Chapter Twenty-Three
Susannah
“When’s your next doctor’s appointment?”
I was in the middle of pouring hot water into a mug and promptly splattered water all over the counter, startled and distracted by Ward’s question.
“s**t,” I muttered, snagging a sponge from the sink and quickly wiping up the spilled water.
The moment bought me some time to school my expression to calm. I hadn’t meant to wake up beside Ward this morning. I had told myself last night I was going to behave like a rational person and not a s*x crazed pregnant woman. I honestly couldn’t have told you if I was s*x crazed because I was pregnant, or because of Ward. Given the fact I’d never been pregnant before now, I had nothing for comparison there. If I were being honest with myself, I could admit the depth of my attra
