Total pages in book: 44
Estimated words: 42171 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 211(@200wpm)___ 169(@250wpm)___ 141(@300wpm)
Estimated words: 42171 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 211(@200wpm)___ 169(@250wpm)___ 141(@300wpm)
I raise up to look at her, even more curious now. “I really want to know.”
She smiles. “When you started carrying one of my EpiPens with you.”
“What?” I ask her.
She nods. “Yeah, that’s when I knew.”
I shake my head. “But I started carrying an EpiPen like the third day you worked here.”
“Yep,” she says with a big smile.
I repeat her words back at her. “You knew then?”
“I did.”
She slides up my body and kisses me. When we pull apart, I ask her, “Are you glad you married me, Maddie?”
She rolls her eyes. “If you don’t know the answer to that, then I’m doing something wrong.” She playfully smacks my chest. “You know I love you, Asher Wild, and you know I’m proud to be your wife.”
I push her hair off her face. “I love you too, Mrs. Wild.” I pull her up beside me and turn to face her. “Talk to me. Tell me what I can do to make this better.”
Her forehead creases, and I remind her. “You said there’s something that could make this more perfect… What is it?” She hesitates. “Maddie, baby, tell me. If there’s something you want, you know I’ll do everything I can to make it happen. What is it?”
She points to a corner of the huge porch. “A baby swing would be perfect right there. And maybe a baby gate so no one falls down the steps…”
I follow her gaze until her words sink in. “Wait… a baby swing?”
She nods, smiling ear to ear. “You’re going to be a daddy, Asher.”
My hand goes to her belly. “You’re pregnant?”
She laughs and puts her hand over mine. “Yes.”
I pull her in for a hug and hold her tight. Emotion is welling inside me, and there’s no holding back the tear that escapes down my cheek. I kiss my wife, needing to show her what this news means to me, but I’m unable to put anything into words.
She pulls back and uses her hand to dry my eyes. “Oh Asher, tell me you’re happy about this.”
I laugh, and with my voice full of emotion, I reassure her. “You have made me the happiest man in the world, Maddie. I love you so damn much.”
She burrows into me. “I love you too.”
I hold my wife in my arms and look out at The Wild Peach. A year ago, I wouldn’t have known this kind of life was even possible. Every day with Madelyn is better than the day before, and I can’t wait to see what our future holds.