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Beta: HollBeth

Simply Promised

Chapter 13

BPOV

Ed doesn't release me from his grasp... he never would.

He likes to bother Riley with our affection.

Some type of caveman sentiment... I was here first so deal.

All I can think about is the food I will have to clean from the floor.

As much as I feel for him... or as much as I can hope to feel for a potential future partner, I can't help but be a little put out and enamored at the same time.

Put out because he knows this is not the type of thing I would enjoy.

Flowers die... besides, the broken petals on the floor are just as good as dead.

If he has news, couldn't we just have stayed inside and watched a Sean Connery movie afterward?

But I feel enamored, too. He did go through all this trouble, taking a chance on my reaction.

I gotta give him credit for that.

I push Ed's hands away from my hips... I'm used to his friendly touches but Riley isn't.

"Ed he..."

"Edward," he interrupts.

I shoot him a look with my eyes that he knows all too well will damage his balls if he interrupts me one more time.

He takes the hint and cups his junk.

"Ed here..." I say, emphasizing his name for good measure "… was just telling me some news. Apparently he's about to be a dad."

I try to hide the surprise in my tone.

It's not that I never expected Ed to be a dad.

I just never thought it would happen so soon... especially since he's only been married for two weeks.

Which means, that if the test came out positive, then she's been pregnant for some time now.

I look at Ed suspiciously.

Did he marry her because she was pregnant already?

And he hid it from me?

Riley relaxes and bumps Ed's outstretched fist in congratulations.

It's not long before Ed makes his excuses about a sick Tran he needs to take care of and so on.

But I wonder if he's really avoiding the Spanish Inquisition I'm going to give him.

I want to be happy for him... I really do. But at the same time, I feel a loss.

I feel like I'm losing my friend... to an unborn baby, at that.

"Well, this evening did not go the way I had planned," Riley murmurs.

I want to smack him on the head for the mess, kiss him for the thought, smack him for being absent all this week, and kiss him again because I missed him.

I settle for a hug.

"What were you planning anyway? Our anniversary won't be here for another couple of weeks."

"I know, baby."

I try not to cringe at the sentiment but fail miserably.

He hugs me tighter, thinking my cringing was me getting closer to him.

"I... this night was supposed to be different and the surprise is gone so I'm just going to have to do things differently now and hope for the best."

His rambling is making me nervous because I have a feeling that whatever he had planned tonight was most likely not going to make me happy in some way.

"Baby." He tilts my head closer to his.

His forehead gently presses against mine.

The butterflies in my stomach begin to roll...

Flight... flight...flight...

All I can think about is running the fuck away.

"Marry me."

Fuck!

I knew it...

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