Lost Love (Cowboys and Angels #1)(86)

Amelia’s eyes landed on me, and she wiped a tear away. “I’m so happy. Does Chloe know?”

I shook my head. “Not yet.”

Covering her mouth with her hands, Amelia shook her head. “I’m so happy, y’all… I think I’m going to cry!”

I rolled my eyes. “I love you, sis, but we really need to get the fuck out of here before someone else walks up and—”

“Jesus, is it national buy your condoms day?”

Groaning, I dropped my head at the sound of my brother Cord’s voice.

“Why the hell are you in this aisle, Amelia?” he asked in an angry voice.

“Oh fuck off, Cord. I’m an adult and if I want to buy condoms, I’ll buy condoms.”

Paxton turned to me. I knew she wanted out of there just as much as I did, and here we were, listening to Cord and Amelia argue whether she was allowed to have sex or not.

“I’m twenty-two years old, Cord. I’ve been fucking guys for a few years now.”

“Oh, come on!” I said. Cord looked like he was about to blow a gasket.

“Meli, so help me God, if I ever find out who you’ve slept with I’m going to beat their ass so bad…”

“Listen, as much as I’d love to stay here and listen to y’all, we need to leave,” I said as I started to push between the two of them.

Cord’s hand grabbed my shoulder, stopping me. He stared down at the tests, then back at me. “Why do you have pregnancy tests in your arms?”

His eyes swung over to Paxton, and it dawned on him. “Holy. Shit. Are y’all?”

“They don’t know yet! That’s why they’re here, Cord!” Amelia said as she jumped up and down and pretended to clap her hands.

Cord looked back at me. “Dude! This is fucking amazing. Come on, let’s go!”

Both him and Amelia turned on their heels and headed down the aisle. “Oh wait!” Amelia said as she rushed back and grabbed a box of condoms.

I wanted to throw up in my mouth when she held up the extra-large and said, “Here’s to hoping!”

“Grab me a box of those, Meli!” Cord said.

Amelia laughed. “Are you sure you don’t need extra small?”

“Just get me the extra-large. Super extra if they have them,” he said tossing his head back in laughter.

“Is this really happening right now?” Paxton asked.

“I don’t know what bothers me more. The fact that they think they’re going with us or that my brother just asked my baby sister to grab him a box of condoms.”

Paxton laughed as we followed Amelia and Cord to the check out, both of them still arguing about whether Amelia was old enough for sex.





Somehow Cord and Amelia were standing in the middle of Steed’s living room, staring at me with wide hopeful eyes.

“Y’all, not to sound like a total ass, but we were kind of thinking this would be a private moment,” Steed said, his arms crossed over his chest and one brow lifted.

Amelia and Cord turned to each other with questioning looks, then lost it laughing. Turning back to us, Amelia stated, “Seriously? We see you with boxes of pregnancy tests, and you expect us to walk away and pretend like we don’t know. Not happening, Parker.”

“It’s cruel if you make us leave now. We’re in too deep,” Cord added.

I rolled my eyes and let out a long sigh. “They can stay, but you’re not coming into the bathroom with me. Only Steed is, and you have to give us a few minutes to process the results.”

They nodded their heads as if they were my kindergarten students. I tried hard not to let the flicker of amusement in my eyes show. I had to admit, this was a complete one-eighty from the last time I held a pregnancy test in my hands.

“Let’s go, Paxton. You two stay,” Steed said as he pointed to both of them.

“Do you at least have booze?” Cord called out.

“Help yourself to whatever you find, bro.”

My pulse quickened as we drew closer to Steed’s room. Once we walked in, I froze.

Stopping, he turned to look at me. “Baby, what’s wrong? Are you okay?”

Chewing on my lip, I said, “I need a second. It’s hit me all of sudden. I might be pregnant. How did I not realize I was late?”

Steed took my hand and led me over to the bed. “Pax, I didn’t think about it either. Maybe deep down inside we did notice but chose to ignore it for whatever reason.”

I took in a deep breath and exhaled. “I think you’re right. Maybe the fear of what would happen? Being disappointed? I don’t know.”

“Well, we can sit here and analyze it, or we can see if you are.”