Forever Bonded (BWWM Pregnancy Romance) Read Online Free PDF

to keep from spilling it.

 
    They
were reactions that seemed to satisfy Audrey, because she wasted no time in continuing
to speak. “I mean, don’t get wrong, he hasn’t brought it up or anything, but we
we’re talking this morning and he basically told me I was the one. That usually
equates to marriage somewhere down the line, doesn’t it?”

 
    Zoë sat
in a stunned silence as her disbelief settled over her. It was as if all her
smart remarks and go-to rebuttals had been siphoned right out of her. She was
incapable of forming a full word, let alone a coherent sentence.

 
    When a
few seconds passed without anyone saying anything, Aniyah was quick to come to
the rescue. “That’s great, Audrey, really…it is. Still…if I were you, I
wouldn’t get my hopes up just yet. Nate’s always been the type to take things
slow. Back in high school we used to call him captain cautious.”

 
    Audrey’s
smile dissipated as she considered Aniyah’s words. “True, but I mean, it's
bound to happen eventually,” she said, her initial confidence resurfacing in
full force.

 
    Aniyah
gave her a slight nod and casted her gaze downward, pushing her food around on
her plate.

 
    “I
actually have some news of my own to share,” Zoë spoke up, breaking her
silence. “I’m moving in with Evan. He asked me this morning, and I have a
feeling he might be proposing soon too.”

 
    Aniyah
looked up as soon as the words left Zoë’s mouth, glancing back and fourth
between her and Audrey as her surprise wrote its way across her sharp features.

 
    Zoë
wasn't sure why she’d said it. Not even an hour ago, she was pretty sure she
was going to end things with Evan, and now here she was alluding to the
prospect of them getting married. Why was she letting this dumb broad work her
up like this?

 
    As
usual, Aniyah wasted no time in calling Zoë on her bluff. “Uh-huh,” she said,
giving her an amused look. “I’m sorry, but since when does ‘Zoë the commitment-phobe’
so much as consider the idea of
cohabitation and marriage?”

 
    “Wow,”
Zoë replied. “And to think I halfway thought you’d be happy for me.”

 
    “Oh
come on. You can’t blame me for being surprised. The last guy you gave this
much devotion to was Nate, and we all know how that worked out.”

 
    Aniyah
ate her words when she realized the repercussions associated with what she’d
just said. The way Audrey was staring at her made it clear that she was none
too amused.

 
    “Well I
think it’s great,” Audrey spoke up in a dry tone. “Everyone deserves their own
little version of a happy ending.”

 
    Zoë
forced a smile, but inside she couldn’t stop kicking herself. Evan was a nice
enough guy, but there wasn’t a single solitary part of her that wanted to marry
him. So just what had possessed her to say otherwise?

 
    Chapter eight

 
    “I
still can’t believe you’re moving in with Evan,” Aniyah spoke up from her spot
on Zoë’s sofa, where she was leafing through a stack of wedding dress catalogs
to no avail.

 
    She’d already
decided on the dress that the bridesmaids would wear, going the cheaper route
to cut back on costs, but her own dress was still very much up in the air.

 
    “Alright,
what gives?” Zoë questioned with a deep sigh, setting aside the moving box
she’d been packing full of books. “You seemed pretty happy about me becoming
more serious with Evan when it was still just a figment of your imagination…but
now that it’s really happening, you’re skeptical?”

 
    “I
know. It’s just…the other day you didn't even want to admit that you were
dating him. Now you’re talking about marriage. It seems like a bit of a leap to
me, that’s all.”

 
    Zoë
shrugged. “Evan’s a great guy. I could certainly do worse than to marry someone
like him,” she rationalized.

 
    “Yeah,
but do you love him?”

 
    Zoë
stopped flipping through the yearbook in her lap long