V for Virgin (Cassie and Ethan) novel Chapter 115

“Have a good night, sweetier

“You too! You both are gonna be great parents!” I added with

subtle nod to Maddox who beamed at me.

I patted my full stomac but paused, rubbing over the pouch that budged from being tolled my eyes, shouting “Well, if you are, you’re gonna be a lucky kid!

well fed. Are y

you in there? I stopped and

“He sure is,” Seth said walking up behind me.

I yelped and turned, slapping him on the shoulder. “Hey! You can’t just disappear and then sneak up on me in a dark garage next tó an elevator!”

Seth laughed cautiously, bouncing away from my outstretched arm. le rubbed his shoulder and bowed his head. “That was specific.

“It was a specific scare!”

“I’m sorry.” He paused, rubbing the back of his neck. The light glow from a lamp post let me see the bags under his eyes. None of us had had a lot of sleep lately. “About… well, everything.”

Folding my arms around my midriff, I stopped into the elevator and leaned against the side to stare at him. “It’s okay. I get i changes happening and we’ve all been so busy with the end of the year school and work. I understand. Ethan does too.”

it. Big

I frowned as Seth’s jaw clenched and his fists tightened on either side. “Seth, I hope you aren’t coming over to attack him about his choice. It’s a tough program to get into, the fact that they asked him is groundbreaking. Read the letter! I’m sure this time it’s not just lying casually by the door either.”

“I’m not going to attack, but I’m calm enough that we e can talk about what we’re going to do.”

The churning feeling in my stomach at the way he said that made me worried. “What do you mean what we’re gonna do? I mean, we’ll wait for him to come back, right?”

The silence that followed the elevator ride up almost had me in tears, but the door dinged open showing Ethan’s neighbor scolded her daughter for playing on the stairs.