Chapter 29
Chapter Twenty-Nine
Harper
As soon as the door shut, a part of me felt sadness, but the other part of me was on cloud nine. Grayson Rhodes was now my boyfriend,and I was his girlfriend. A smile crossed my face every time I thought about it. I needed to apologize to Charlotte for what I said, and I knew if I called her, she wouldn’t answer. Sundays wereher cleaning day, so I knew she’d be home.
I hailed a cab to her apartment and rang the buzzer.
“Who’s there?”
“Char, it’s me. We need to talk.”
“Why? So you can continue to tell me how jealous I am of you.”
“Please. I miss you.”
She buzzed me in, and I walked up the stairs to her apartment. When I reached it, she stood there with her arms folded, staring at me.
“I’m sorry.” I pouted. “It’s the pregnancy hormones.”
A small smile formed on her lips, and she held out her arms for a hug.
“I’m sorry too. Come on in. I’ll make us some tea, and we’ll talk.”
I took a seat on the couch while she made our tea.
“I miss you, Charlotte.”
“I miss you, Harper.”
She walked over, handed me my tea, and then sat on the couch next to me.
“There’s something I need to tell you,” I said as I carefully sipped from the cup.
“What is it?”
“Grayson asked me to be his girlfriend. We’re officially a couple now.”
She reached over and placed her hand on mine.
“Does he make you one hundred percent happy?” she asked.
“Yes, he does. I’m in love with him.”
“Then that’s all that matters to me. You know I’ve always been protective of you since our first meeting. You’ve had so much heartache, and now you’re finally having what you always wanted. I want you to be incredibly happy.”
“I know you do, and I am. Having this baby makes me happy, and so does Grayson. I really want you to give him a chance.”
She reached over and hugged me.
“I will give him a chance, but if he hurts you,” she broke our embrace, “I’ll cut off his balls with my scissors.”
I let out a laugh.
Suddenly, the buzzer rang.
“That’s probably Laurel. She said she might stop by this afternoon,” Charlotte spoke.
She buzzed her in, and when Laurel opened the door and saw me sitting on the couch, her face lit up.
“Please tell me the two of you made up,” she said.
“We made up.” Charlotte smiled.”
“Thank God. The two of you were exhausting me.”
I told Laurel about Grayson and me, and she got all giddy with excitement.
“I want to meet him, Harper.”
“You will. I promise. We just have to figure out a good time.”
“So where is he today?” Charlotte asked.
“He had things to do. I’ll see him tomorrow morning at the office.” I smiled.
Grayson
I picked up Julius, and we attended the Rangers game. When we entered the suite, there was a spread of food waiting for us on the table.
“Good afternoon, gentlemen.” The bartender in our suite spoke. “May I get you anything?”
“Good afternoon, Danny. Two bourbons.”
We filled our plates with food, grabbed our bourbons and took our seats overlooking the arena.
“I like Harper,” Julius said. “She seems like a great woman, and I hate what you’re doing to her.”
“Yes. You’ve already expressed your honesty at least a million times already. We are officially a couple now.” I choked out the words.
“What? You asked her to be your girlfriend?”
“I did. I asked her yesterday, and she graciously accepted. She’llbe meeting my grandfather soon, and he needs to see that I’m serious about her.”
“And when are you going to tell him she’s pregnant?”
“I’ll tell him after he meets her.”
“Did you tell her we were coming to the game today?”
“No. I tested her. I told her I had things to do, and I patiently waited for her to ask me what I was doing, and she didn’t. She just said okay and not another word about it. To be honest, it impressed me.”
He rolled his eyes as he finished his drink.
“She can’t button her jeans anymore. I had to take her home yesterday before we went to the museum so she could get another pair of pants. Soon she’ll start showing, and that gorgeous little body of hers will no longer exist.”
“Duh. That’s what happens when women are pregnant.”
“I know that, but I like her body the way it is now. There’s something that’s bothering me.”
“What? What on Earth could possibly bother you?” he asked in a smug tone.
“What if I can’t get hard the further along she gets? I’m not attracted to pregnant women. How do I explain that?”
“You don’t, and then your little plan will come to anend. Have you forgotten whom you’re talking to here? Whose family business revolves around helping women get pregnant.”
“She showed me her ultrasound picture the other night.”
“And? What did you say?”
“Not much. I said it was cool and quickly changed the subject.”
“How did you feel when you saw the picture of YOUR baby?”
“I felt nothing,” I spoke as I stared straight ahead at the game.