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no engagement ring
on my finger.’
    ‘There will be soon,’ Bryce confidently stated.
    Alexis froze and gave him a did-you-just-say-that look. He
just smirked his smirky goodness in response. I smiled at them then continued
toward Bryce, wrapping my arms around him. ‘Thank you,’ I said, seizing the
opportunity to feel him up by squeezing his biceps.
    ‘You’re welcome, Carly,’ he replied with a deep chuckle. God,
this man is sexy.
    Pouting, I reluctantly let him go and made my way back to
where Lexi was standing. ‘So! Lexi, the soon-to-be bigamist,’ I stated,
deliberately baiting her.
    ‘I am not a fucking soon-to-be bigamist,’ she snapped back
at me.
    ‘Mum!’ Charlotte exclaimed, waltzing toward us and looking
like a beautiful princess in her pink chiffon dress. ‘You just f-bombed. You
know the rules, now I get to bomb you.’
    ‘Um, I know, Charlotte,’ Lexi replied, with a quiver to her
voice, ‘but you can’t bomb me. Not now.’ Oh, she is so definitely hiding
something from me.
    ‘A rule is a rule, Mum,’ Charlotte categorically declared, placing
her hands upon her hips for emphasis.
    I tended to agree.
    ‘Charli, you can’t,’ Alexis ground out through her teeth,
exaggerating the can’t bit. ‘You could hurt me. You don’t want to hurt me, do you?’ Whaaa—? This is hilarious. Kudos to Charli for riling up
her mum like this. Normally it’s me doin’ the riling.
    Smiling like the drama-greedy girl that I am, I was close to
asking for a bowl of popcorn and taking up a seat.
    Charlotte dropped her hands from where they sat on her hips
as something seemed to dawn on her. ‘Oh, I could hurt the baby,’ she blurted,
while slapping her hand to her head. ‘Okay, Mum, I’ll let you off this time.’
She walked over to where I was standing — in shock, mind you — and gave me a
hug. ‘Hi, Aunty Carls.’
    I couldn’t help but stare at Lexi, my mouth wide open, a
smile forcing its way to the surface of my face. Charli wrapped her arms around
me, so I gave her a half-arsed squeeze, not really paying much attention to the
little secret-shouter. ‘You’re pregnant?’ I asked Alexis, completely stunned by
the revelation.
    ‘Yes, I am,’ Lexi sighed in surrender before turning to her
daughter. ‘Charlotte, please don’t tell anyone else. Bryce and I want to make
it a surprise and tell everyone later tonight.’
    Charli wrinkled her nose apologetically, then dropped her
head. ‘Oh, sorry, Mum.’
    ‘It’s okay, sweetheart. But don’t tell anyone else, all
right?’
    ‘Okay,’ Charli said, happily skipping out of the room, the
bomb she had just dropped already forgotten.
    Lexi watched her leave, then slowly shook her head from side
to side before turning back to face me. ‘Yes,’ she answered as she placed her
hand on her stomach and smiled. ‘Bryce planted his seed.’
    He walked up behind her and positioned his hands on her
shoulders. ‘What can I say, I like gardening,’ he explained, his expression
confident.
    Alexis laughed and leaned back into him, she really did seem
happy.
    ‘Wow ... that’s ... wow! I’m assuming it wasn’t planned,’ I
offered, giving her a hesitant glance. ‘Or was it?’
    She closed her eyes for the briefest of moments. ‘No. It
definitely wasn’t planned.’
    Bryce shifted his gaze to look at Lexi, displaying nothing
but love and adoration. It really was quite obvious just how much he truly
loved her.
    ‘So you’re both happy?’ I asked.
    They answered simultaneously, just like fucking Tweedledum
and Tweedledee. ‘Of course we are.’
    Amused by their cuteness, I smiled and shook my head. ‘Well,
in that case, congratulations.’
    With impeccable timing, a waiter appeared next to us with
glasses of champagne on a tray. I grabbed two of them and went to hand one to
Lex, pausing when I realised that she shouldn’t drink any alcohol. Oh, this
is gonna be great! The last time Lex was pregnant and off alcohol, she
sulked like a baby