Pucking Ever After: Volume 1 (Jacksonville Rays) by Emily Rath

Author:Emily Rath [Rath, Emily]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Emily Rath Books
Published: 2023-04-22T21:00:00+00:00

5

PATERNITY TEST

“Come on, you know you can tell me. Do you have a preference?” Tess leans in, propping her elbows on the edge of my hospital bed, as she flashes me a conspiratorial grin.

I just laugh, shaking my head. “You know I don’t.”

“But if you did,” she teases.

I roll my eyes. “Don’t make me call the nurse. She’ll drag you out by your pretty red curls.”

“Fine,” she huffs, leaning away. “I mean, I can’t win my bet if you won’t just tell me…but it’s fine.”

“Ohmygod,” I cry as she laughs. I look around for something to throw at her, but nothing is close enough. “You are not taking bets on which of my husbands I want to be the father of my baby, Tess! You know I’m not going to choose.”

She snorts, leaning back in her chair. “Girl, just listen to that sentence, and tell me we don’t live in some kind of crazy world,” she says with a smile, shaking her head.

I play it back in my head, and now I’m smiling too. I guess she has a point. From the outside, I know my life seems unconventional. Very publicly married for three years to three wonderful men. We have a beautiful son. Another is nestled asleep in my arms, newly born.

Of course, the timing could have been a little better. This time last year, I’d just given birth to our sweet Jamie. I was ready to settle into the wonderful and weird life of parenthood. But then I had to go get myself knocked up again less than two months later.

Now it’s been over a year and a half of me being perpetually pregnant. Mr. Oops Baby came out early too, suffering a mild case of jaundice. We’ve been in the hospital an extra two days as our newest love bug has spent some time wrapped up in a UV blanket like a glow worm. I also had some heavy spotting that was a bit worrying at first, so they just kept me here too.

“How’s Lil No Name doing?” says Tess, peeking over the edge of my bed at the bundled baby.

I smile down at him, brushing a finger along his cheek. “Pink and perfect.”

“Y’all goin’ for three in three?”

“Hell no,” I murmur, shifting back against my pillows. “The Price Pussy Palace is closed for renovations. You realize I’ve been pregnant for two years straight, right?”

“Of course, I do,” she replies. “I ran out of creative mocktail ideas a year ago.”

“God, I want a drink,” I say with a sigh. “I wanna get trashed on shitty wine and dance in the kitchen knowing no one else inside my body is getting poisoned or jostled.”

“We can make that happen,” she replies. “Leave the babies with your boys, and you come over to my house for a rosé and sway party in my kitchen. We’ll strip down to our undies and eat whipped cream straight from the can.”

I laugh. “God, that sounds amazing.”

“When do they get back?”

I tap my phone, lighting up the last text on my lock screen.

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