Page 32 of Happily Ever Maybe

“You’re not explaining your body to me, let alone being in aroom alone with dudes. No, what’s going to happen right now is you will tell mewhat you want. Or nothing. Just talk, Jen. You’re the one who wanted thismeeting.”

I sighed and rubbed my temples. “I’m pregnant.”

Daisy smiled at me, her face going soft. “I know.”

“I haven’t really said it out loud too many times. I’mpregnant. I’m having a baby. With Gus.”

“Why do you sound so incredulous about that last part?”Daisy asked with a laugh.

“Because we only had sex one time.”

I wasn’t about to tell her where.

“Wow. Should I tell him he has strong swimmers and you havea very strong uterus?”

“Dear God.”

“I know. This just went way past weird into what thehell. Seriously, though, congratulations.” She paused. “Is it acongratulations? I never know what to say. Usually, people who tell me they’repregnant have been trying, at least in my small circle of friends.”

“I think I’m happy.” I sighed and sipped my tea. “I alwayswanted to be a mom. To find the perfect man and get married and have a baby. Inthat order,” I said sarcastically.

“Well, you found Gus. I guess that counts as some form oforder.”

“Only we haven’t even been on a date.”

Daisy’s eyes widened, but she didn’t ask any questions.

“We’re figuring things out. We haven’t given anydeclarations, and it’s way too early for that I think, but we’re friends. Andwe’re partners. And now we’re going to be partners in a different sense. We’regoing on a date tomorrow.”

Daisy grinned. “See? That works.”

“I hope so. I hope we don’t screw everything up at work oranything. But speaking of work, I want to make sure I don’t partner with him.Would that be weird? Gus and I discussed it. At first, I thought I wanted itbecause he keeps putting himself in the line of fire for me, but then again, Iwant to do the same for him. But it’s not just me anymore.”

Daisy nodded. “Ford and Noah are only on the sameassignments when we have a large group. They don’t go out together anymore. So,no, you two won’t be assigned to the same cases. It’ll help keep someseparation for home-life versus work-life, as well. But you guys areprofessionals, and I trust you. Now, do you want to be out in the field?”

I shook my head. “No. I want to do installations, and I wantto work in the office. I’ll do training, and I can help any of the recruits wehave coming in. But I don’t want to be in a situation where I feel like I couldhave gotten me or my baby killed again.”

“No pipe bombs with walls falling on top of you?” Daisy saiddryly.

“And no warehouses that explode when you take a step in,” Isaid cautiously.

Daisy’s eyes tightened, but she nodded.

Daisy still hadn’t talked about the attack. She needed to.She was my friend, and I would force her into it soon.

“So, we’ll make it work. You’re amazing at what you do. Andthe thing with this business is that we’re not out there playing James Bond.We’re keeping people safe, but we also work on installsand surveillance for new buildings and companies. Hell, the Cage brothers ownenough companies and businesses out there to keep us in the black for the restof our lives. You could just work on those installs and still not get them alldone in your lifetime.”

“That’s good to know,” I said with a laugh.

“Right? If you think the Montgomerysare taking over the world, you haven’t met the Cages yet.”

“That’s one thing down. Now to figure out the rest.”

“I know I was out there saying I’m never going to find a manand everything’s hard because they don’t see me, but Gus sees you. He sees allof us. We’re very lucky with the guys we work with. It just sucks that mosthappen to be related to me.”

I smirked as we stood up and made our way out to Kate.

“We’ll find you someone.”