Page 20

ISLA

T wenty Weeks Pregnant

We have the whole stadium to ourselves for our gender reveal party. Management was kind enough to let us use the field once I told them how I planned the reveal for Kai. Okay, maybe I begged a little bit. But hey, they couldn’t say no to their starting third baseman’s pregnant wife.

Well, I mean they probably could have.

His whole team’s here, plus our family and friends. My dad is talking with him and his buddies while I am with his mom and a few of my girlfriends, waiting for Adriana to get here with the special baseball with the colored powder inside. We have no idea what we’re having.

As I look around the field, I feel so lucky to have all of these people supporting us.

This is the moment we’ve all been waiting for, and I can’t believe it’s finally here.

I see Kai chatting with his teammates, his eyes scanning the crowd occasionally, looking for any sign of Adriana.

He’s trying to act casual, but I know he’s just as eager as I am.

We can’t wait to find out if we are having a son or daughter.

Finally, I see Adriana walking towards us, holding a small, carefully wrapped box.

My heart races as she approaches. Kai notices her too, and he makes his way over to us, his eyes never leaving the box.

Adriana hands it to him, and he looks at me, a smile spreading across his face.

“You ready for this, Princess?” he asks, his voice filled with anticipation.

I nod, my eyes welling up with tears of joy. “As ready as I’ll ever be,” I reply. Kai carefully unwraps the box, revealing the special baseball. He looks at me one last time and then turns around and whistles, getting Brooks’ attention.

“You ready?” Holding up the ball. Brooks smirks and nods.

Everybody moves toward the home plate but stands off to the side. I stand near Kai and before he steps up to the plate, he gives me a quick kiss and when he pulls back, I say, “Let’s do this. Knock it out of the park, baby.”

“I got this, baby.” He steps up to the plate, setting himself up, and raises the bat. “Let it rip, Brooks.”

At the pitcher’s mound, Brooks winds back and lets a perfect curveball go.

It doesn’t trip up Kai, and the bat connects with the ball, releasing a cloud of bright pink smoke.

I can’t help but laugh and cry at the same time as Kai wraps his arms around me, lifting me off the ground.

“We’re having a daughter,” he whispers, and he pulls back, looking at me with tears in his eyes.

“I’m gonna be a girl dad.” I nod, my heart swelling with so much love and happiness.

I love that he’s already so in love with his daughter. Kai is a dream husband, and I know he’s going to be the best father in the entire world.

We go through the motions of cutting the cake and chatting with everyone and when I finally make my way over to Adriana to thank her for helping me to get everything together, she’s off on her own with tears in her eyes.

“Hey, what’s wrong?” Pulling her into my arms, hugging her tightly .

She sniffles and lets out a breath. “I did something stupid, Isla.” Adriana breaks into a fit of sobs, clinging to me.

I try to think of what she could have done that would cause her to cry like this.

I’m coming up with nothing. I turn around and look for Kai, finding him talking with his close-knit group of guys across the field.

Somehow he looks up right when I need him to, and I motion to Adriana.

He turns to the guys, says something, and starts jogging over.

“What’s wrong?” He takes one look at Adriana and his face scrunches and he shrugs his shoulders.

“I—I,” Adriana can’t get the words out.

“ Adri —” Gael says from behind Kai, moving around him and coming to my side to grab ahold of her.

Adriana’s eyes go wide as she trails from his arms around her to his face filled with concern. “I’m sorry, I need to go.” She pulls herself away from Gael and runs off towards the exit.

“Shit,” Gael mutters and runs after her, yelling for her to stop.

Kai wraps his arms around me from behind and kisses my cheek. “So, what is that about?”

“No idea, but whatever it is, it isn’t good. Adriana never cries. If Gael is the reason she’s crying, I’ll kick his ass. I just want you to know that.” I narrow my eyes at him.

“Baby, if he made your best friend cry, I wouldn’t expect anything less from you,” Kai chuckles. “Hopefully it’s nothing.”

To Be Continued.