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“And he or she will know it,” she said.

“Absolutely. Every single day of his or her life.” My arm tightened around her.

Chapter Forty-Four

Bella

We’d been home from St. Lucia for twenty-four hours and already had our first doctor’s appointment to confirm the pregnancy. Luckily, when I called from St. Lucia, they’d had a cancellation. On the way home, we stopped at the grocery store to pick up what we needed for dinner tonight with William and Mary. I’d FaceTimed my mom and Harry shortly after we’d found out. My mom was ecstatic and cried. Simon wanted to tell his father in person. I could tell he couldn’t wait, so I proposed cooking a nice dinner and having them over to the penthouse.

“It smells delicious in here.” Simon smiled, walking into the kitchen.

“I just had the best idea.” I grinned.

“What is that?” He hooked his arm around me.

“I’m going to shoot several shots of myself through the stages of my pregnancy for the new Montclair West Chelsea building. I’ll caption it: Your family starts here.”

“I love it.” He smiled and kissed my lips.

“I’m going to need one of the bedrooms turned into a nursery in one of the penthouses.”

“But then we’ll have to tear it all down. Nobody is going to buy a penthouse with a decorated nursery in it.”

I shrugged. “Then we tear it down. Do you want all one hundred and fifty units sold?” My brow raised.

“We’ll do the nursery,” he sighed.

The elevator dinged.

“They’re here!” I exclaimed.

“Try to act normal,” Simon said.

“You try to act normal.” I lightly slapped his arm.

“I am normal.”

“Debatable,” I smirked.

William and Mary stepped into the penthouse with a bottle of wine, a white bakery box, and a cat carrier with Raine in it.

“Welcome back.” Mary grinned. “We brought dessert.”

“And wine, and the cat,” William said, handing the bottle to Simon, setting Raine down, and then hugging him. “Welcome home, son.” He turned to me. “Welcome home, daughter.”

“How was St. Lucia?” Mary asked. “We want to hear all about it.”

“Amazing.” I looked at Simon and smiled. He smiled back and winked.

“What is going on?” William asked. “Why are you two looking at each other like that?”

“We just got married, Dad. We’re allowed to look at each other.”

“Not like you have a secret,” he said.

“Dinner’s ready.” I laughed and went into the kitchen.

Simon followed me carrying Raine. “I missed you so much.” He kissed her head, and I smiled.