My Expectation (My Escort Series Book 3) by Kia Carrington-Russell

“Everything changes, you will see. You simply adapt to a new life; it will be okay. He will be very happy Clover, trust me, your mother is always right,” she said tapping the side of her nose.
                  I still stared at the pregnancy test in disbelief. I’m pregnant.

Chapter Fourteen

     
     
    M y mind had fluttered over this new discovery over the two days that I stayed with my mother and Megan. If not distracted by my family, I was in my own world fantasizing about the possibilities. Much to my surprise I quickly adapted to the idea. I had never been overly maternal or thought much about children, but now having that future at hand both terrified and excited me. I very much looked forward to meeting this bundle that was growing inside of me.
                  I watched Ethan and Christian fight over a toy as if studying how I would find a solution to it. Parenting was a completely different challenge to anything else I had worked towards before. I loved my work and would continue my writing, but for some reason, no matter how much I had worked and only focused on my career beforehand, it seemingly now seemed irrelevant.
                  I sat there with my legs crossed bathing in the beautiful sun. How had I not ever really thought about this or considered it before? It was strange because since finding out, I hadn’t felt nauseous or sick since. The only time I grew uneasy was when I thought about telling Damon. I wanted so badly to call him, to tell him that I needed to see him immediately. But I knew he was still away on a conference and because of the distance there was between us, I just couldn’t call him.
                  My phone vibrated and I looked at the screen. Ironically, Damon had texted me.
                  ‘I miss you. Let’s talk about it when we get back. I’ve booked out a place for dinner, meet me there?’ I relieved a bitter smile. I felt so foolish for how I had treated him and felt enlightened to know why my emotions had been such a roller coaster over the last few weeks. I didn’t want to use it as an excuse but I had heard farfetched stories of women and things they had done while pregnant. I felt slightly tame in comparison. Now that I knew why, at least I was aware of it and could try my hardest not to overreact in such ways.
                  I raised my knee and comfortably wrapped my arms around my leg and rested my chin. I text him back with a suspenseful sigh. ‘I miss you too. I would really like that, let me know where.’
                  I still contemplated how I would tell him, I even tried to prepare a speech. I didn’t think that he would hate it, but I wasn’t sure of how he would receive this information either. Was it too soon? Were we not committed enough? He was heartbroken by his high school sweetheart who had claimed to carry his child, and then he later found out before the birth it was his best friends. How much had that scarred him? Had he decided he didn’t want children after then?
                  I felt in my heart that he wouldn’t react in such a way but was still apprehensive about it. This wasn’t light news, and a large commitment, one which I didn’t deny. There was no alternative option. I hadn’t even considered aborting it. After the initial shock, I was happy about this. I wanted to have this child.
                  “Wow, could you look any more dazed?” Megan said as she walked outside. Hayden followed behind her. Ethan and Christian stopped fighting and instantly dropped the army figurines they were playing with and ran to him. Both of them ogled over him like he was a celebrity. In the sports world I suppose he was well known and successful with Zilch Enterprises. But they were children who only judged him as the person he was. Hayden never gave himself much credit, because of his tendencies to be well known with the ladies. He