Baby Be Mine(Spinsters & Casanovas Series Book 1)(110)

“Uh… Mason?” Max repeated, staring strangely at Hunter’s weird behavior.

“You have the same last name as someone I know,” Hunter muttered under his breath, then sat back in his seat again.

“Yeah, Mason is a pretty popular name,” Max said, ready to go.

“The woman I know is in the hospital too.” Hunter continued. And then thoughts of Clarice came swimming into his head again.

Clarice! Pregnant! The shithead who got her pregnant! All of a sudden, that anger he tried to suppress came lashing out again, and he slammed his fist on the table, alerting Max. He stared at Hunter, who had just been transformed into a wild animal who looked like he could tear through anything.

“Look, big bro, if you’re acting like you want to punch me, then I’m outta here. Clarice is waiting for me. Gotta—”

“What did you say?” Hunter grabbed ahold of Max’s hoodie before he took off again. “That name? Your cousin’s name.”

“Hey, big bro, won’t you stop that habit of yours?” Max said, breaking Hunter’s grip from his collar.

“Would you stop playing around?” Hunter was in no mood to talk about correcting his flawed behavior. He needed to know whether the Clarice he knew was actually the same Clarice as this kid’s cousin. “Give me her name. Your cousin’s name.”

“Clarice,” Max said once he managed to break free from Hunter’s grip. “My cousin’s name is Clarice.”

“You’re Clarice’s cousin? The one who works as a periodontist?” Hunter uttered in disbelief. Could the world get any smaller?

“Yeah, I am. So you do know her after all.” Max smiled. “Anyway, we don’t look alike, do we?” he said. “Well, if you don’t have any more questions, then I’m off. In fact, I’m picking up Clarice. She left me a message.”

“I’ve just been in the room with her.”

“You have?” Max asked, sitting down again, then went to pick up his discarded burger and started munching on it. “I didn’t know you were that close to her already. Is she all right?”

“She looked pale,” Hunter said, sitting down too. “I didn’t know. And she vomited too.”

“Oh, Clarice sounded sick on the phone. She needs to rest. She works too hard.”

“She’s pregnant,” Hunter said, still in shock, remembering the doctor’s news.

“Pregnant?” Max asked, spitting out the remnants of his food. “She’s pregnant?”

“Yes,” Hunter said numbly.

“She’s pregnant. Clarice is pregnant. My sweet cousin is pregnant. Hooray!” Max jumped from his seat and started doing a dance while singing, “Clarice is pregnant. Clarice is pregnant.”

“Why are you so happy?” Hunter scolded in annoyance. It looked like even this kid was happy, just like Clarice was when she hugged him and smiled at him before she collapsed. Hunter felt like he was the only one in this world who wasn’t happy with this news.

“Because it was always her wish to have a baby,” Max said as he continued to dance around their table. “Has she told you yet, Anton? Has she? Has she?”

“What?” Hunter asked, standing up. “What did you call me?”

“Huh?” Max stopped dancing and came back to Hunter, who looked so shell shocked, like he’d just seen a ghost.

“I asked what you just called me,” Hunter repeated.

“Uh… Anton.”