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"Couldn’t stop talking about it," I confirmed.
"Couldn’t get him to shut up about it."
"I’ve never talked about this in my life," Ryan said, honestly confused.
She laughed and kissed him on the cheek. "We’re joking, ball dribbler."
Ryan turned over the envelope. "Good. I don’t know what a mark nano is."
"Your technophobia is so sexy," Kassie teased.
I rolled my eyes for real. "You guys are gross."
The truth was, fifty different jokes popped into my head at once but I couldn’t stand there and watch Ryan grin while his girlfriend was all happy and loving on his lap. That was too much for me. Heading to the couch, I ignored their laughter and took the farthest seat on the couch, the closest one to Piper.
Jealousy wouldn’t ruin this day because it would be a good one. I knew it. We were off practice, the semester was coming to a close, and once Piper got Roman Hall…what then? When would the book come out? How much of that would fall on Piper?
I embarrassed her so much already. I couldn’t take any of that back, but how could I add on to that? There was an invisible score between us. How could I make up for everything while all this shit happened?
Piper was trying to convince King to change his opening lines for the dating app and I gazed at her, fixated. She leaned forward and caught my eye. A little smile lifted the side of her lips. I couldn’t smile back.
I love you. You deserve better.
"What the fuck is this?" Ryan demanded.
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Adam
It’s Yours
Everyone in the room turned over to look at Ryan, sitting in the loveseat. But he wasn’t laughing and joking like he’d been only a couple of seconds before. His eyebrows were furrowed so low, they might as well have been part of his eyes and Kassie sat on his lap, her mouth hanging open. I couldn’t understand why. Ryan had my envelope in his hand.
The envelope fell to his lap and I saw the card in his other hand.
That isn’t the card I picked out.
On the front of the card were three words. Welcome to fatherhood!
Below that was a drawing of two storks fist-fighting and then…on the other side…ADAM in black marker.
What the fuck?
No one in the room dared to say anything at all, and if I thought it couldn’t get quieter, I was wrong as shit when he turned the card over to reveal what it said on the card. Only two words were drawn inside.
IT’S YOURS.
My brain went to mush when Ryan held up the pregnancy test from the envelope.
Off the bat, I knew this was some hilarious joke from someone in the room. Which wasn’t as funny as it could’ve been because of the murder in Ryan’s eyes. But he had to know it was a joke. I hadn’t gotten anybody knocked up. There was no way in hell. All I needed to do was explain.
"That’s not mine," I said, all confidence. "Because I haven’t slept with anyone except—"
The words died on my lips.
Piper.
My ice princess was the only one I slept with all semester. The same girl I stopped using condoms with. My blood ran cold and I jerked over to look at her.
