Page 91 of Adonis Gates

“And don’t be flyin’, AP,” I pointed.

“Aight, man.” He laughed.

“Buckle up.” I called out.

“Babe, leave him alone.” Jru giggled, looping her arm through mine and pulling me toward our car. “He’s going to be fine.”

“I know.”

When we made it to my truck, I opened the door for her and helped her inside. I got ready to close the door but she stopped me.

“I’ve been trying to find the right time to tell you this.”

My brows furrowed. “Tell me what?”

“I’ve been lying to you,” she said and I frowned.

“Fuck you mean lyin’ to me? About what?”

“About where I’ve been going,” she answered. “I mean I go to work every day, or brunch with the girls, but that’s not all I’ve been doing,” she said timidly. “Not all the time.”

There was a pregnant pause that was pissing me off more by the second. We’d just left my brother’s graduation and were about to go out with our fucking family, and she was telling me some shit like this.

“You gon’ explain what you talkin’ about, Jruelle?” I low-key snapped.

“Yes, I—just, here,” she went inside her big ass purse then produced a box.

I eyed it suspiciously before accepting it. I slowly pulled the ribbon from the box then opened it. There was a note on the top that said,I’ve got some big shoes to fill, but for now these will have to do.

My heart rate picked up as I moved the note and saw a small ass pair of Gucci sneakers that looked like the ones I’d gotten my brother for his graduation.

“J-Baby,” I looked up at her then down at her stomach. “Y-you’re pregnant?” I damn near whispered.

She nodded as she sniffled because she was crying. “I’ve been going to my appointments alone for a little over three months because I wanted to be sure we’d succeeded and that what happened last time didn’t… you know,” she shrugged. “But we’re out of the first trimester, and our little one is doing just fine.”

I wanted to be upset that I’d missed some of her appointments, but I couldn’t even focus on that shit. She was really carrying my baby and that was all that I gave a fuck about at the moment.

I gently pulled her from the truck then dropped down, pushing her shirt up so that I could see her barely there belly. Jru’s stomach had always been flat, but lately I’d been seeingit grow and mentioning it to her, but she blamed it on her bad eating. Now I knew better. She was carrying our legacy.

I felt like a hoe when the tears sprang to my eyes, but I shook it off because these were happy tears. Jru was so convinced that we would never be able to have a child, but right in front of me was proof that God had the final say.

“I know you’re mad about missing the appointments, but I have a recording of the heartbeat, and I got ultrasounds done at every one of them for you.”

“I don’t even care about that right now,” I admitted. “I just care that you both are healthy, and that you’re happy.”

“Then you’re two for two,” she smiled down at me.

I kissed her stomach twice before raising up and doing the same to her lips. I pulled her ass into a tight ass hug afterwards.

“I love you, girl,” I confessed. “Not just because you’re carrying my seed, but for everything. You’re constantly making me a better man. I can’t even express my gratitude through words for real.”

“You don’t have to.” She wrapped her arms around my neck. “You show me daily in your actions. I love you more.”

I stepped back a bit to glance at her belly again before saying, “you don’t even know what this means to me.”

She smiled softly before kissing me again. “Yeah, I do.”

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