Page 32 of Accidentally in Love

“Wait… who?”

I put a finger to my lips.

Helen’s husband Allen was Nolan’s right hand at the brewery, so I was a bit surprised she didn’t know. Although Allen was the type of guy who kept things close to the vest.

“Why is it a secret?” she asked.

I glared. “Because we live in a gossipy small town.” I peered across the street and saw my sister sitting on my front porch. “I gotta go. My baby sis is waiting for me.”

“It’s Nolan MacGregor, isn’t it?”

I gave her a shocked look.

She waved me away with her hand. “Girl! You two eye-fuck each other all the time. It took me like two seconds to figure it out.”

I cringed.

“Good for you. I didn’t realize you liked them thick.”

I grinned. “And bearded.”

She laughed and hugged me. “Well, congrats! You and Nolan will have the most ridiculously cute baby. He’s so hot.”

“Helen! You’re married.”

She laughed. “Yeah, but I got eyes. Plus, I do like a bigger guy.”

That was true. Allen had a similar build to Nolan. I think he might be taller than Nolan, too.

“Say hi to him for me. I gotta go,” she said.

Helen got into her car and waved goodbye to me. I walked across the street and up the steps to the porch where my sister sat. Gemma greeted me with a big hug.

In all the stress with this surprise pregnancy, my sister had been the shoulder I leaned on the most. Even though I was having a baby with Nolan, who was such a supportive baby daddy, I didn’t want to rely on him too much. I didn’t want to continue to confuse my feelings.

I keyed into my apartment, and we walked up the steps inside. I took a load off in one of my kitchen chairs and rubbed my stomach.

My sister frowned at me while she looked around. “You haven’t put your tree up yet.”

That was unusual for me. I hadn’t even taken the box of decorations out of the living room closet yet. Usually, my apartment looked like Christmas had blown up in it by now. I wasn’t sure I felt like putting up my tree this year. Pregnancy was exhausting.

I groaned. “Oh, I know, but I’ve been too tired to do it. Nolan offered to help, but you know how much he hates Christmas. I didn’t want to bother him about it.”

“But he wants to do it. He asked me if I had helped you because you haven’t brought it up again.”

“He did?” I asked in surprise.

She nodded. “Yeah! He told me he voluntarily came over here and watched a cheesy Christmas movie with you after the tree lighting ceremony.”

“He’s overcompensating for being a dick to me at our last doctor’s appointment. I know he didn’t want to do that, but he’s been doing little things like that for me.”

Gemma rolled her eyes at me. “Of course he is. He wants to make it up to you. You gotta let him help you. He wants to.”

I shook my head. “I can’t continue to complicate my feelings for him.”

She squinted at me. “What aren’t you telling me?”

“It’s none of your business,” I said flatly and gave her an annoyed look.