Red Hot Winter - K. Webster Page 0,35
“IMPOSSIBLE!”
August laughs, that dirty bastard. Dr. Venable simply shrugs.
“No! I take that damn birth control religiously!” I argue. Hot tears well in my eyes. Thoughts of carrying August’s little girl or boy has joy chasing away all the anxiety I’d been feeling for months over this dumb bar exam.
“You did,” August agrees. “But—”
“No buts!” I snap at him. Oh God, will my little angel have brown eyes or green? I hope green. His eyes are perfect. “You got me pregnant, you asshole! How?!”
And his laugh.
I love his laugh.
Right now I want to choke him because he’s laughing. It’s still a perfect laugh, though.
“You see,” Dr. Venable starts in his doctorly voice that’s not so hot at the moment. “Antibiotics lessen the effects of birth control and—”
“You were on three rounds,” August reminds me. “We weren’t always careful.”
Callie will have a sibling. How cool is that?
“What about my career?” I mutter in defeat.
“Like you’re the only pregnant woman to be an attorney?” August challenges back.
I’m an attorney. And pregnant. This is the best day of my life.
“Who’s pregnant?” Dad asks nosily and then screeches to a halt. “You’re…my baby girl…” His throat bobs with emotion.
When all three of us nod at him, he hollers, “My little girl is pregnant!”
A smile tugs at my lips and August winks at me.
“You lost your shit,” he says with a smirk.
“I did not lose my shit.”
“Oh, here they go,” Dad says, chuckling before he kisses the top of my head. “I’m going to make some calls.”
Dr. Venable follows him out, leaving us alone.
“You totally did.” August’s lips find mine.
“Did not.”
“It was really hot,” he continues. “You know I love when you lose your mind.”
“You’re an asshole.”
“And you’re going to be a mommy, Mrs. Miller. What do you have to say for yourself, counselor?”
My bottom lip wobbles. “Thank you.”
His brows lift in surprise. “I was expecting a finger.”
“I already gave you one,” I remind him, wiggling my wedding ring finger at him.
“I love you,” he tells me.
“I love you too,” I whisper. “I always have.”
“You ready to call Callie?”
“She’s going to lose her shit.”
He laughs. “No one will ever lose their shit like you do, babe.”
I shoot him the bird and he shoots me a smile.
All humor fades as the crushing weight of reality hits me.
“August, I’m scared.”
He cradles my cheek and kisses my lips. “I’m not. You’re amazing at everything you do. Well, except for cooking. You better let me handle feeding the baby.” I shoot him a withering glare that has him chuckling. “But besides that, you’re literally the best and smartest at everything. You think you’re going to fail at motherhood?” He shakes his head. “I know better.”
I expect more teasing, but my big, broody delicious husband climbs into the small bed beside me and holds me as I ponder what being a mother will be like. At first, I feel nervous. But then, the anxiety fades and a familiar determination settles in my bones.
“I’ve got this,” I tell him, confidence bleeding into my words.
He kisses my hair. “I never had any doubt.”
The End
If you loved August and Winter in Red Hot Winter, you’ll love Bad Bad Bad!
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K Webster’s Taboo World
Cast of Characters
Brandt Smith (Rick’s Best Friend)
Kelsey McMahon (Rick’s Daughter)
Rick McMahon (Sheriff)
Mandy Halston (Kelsey’s Best Friend)
Miles Reynolds (Drew’s Best Friend)
Olivia Rowe (Max’s Daughter/Sophia’s Sister)
Dane Alexander (Max’s Best Friend)
Nick Stratton
Judge Maximillian “Max” Rowe (Olivia and Sophia’s Father)
Dorian Dresser
Drew Hamilton (Miles’s Best Friend)
Sophia Rowe (Max’s Daughter/Olivia’s Sister)
Easton McAvoy (Preacher)
Lacy Greenwood (Stephanie’s Daughter)
Stephanie Greenwood (Lacy’s Mother)
Anthony Blakely (Quinn’s Son)
Aiden Blakely (Quinn’s Son)
Quinn Blakely (Anthony and Aiden’s Father)
Ava Prince (Lacy/Raven/Olivia’s friend)
Karelma Bonilla (Mateo’s Daughter)
Adam Renner (Principal)
Coach Everett Long (Adam’s friend)
River Banks (Olivia’s Best Friend)
Mateo Bonilla (Four Fathers Series Side Character)
Vaughn Young
Vale Young
Enzo Tauber
Jenna Pruitt
August Miller
Winter Burke
K Webster’s Taboo World Reading List
These don’t necessarily have to be read in order to enjoy, but if you would like to know the order I wrote them in, it is as follows (with more being added to as I publish):
Bad Bad Bad
Coach Long
Ex-Rated Attraction
Mr. Blakely
Easton (Formerly known as Preach)
Crybaby
Lawn Boys
Malfeasance
Renner’s Rules
The Glue
Dane
Enzo
Red Hot Winter
Psychological Romance Standalones:
My Torin
Whispers and the Roars
Cold Cole Heart
Blue Hill Blood
Romantic Suspense Standalones:
Dirty Ugly Toy
El Malo
Notice
Sweet Jayne
The Road Back to Us
Surviving Harley
Love and Law
Moth to a Flame
Erased
Extremely Forbidden Romance Standalones:
The Wild
Hale
Taboo Treats:
Bad Bad Bad
Coach Long
Ex-Rated Attraction
Mr. Blakely
Easton
Crybaby
Lawn Boys
Malfeasance
Renner’s Rules
The Glue
Dane
Enzo
Red Hot Winter
Contemporary Romance Standalones:
The Day She Cried
Untimely You
Heath
Sundays are for Hangovers
A Merry Christmas with Judy
Zeke’s Eden
Schooled by a Senior
Give Me Yesterday
Sunshine and the Stalker
Bidding for Keeps
B-Sides and Rarities