Dani sank lower into her chair dramatically. “This is humiliating.”
“No,” Aliza corrected. “This is adorable.”
“It is not adorable,” Dani grumbled.
“You’re carrying his baby, and he’s already hovering.” Dani’s stomach flipped at the word hovering, because that was exactly what Jonnas did now. Not in an overbearing way, but in a watchful, caring way, like he was constantly monitoring whether she needed something. The scary part was that she liked it way too much.
“He keeps looking at me like—” Dani trailed off.
“Like what?” Aliza asked.
“Like I’m something fragile,” Dani said.
Aliza’s expression softened slightly. “Do you think that’s what he sees?”
“I don’t know.” Dani stared down at her tea. “But I don’t want him thinking I can’t handle myself.”
“And yet?” Aliza asked, sensing that there was more to the situation. Her best friend could always read her well.
Dani sighed heavily. “And yet—” Her cheeks warmed. “I like it when he takes over.” There—she had said it out loud, and her world hadn’t imploded.
Aliza blinked once before grinning slowly. “Ohhh.”
“Ohhh, what?” Dani asked.
“That explains literally everything,” Aliza said.
Dani narrowed her eyes suspiciously. “What’s that supposed to mean?”
Aliza leaned forward. “Honey, that man radiates Daddy energy.”
Dani almost spat tea across the table. “Oh my God, stop saying that.”
“I’m serious,” Aliza said.
“You’re pregnant. Your hormones are making you weird,” Dani insisted.
“Nope.” Aliza looked entirely too pleased with herself. “You know what I think?”
“I’m afraid to ask,” Dani admitted.
“I think Jonnas figured you out the second you called him Daddy in bed.” Dani froze, and her face went nuclear instantly. Had she actually called him that? Everything from that night was still so fuzzy, but she remembered calling him daddy.
“Oh my God,” she whispered, horrified.
Aliza’s mouth fell open. “Wait—did you call him that? It was just a guess.”
“It was an accident!” Dani insisted, not that it made saying it any better.
“Oh my God,” Aliza said.
“I was drunk!” Dani shouted. Aliza looked like she might actually pass out laughing, and Dani buried her burning face in her hands.
“This is the worst day of my life,” she grumbled.
“You called the hospital administrator daddy,” Aliza said, still laughing.
“I didn’t mean to say it,” Dani said.