Black Butterfly (53 page)
Authors: Sienna Mynx
Tags: #Romance, #Contemporary, #Multicultural, #Multicultural & Interracial
Trish jumped up. “I’ll go!”
Portia looked at Sydney. “Are you really ok? You look pale.”
“Just nervous. If I’m pregnant, it’s a big change, and if I’m not, it’s a big disappointment. Does that make sense?”
“Perfect sense. So where’s this Westmore?”
Sydney swallowed a bite of sandwich before answering. “Pennsylvania.”
“Cool. You won’t be far away. If you’re pregnant, Trish and I are aunties, and we’ll be right there as soon as the baby’s born!”
“I’m counting on it!” Sydney said with a wink.
When Trish returned, her face was solemn. They both looked at her expectantly.
“Do you want the good news or the bad news?” Trish asked Sydney.
“There’s both?” Portia asked, laughing.
Sydney smiled. “The good news!”
“You’re pregnant!”
“I am?”
Trish grinned. “You’ve got a plus sign, dear, and the box says that it’s 98.9999 percent accurate!”
“I can’t believe it.”
Portia frowned. “What’s the bad news?”
Trish put her hand on her hip, smiling. “I beat you to it!” she squealed, sticking out her tongue and making them all laugh.
Sydney heard the front door open and close and she dropped the shirt she was folding. She’d thought about waiting until their first night in Westmore, but it was too important not to tell him right away. He’d been stressed. Agent Michaels of the SEC would not let up on going after Nolen. Sydney knew early on if she wanted to have the life she desired they’d have to leave New York.
Nolen came into the room looking disappointed. “Why didn’t you come greet me? You didn’t miss me?”
“Aw, of course I missed you, baby!” Sydney said, walking around the bed to welcome him. “Come here!” He dropped his bag and scooped her into his arms. “Mmm, you taste good,” he said, kissing her and turning her around.
Sydney giggled and pulled away as he started sucking and biting her neck.
He grinned at her. “How’s my lady doing? I see you’ve got us all packed.” She nodded. “Almost. How was Westmore?”
Nolen’s smile faded. “Nothing I can’t handle,” he said, taking off his navy suit jacket.
“What does that mean?”
He looked over his shoulder at her. She was wearing a denim miniskirt that revealed her long, caramel-colored legs. “Can I get a quickie before dinner?” he asked, ignoring her question.
She rolled her eyes. “Don’t change the subject, dear husband. What’s going on? Something wrong with the house?”
“I’m opening a satellite office in Westmore, sweetheart. Just ran into a couple of stumbling blocks.
Certain people in town aren’t happy about our move.” He ran his hand across her hips to her backside and pushed her against him. “Now, about that quickie . . .”
“Everything is on the up and up, right?” she asked, searching his eyes for the truth.
“Of course. It’s a new me, remember?”
Sydney laughed and put her arms around his neck. “Yes, I remember, and I love the new and improved Nolen Adams.”
“You’d better because you’re stuck with him,” he said, lifting her and carrying her to the bed.
“Wait, we need to talk!”
“Talk? Since when do we talk?” he joked.
She smiled. “What has you in such an amorous mood?”
“You’ve given me so many special things over the past year,” he said. “I just can’t believe the life we have.” He nuzzled her neck and stroked her silky hair.
“Then believe this daddy, we’re going to have a baby.”
“What?” Nolen froze.
She nodded. “Yes.”
“But you’re on the Pill?”
“I stopped taking it remember?”
“So soon? Now? Right now?”
“Nolen…” Sydney laughed. “Hey, calm down. Look at me. This is good news.” Nolen grinned. “I can’t believe it. I know you said it could. I mean I knew it could, but it… it’s happening.”
Sydney laughed. “You are so cute.”
Rolling over onto his back, he pulled her to his chest. “I love you.” She wrapped her arms around him. “I love you too, baby.”
Tomorrow they would leave for Westmore, and the next chapter of their lives together would begin.
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