the doorway, hand still clutching the knob. “Oh my God. I’m so sorry,” she says before backing away. “I thought you said come in .” With each step, I know she’s definitely moving out of my grasp for good.
“Hailey, wait,” I say to her just as the door closes.
Chapter Two
Abby Merchant
I lie paralyzed in stunned disbelief as Senn pulls out of me with a still dripping dick and quickly dresses after Hailey, Linc’s sister, walked in and saw us fucking. What an eyeful she got too, a full profile of Senn hammering into me from behind.
“I need to talk to her,” is all Senn says before leaving me fat and naked, face down on the bed, to chase after Hailey. I’m too pissed to even cry at the moment, and too exhausted to move. I had no idea him and her…but really, I should be used to this theme by now. I just watched the only man who’s ever loved me marry another woman; and then the guy who knocked me up chase after a woman, right after we fucked for the second time. I’m an idiot for even coming here today. Seeing Linc say the vows to Claire that we were supposed to share was intended to be therapeutic, giving me closure and helping me to finally move on once and for all. Did it? Fuck no.
When we talked during the reception and Linc realized I was pregnant, I could see the disappointment in his eyes that I was gonna have a baby who wasn’t his. Not necessarily because he still cares about me, but because our future together fell apart. I couldn’t give him the family that he wanted more than anything. But now Karma has me pregnant with a man who doesn’t even want me or a baby, all at the worst possible time in my life.
Climbing under the covers to get warm, I tell myself I’m only gonna rest for a few minutes before I have to drive back to Cary. When I blink my eyes open again, though, it’s dark outside the bedroom windows. Damn the fatigue. I push myself up on my palms and see from the alarm clock beside the bed that it’s almost ten p.m. Flopping back down on the pillow, I exhale a breath to the ceiling, trying to figure out my next move. Senn’s an asshole, but I already knew that, of course. That’s been a given ever since he snuck out of my bedroom after our one-night stand and later texted me to keep my mouth shut. So why am I currently naked in his bed? That’s easy. He’s a sexy bastard who fucks like a champ. Oh, and I’m carrying his child. Apparently pregnancy hormones make me delusional and shit, like I could be more than just his baby’s mama. For some reason, being around him always brings out this immature, juvenile side of me that results is filth spewing out of my usually clean mouth. He’s just so…cocky, and I want to slap the arrogant smirk off his face or knock it off with insults.
Before I can dress and do the walk of shame from the beach house, the bedroom door opens, the glow from the hallway shining into the dark room before it closes again. The overhead light flicks on, bright and blinding me. Shielding my eyes, I blink at Senn who, judging by his slack jaw, looks surprised to find me still in his bed.
“What?” I ask caustically, sitting up and holding the sheet to my chest to cover my nakedness. “I’m pregnant. I sleep a lot.” There, growing a human being can be used in any and all situations as an excuse.
“You missed the garter and flower toss thingy,” he says. “Oh, and everyone pelting Claire and Linc with bird seed.”
“That’s too bad,” I say since I’m not sure how else to respond to his statement, one that only serves to remind me that Linc is at the moment spending his first night with his new wife. My depressing thoughts are interrupted at the unexpected sight of blue satin wrapped around the thick upper arm of Senn’s untucked white dress shirt. “ You caught the garter?” I ask the man who I seriously doubt will ever settle down with just one woman.
“Yeah, what a waste,” Senn replies with a chuckle before he staggers to