He just shook his head. "I should've known I wouldn't be able to resist you."
I gave him a megawatt smile. "What can I say? I'm irresistible."
"That you are. How did you make out with scheduling a doctor's appointment?"
Ah, yes. That was what I had been doing before I got lost in my head about how great the sex was between us.
"Good. It's scheduled for next week."
"Let me know the day and time so I can be there."
"You don't need to. I know you're busy, and it's only the first appointment. I'm sure they don't do much."
I didn't have the first clue how it would go, but after Maverick witnessing me getting an internal ultrasound at the hospital, I wasn't eager to have him there if that happened again. It was a little humiliating to say the least. How a man wanted to keep screwing me after he saw that was beyond me?
Maverick walked around the counter and straight up to me. He squatted down so that we were on the same eye level, and when he cradled my face in his hand, I knew there was no way he was ever letting me go to an appointment alone.
"I'm going to be there for every doctor's appointment. I don't care how insignificant you think they are, I want to be along for the ride."
Damn this man. He was going to make it hard for me not to fall for him. I needed to keep my wits about me.
"Speaking of the baby, I wanted to run something by you."
"I'm all ears." I gave him my full attention. Interested to see which direction he was going to take this.
"I want to tell my friends about the baby. I've held them off about why I insist on protecting you myself, but I think it's time I open up."
I gazed at his sincere expression. "Don't they suggest waiting until the second trimester or something like that?"
I really needed to read up more on pregnancy. There seemed to be so many rules and things we should be following that I couldn't keep things straight.
"They might, but I hate keeping this a secret from them. They will protect you better if they know what's going on."
I doubted that was true. His team would simply do it because he asked, but if it made him feel better, then I guess there was no harm in it.
"Okay. Let's tell them."
Maverick hopped up. "Great. I'll call them now and tell them to come over."
I chuckled at his enthusiasm. "Wow, talk about not wasting any time."
"I've been dying to tell them since I found out."
I was glad one of us didn't freak out at first. My first reaction was to throw something at him. Oh, wait I did that. Haha oops. "Then let's call them. Maybe this will put me back in their good graces after they found out my deep dark secret."
Maverick pulled me up from the chair and wrapped me in a hug. "They were never mad at you. Just surprised like I was."
"Pretty sure you were mad."
Maverick sighed. "Okay, I was, but I told you why."
"I know, and that's all in the past now. Call your friends. Have them come over so we can share the good news."
It didn't take long after Maverick called the guys for them to be knocking on my door. They must've dropped everything they were doing to come here.
"So why the mystery?" Hendrix crossed his arms. "Why are we meeting at Jo's house instead of at the office?"
"Because what we have to tell you is personal and nothing to do with who's after her."
