One-Timer (Carolina Comets) by Teagan Hunter

Author:Teagan Hunter [Hunter, Teagan]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2022-03-24T00:00:00+00:00

“You can’t be serious.”

“I am.”

Hollis puts her hands on her hips, and I try not to stare too long at the baby bump that’s becoming more and more obvious every day.

It’s not that I don’t want to stare—I really want to—but if I stare too long, I’m afraid I’ll do something like rush across her apartment and toss her up on the counter and have my way with her. Seeing my child grow inside her is doing something to me that I never expected.

I like it. A lot.

It’s why I’m over here all the damn time now and can’t remember the last time I spent more than one night in my own bed.

“You really don’t want to find out?”

“No.” She shakes her head, the loose bun on top of it bobbing around as she moves through the kitchen. “I want to be surprised. You’re more than welcome to find out, but I don’t want to know.”

“I’m surprised.”

“Why?”

I shrug. “I don’t know. I just figured you had all these grandiose plans of prepping a baby room with a theme and colors and everything else.”

“I did.” I tip my head, not understanding what she’s getting at. “Before, I mean,” she elaborates. “With Thad.”

Right. Her ex. Her ex who is a huge piece of shit and who I want to punch.

“Why not now, then?”

“I…I don’t know. Maybe I’m picking up hockey superstitions or something, but since none of this is what I had planned for my life, I figured I might as well keep that going and just be surprised.”

Everything over the last few months has been so insane that I almost forgot Hollis hasn’t even been divorced for six months. I can’t imagine how she must be feeling going from happily married to divorced to pregnant by a guy she barely knows all in the span of a year.

It has to be taking a mental toll on her.

“You want to know what I think?” I ask as she sets her fresh glass of water down on the table, climbs back into her spot on the couch, and pulls her computer back into her lap.

It’s a game day for me, and sometime over the last few weeks, this has become our routine until I have to be at the rink. I come over and we lie around on the couch. Sometimes she’ll work, sometimes I’ll read, sometimes we’ll talk, but mostly it’s just about spending time together.

“What’s that?”

“You just don’t want to see if I’m right and it’s a girl.”

“Well, do you want to know what I think?”

“What’s that?” I echo.

“I think I need to pee.”

I mock gasp. “I am shocked. Shocked!”

“Always right when I sit down too.” She rolls her eyes, setting her laptop aside, then rises from the couch. She teeters a bit, and I’m on my feet in an instant to catch her.

I grip her waist, holding her steady. “You okay?”

“Yeah,” she says, “just a bit wobbly.” She points to her belly. “Still getting used to this big thing.”

“It’s not big.

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