His Surprise Baby - His Secret Baby

“We spent so much time here that so much has happened to us,” I murmured with a sigh.

Alex looked at me, curiously, but I avoided his gaze. We were quiet for the rest of the elevator ride. We reached the lobby and were walking to turn in our room keys. As we walked through the lobby, I saw Jay talking to someone across the room.

“I'll be right back,” I said to Alex before leaving his side.

I walked over to Jay and tapped him on the shoulder.

“Hey!” he said happily when he turned around and saw me.

“I just wanted to tell you that Alex and I are leaving. I couldn't leave without saying good-bye.” I admitted.

Jay glared at Alex over my shoulder, but I ignored that. “Well, I'm sad to see you go,” Jay pouted as he pulled me in for a hug. I hugged him back. I was sad to leave him too. He had quickly become one of my best friends.

“I'll miss you too. Thank you for everything,” I said, trying not to sound emotional.

“Anytime. Just please be careful with him,” he cautioned me after our hug.

“I will, and I'll stay in touch,” I promised Jay before I walked back to Alex's side.

“Everything okay?” Alex asked me out of concern.

I nodded yes before giving him my happiest smile. “Never better,” I replied truthfully.

He smiled back at me, and we turned in our keys together. Once again, Alex picked up all of our luggage, and we walked outside to the cab that was already waiting for us. We climbed into the cab together, and Alex put his arm around me. I snuggled into his side. The whole ride to the airport, we were quiet. I actually had something on my mind, which was making it difficult to focus on being close to Alex right now.

As we pulled up outside the airport, I looked at Alex. “Can I talk to you about an idea I had?” I asked him.

He grabbed our bags while I paid the cab driver. “Sure!” he replied enthusiastically as we walked into the airport together.

We took our bags to be checked, grabbed our tickets, and sat down to wait for our flight. When we were seated, I turned to Alex and told him my idea. “What if we wrote a trilogy together now that our books are finished?” I asked him.

He smiled at me immediately. “I like that idea. It seems like we always work better when we are together,” my love replied happily.

I reached over and hugged him. I was overjoyed by how much he liked my idea. We talked more about it in the short plane ride back to Kansas.

Once we landed at the airport back home, I asked Alex, “We go back to our places, right?”

Alex nodded. “Yes, so we can get settled in and check on things. I'll call you later tonight then bring dinner over so we can get started on our project,” he promised.

“Sounds good to me,” I replied.

We parted ways with a kiss. We left in separate cars and went to our homes.

A few weeks later, Alex and I were as happy as could be. Our trilogy was finished, and we had both moved into his place. We were inseparable.

One day I had walked outside to check the mail like I usually did. As I was walking back inside the house, a letter in the pile caught my eye. It was a thick envelope, very important looking. I opened it and read it with curiosity.

I gasped in excitement and disbelief. I ran back inside the house and yelled, “Alex!”

He ran out of the kitchen in a panic. “What's wrong?” he asked in alarm.

“The best thing just happened to us!” I exclaimed in response.

He looked at me in relief. “I thought something was wrong,” he explained with a laugh.

“No! We got an offer!” I cheered.

He looked at me in confusion. “What are you talking about?” Alex asked.

“I mean, they want to publish our trilogy!” I explained happily.

His eyes widened and he looked at me in shock. “That's wonderful!” he exclaimed. He picked me up and hugged me to him. I laughed in excitement.

Alex put me down and said, “I have some news of my own.”

I looked at him curiously. My heart started to pound in my chest as I saw him kneel down in front of me. Our eyes locked as he pulled a ring out of his shirt pocket.

“Hazel, in my continuous effort to keep things right between us, will you marry me?” he asked as he took my hand in his.

“Oh, yes, Alex!” I cried out with tears in my eyes.

He slipped the ring on my finger, and we both hugged and kissed.

After I spent a few minutes admiring the ring, I turned to Alex and said, “The publishing contract isn't the only news I have…”