A Boy Worth Choosing (The Worthy Series Book 2) Read Online Free PDF

sight for sore eyes.  Shaina Sinclair waltzes in with the grace of a gazelle and the telltale signs of a growing baby bump. My heart explodes with excitement to see my new friend, quickly followed by guilt. In the aftermath of hurricane Caleb, I failed as a friend to call her and let her know that I really am okay. I rush to over to her and wrap her into a big hug.
    “Oh, I’m so happy to see you!” I squeeze her tight, then remember that baby Sinclair likes to make her sick when she’s too constricted. I hold her hands out to her sides and take in her pregnant glow. “You look absolutely amazing.” I smile at her.
    “Thank you,” she says confused. “I’m sorry to bother you, but all my calls went straight to -“
    “Oh Shaina! I’m so sorry. I was out of the country all last week and had my phone set to send all calls to voicemail. I promise I haven’t been ignoring you. I’ve missed you actually. Come, let’s go to my office.” I grab her hand and lead the way. “I want to hear about everything. How are you? And the baby?”
    “I’m good, great actually now that I’m not vomiting every twenty minutes.” She chuckles. “Baby’s great. We’re having a girl,” she says, rubbing her belly as we enter my office. I make some room on the sofa for her and pull my chair in front of my desk so I can visit with her.
    “That’s great!! Aww, a baby girl! I’m so excited for you. I must book a maternity session and newborn session…” I find that I truly am excited. I’m reminded of her New Year’s party and her telling me that she was pregnant and flooding feeling of being sorry for myself. The guilt just piles on more now. There’s something comforting, though, about being in a relationship with Stephen that has me at peace with where my life is currently. I still want the same things, I’m just not in as much of a rush to get them anymore.
    “Shaina, I can’t say I’m sorry enough. I haven’t been a good friend to you after all you’ve done for me. I hope you can forgive me,” I say timidly.
    “Oh honey, of course I can. I just thought you were upset with me. I dropped a serious bombshell on you and you up and left and haven’t said a word to me in over three weeks. I thought you really were angry with me for telling you about Caleb.”
    “Shaina, I could never be mad at you. What Caleb did, the choices he made, you have nothing to do with any of that. I know that. I just…well things got crazy for me after the party and I kind of stopped talking to people in general. But.” At the mere thought of him, that ridiculous grin spreads across my face again. “Things are better now. I’m better now.”
    “I’ll say,” she says giving me a knowing look. “So what’s his name?” she drawls out.
    “Stephen.” I blush, he’s having an embarrassing effect on me.
    “Your family friend? The one Caleb was concerned about?”
    Caleb was fearful of my relationship of Stephen? I guess in hindsight, he probably should have been. That makes me smirk though.
    “Yeah. It’s kind of a long story actually-“
    “Jess, I’m sorry to interrupt, but I came here with a purpose this morning. I really want to hear all about Stephen, but I think you need to hear this first.”
    “Okay, what’s up?” My mind immediately goes to something being wrong with her or the baby, or even her husband Lucas, and I feel the color drain out of my face.
    “Jess, Caleb is spreading rumors and having people post negative comments on your studio.”
    I feel the ground crumble beneath me and grip my chair just in case it really does. I knew he was upset about my breaking up with him, but I would never have guessed him to stoop to a high-school drama like low.
    “We were at one of his dinner parties two weeks ago and I heard Alexis say that she had posted the review for ‘that studio’ he requested. I asked what she was talking about and she told me he had this horrible experience with this studio he contracted to