Page 78 of Brooklyn Monroe Wants It All
“We already have five puppies and a full-grown dog,” Brooklyn said. “Although I promised one puppy to Dallas. Don’t tell Virginia.”
“I’m pretty sure your sister will figure it out when her son brings home a dog.”
“Serves her right for being such a know-it-all. She’s going to gloat like crazy when I tell her I’m pregnant.”
“Probably. Then she’ll just be happy for you. And she’ll want to start buying baby clothes and throwing showers.”
“And telling me five thousand things I need to know.”
“Of course,” Alec said, his eyes growing larger as he shook his head and seemed to take it all in. “I can’t wait to tell my brother. He is going to flip. And it might be a good way to guilt him into coming here for Thanksgiving next year. We’ll have a three-month-old.”
“I’m not getting on a plane with our baby. Those things are germ factories.”
Alec grinned so wide, it looked like he’d just been told that he won ten million dollars. “Did you hear what you just said? Our baby.” He pulled her into a hug, squeezing tight. “Our baby,” he whispered into her ear.
“Our baby,” she repeated.
“We should probably get downstairs.” Alec loosened his hold on her, but still took a moment to smooth her hair back from her face. “They’re going to be wondering what we’re doing up here.”
“Yeah. I didn’t really need to plan out where Dallas will sleep. I think we just put the blow-up mattress on the floor in here.”
“That’ll kind of squash the romance, won’t it?”
“For one night. And I’m full of turkey. You are not getting anywhere close to this.” She waved her hand in a circle in the vicinity of her lap, then got up and started for the door.
“One more thing, Brook,” Alec said behind her. “We cannot keep putting off the wedding. Let’s just go to City Hall and make it happen.”
“Do you really want to do that? I want a party. Like a real one with lots of dancing.”
“How about this? City Hall, big party, and I let you pick the band,” Alec said. “Let me guess. Somewhere on this earth there must be a Prince cover band, and of course they have to be called Purple Rain.”
“How did you know?”
“Lucky guess.” Alec grinned and pulled her closer, leaving a sweet and slightly naughty kiss on her lips. “You just have to have everything your way, don’t you?”
Brooklyn reared back her head and gazed into his face, feeling nothing short of grateful, taking one more mental photo for the scrapbook titled,The Day I Found Out I Was Pregnant.This one would be labeled,Daddy.“Alec, you know this about me. I want it all.”
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