Lost Love (Cowboys and Angels #1)(85)
“We’re not buying condoms I can tell you that!” I shot out. Why I said it, I had no fucking clue.
Paxton glared at me, wearing a horrified expression. “Oh my God. You didn’t,” she whispered harshly before hitting me in the back again.
From the look on her father’s face, I realized I had some serious ass kissing to do.
Always quick on her feet, Paxton turned back to her parents. “Hey Mom and Dad, we were going to get something for Steed’s allergies.”
When I glanced past the Monroes, I saw the display of allergy medicine.
April, Paxton’s mom, smiled while David, her father, continued to glare.
“Oh my! Oh my goodness! Paxton!” her mother cried out.
Jumping back in surprise, Paxton shouted, “What?”
April rushed up to her daughter and grabbed her hand. “He did it!”
My eyes drifted down to the engagement ring.
“Oh, Steed, when you came over the other day to ask for Paxton’s hand in marriage I had no idea you were going to ask so soon!” April said, tears building in her eyes.
David’s glare turned into a slow smile. “Congratulations, son! Did you do it like you planned? In the plane?”
“Wait, y’all knew?” Paxton asked.
Both of her parents laughed. “Yes! Of course. Steed has always been such a gentleman.”
David grunted under his breath, and I gave him a weak grin.
“He took us out to lunch a few weeks back to ask for your hand in marriage. Then he told us how he planned to ask.”
Trying to smile and ignore the fact that we were standing in front of the condoms and pregnancy tests, my eyes caught Paxton’s. She was struggling to hold back her tears, and I wondered if she would be successful in doing so.
I winked, and she let out a nervous giggle. “Well, I see y’all are good secret keepers.”
Her mother and father wrapped her up in a loving embrace.
“Well, we only came in to grab aspirin. Your father had a headache from helping me prepare all the pies for tomorrow. It was so sweet of your parents to invite us over, Steed.”
“Mom’s excited and so is Dad. He keeps going on about showing you his new fishing rod, David.”
Paxton’s father let out a roar of laughter. It seemed like the whole condom thing was slowly disappearing. “John always did love his fishing.”
“I’m excited to see Chloe again. Paxton mentioned bringing her over to play with our cat.”
I rolled my eyes and sighed. “Yes. Little stinker has been begging for one.”
Both April and David chuckled before April took her husband by the arm and gave him a tug. “We need to get going. We’ll see you kids tomorrow. Steed let your mother know if she needs anything to give me a call.”
“I will, April. Thank you.”
As I watched them wander off, we slowly walked to the allergy display. I picked up box after box and pretended to read them while Paxton stretched up on her toes to watch her parents.
“They’re gone! Come on!”
We spun around and rushed to the tests. My eyes glanced over them. What in the hell? Why were there so many different brands? And why in the hell did our small-town pharmacy carry them all?
“Which one?” I asked in a hushed voice.
“I don’t care. Grab one of each! Let’s just go before someone else see us,” Paxton replied in a hushed tone as she reached for the First Response. She grabbed two.
I grabbed six of Clearblue brand only to have Paxton gawk at me.
“Six?”
“Well, we want to be sure.”
She giggled. “I think two is enough.”
Shrugging, I put four back and then reached for two of the EPT tests. Paxton grabbed one that simply read Pregnancy Test. The last one was Fact Plus. I grabbed two of those and added it to the pile of tests in my hands.
“That should be good,” Paxton stated with a smile.
“You sure? What if they don’t work?”
“Whatcha doing?” The voice came from behind, causing both of us to let out a scream. My first instinct was to discard the six boxes of pregnancy tests I had in my hand. I watched as they all dropped at our feet.
My sister Amelia peered at the boxes and then snapped her head back up to us. Her look of shock quickly turned to pure excitement.
“Oh! My! Freaking! Hell!” she shouted.
Paxton and I both replied with a quick, “Shh!”
Dropping down, I gathered the tests back up.
“You’re pregnant?” Amelia asked. Then she screamed. Loudly. “Holy fuck! And you’re engaged?” She grabbed Paxton’s left hand, causing her to drop two of her tests.
Paxton giggled, beaming with happiness. “Yes! Steed asked me earlier today in the most romantic way ever.”