Page 76 of Surrender

We spoke for a few moments longer before she left me to get. She wrote me a prescription for some prenatal vitamins and scheduled my next appointment. With the ultrasound in my hand, I walked out with a big smile on my face. I couldn’t wait to tell my husband.

I tipped into the house as not to alert Jacob that I was home. I was sure he was in his office working, so I quietly crept upstairs to our bathroom with my gift bag and flowers in hand. The question of the false negative pregnancy test was eating at me. There were two in the box so I put the extra one in a drawer in the bathroom.

Quietly, I shut the bathroom door and shuffled through the drawer t until I found the box. Pulling it out, I turned it over until I found the expiration date. Looking at it, I chuckled to myself. This shit expired eight months ago.

I shook my head as I tossed it on the counter. “Oh my God. That man.”

Grabbing my items, I left the bathroom and then the bedroom, heading back downstairs to Jacob’s office. I could hear him clicking away at his keyboard with music playing softly in the background.

Through the crack in the door, I could see Barkly and Pawly’s bed sitting on top of his huge L-shaped desk. They were quietly napping their little lives away. I giggled to myself because he talked about the way I spoiled them, but he was just as bad.

Pushing the door open, I walked in with a smile on my face.

“Hey, baby,” I said, strutting around the desk to him.

He looked up at me and grinned. “Hey, my love.”

Leaning in, I pecked his lips. “These are for you,” I said, handing him the flowers.

His eyes widened. “You brought me flowers?”

“I know it’s not traditional?—”

“No, no, I love it. Nobody has ever given me flowers. You got me blushing and shit.”

His face did have a slight red tint to it. I was hesitant to buy the flowers in the first place, but seeing his reaction made me happy I did.

“Thank you, love.” He peeked at the bag. “What’s this?”

“A surprise.”

“What are you up to, woman?”

I was giddy with excitement. “Open it and see.”

Skeptically, he pulled the bag toward him. My feet pitter-pattered as he pulled the tissue from the bag. An elated squeal left my throat, causing him to laugh.

“You must have put a lot of thought into this,” he said, shaking his head.

“Let’s just say a lot of work went into it.”

He grinned as he pulled the ribbon-wrapped box from the bag and placed it on the desk. I wanted to shake him as he took his sweet time untying the bow. My breath hitched as he pulled the top off and pulled back the tissue paper.

His eyes widened as he zeroed in on the ultrasound pictures and custom flask that read, Daddy EST. 2024.

“You… you’re pregnant? We’re pregnant?”

I nodded vigorously. “We’re preg?—”

I barely got the words out before he was on his feet, scooping me in the air. I giggled as he spun me around, then abruptly placed me on my feet. Dropping to his knees, he placed his hands on my stomach and kissed it. Tears fell from my eyes as he cried against me.

In that moment, I knew that even if this was happening fast, this baby would be born into nothing but love.

“Thank you,” he whispered, kissing my belly again. “Thank you.”

He climbed to his feet and crashed his lips into mine, kissing me passionately.

“This is the best thing you could have even given me next to you,” he said, pressing his forehead to mine. “I love you so much, Kay.”