“I…”
Candice glanced around nervously, then lowered her voice.
“I’m afraid I might be pregnant. We… didn’t use protection either time. And last night, you just had to do it in the water…”
Charlie was silent for a long while.
She kept looking around anxiously, scared they’d run into someone they knew—or worse, that someone might recognize him and take a photo. He was way too eye-catching, and these days people were snapping photos of everything—flowers, stray cats… much less a man like him.
Suddenly, her body felt weightless—he had swept her up into his arms.
“Put me down!” she hissed.
It was dark last night, and no one had been around. But now they were in a hospital—a princess carry? Way too over the top!
Charlie ignored her protests and carried her through the most crowded corrid
