, until he came around to me.

“I’ll just have a seltzer water, please,” I smiled politely. “Thank you.”

Before I knew it, Samantha, Kimmy’s sister, had jumped in.

“Are you sure you don’t want something stronger? I know that if I’d been through what--” “No, I’m fine.” The smile on my face was beginning to feel like a rictus grin, but I kept it there.

“If you can’t afford--”

“Samantha, I’m fine, thank you.

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