21 ASHLEIGH Thankfully, our date went perfectly. We ate dinner and as soon as we got back, I was so exhausted I passed right out. However, right at this moment, it’d all caught up to me. Gabriella knocked on the bathroom door and opened it a c***k to peek inside. She found me sitting on the cold tile floor with my arms around the toilet. Morning sickness was no joke. “Ash, are you okay?” she asked, sliding through the door. Ryley had already left to go to the gym, so at least I didn’t have to worry about explaining to him why I was sick. Groaning, I sat up and ran my hands through my stringy hair, fingers getting stuck in intermittent knots. I really needed to take a shower. “Yeah, I’m fine. I usually start feeling better as the day goes by. It’ll pass. I just feel so tired all of the

