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“Okay, Lake. You have to let me go,” I said between his kisses. I was not complaining, but I would be late for work.

“Your office is just behind the walls.” He squeezed me again.

“I know, but I can’t be tardy. I need to be a role model, not your wife.”

“And the co-owner.” He kissed me again.

“Stop it.”

“We need to go shopping.”

I looked at my corporate dress. “What’s wrong with what I’m wearing?”

“Well, you’re gonna have a baby bump sooner.” He touched my tummy. “My raspberry is growing fast.”

I saw Homer and Owen trying to hold their smiles. “They’re making fun of...