Baby Be Mine(Spinsters & Casanovas Series Book 1)(106)

Clarice admitted she was ready to bolt out the door at any moment if Dr. Flint were to carry on with his weird behavior. She felt more like she was the doctor and he her patient.

“Okay, here goes,” Dr. Flint said after taking a few deep breaths to relax. “Congratulations, Ms. Mason, you’re going to be—”

And then the door just had to open, interrupting Dr. Flint’s speech, revealing Hunter looking around the room like a little lost lamb searching for its mother. When his eyes landed on Clarice, he smiled and came to her side.

“There you are. When I came back from getting your straw, you were gone.”

“I was in taking tests,” Clarice said, embarrassed. “What are you doing here anyway? You should be outside waiting,” she whispered.

Dr. Flint was about to diagnose her condition. She didn’t want Hunter hanging around while he explained her condition. This information was strictly confidential.

Hunter thought Clarice was having one of her mental moments again, so he ignored her outburst and turned to the… very colorful doctor.

He’d never seen a doctor dressed like a clown before. What was with the bright polka-dot bowtie and the yellow-and-green striped shirt and bright-orange glasses? The doctor looked more suited for a circus than a hospital.

“I’m sorry. I couldn’t help it. I was just worried about her. Is she all right?” Hunter asked.

“Oh, you have the right to worry.” Dr. Flint grinned again, gesturing for Hunter to sit himself down beside Clarice before he announced her condition.

Clarice just stared at Hunter like she wanted to murder him. “No, Hunter,” she said. “Go back out now. Dr. Flint is about to diagnose my condition. I don’t want you here.”

“But I want to stay,” Hunter whined.

“No, go,” Clarice repeated.

“No. I’m staying.” Hunter remained in his spot.

“I—”

“Please, Ms. Mason.” Dr. Flint interrupted their bickering. “Let him stay. He’s needed here as much as you are.”

“Ah?” Clarice asked. “I don’t understand why he needs to stay.”

“All shall be explained soon,” Dr. Flint said, then turned to Hunter, gesturing for him to sit next to Clarice.

Hunter was only too happy to oblige.

“All comfortable?” the doctor asked.

“Yeah,” Hunter replied coolly.

Hunter wasn’t sure why the doctor was paying more attention to him than to Clarice, who was the patient. Maybe he was gay, hitting on him. He cringed at his own thought.

Dr. Flint just smiled at them both like he’d just won a million dollars. If only he and his partner were approved for adoption, he thought.

“I congratulate you both,” Dr. Flint said finally. “You are about to be proud parents!”

“Come again?” Hunter said. Proud parents? What’s this doctor talking about?

“In simple terms, Mr. Mason, your wife is pregnant.”





CHAPTER 25





Hunter was feeling hot and cold at the same time. He could feel his world spinning and tilting on its axis.

It can’t be. It just can’t be.

Clarice, the Avocado, was pregnant. Pregnant! But how… and with whom?

Hunter could feel Clarice’s hand gripping his arm. Oh no! She must have been just as surprised as he was. He turned to Clarice then, ready to comfort her, only to have Clarice hug him instead. Her embrace was very intimate as she hugged him tightly to her body, her head nestling against his shirt.