Chapter 40

To say he was stunned was an understatement. He'd never made a woman sick before. Was it something he'd done or said? Something she ate? He approached her, and he rubbed a large hand across her back, trying to soothe her as she stood there gagging and wracked with sobs.

Suzie ran the water then rinsed her mouth and face before turning a pale face to Hunter.

"What's wrong?" he asked. Maybe he should get his mother. If Suzie was sick, she could fix her.

"Before I agree to marry you, you need to know something." Suzie paused, as if gathering her courage, and Hunter resisted an urge to shake her and tell her to hurry it up.

Suzie took a deep breath and said in a rush, "You need to know I'm pregnant."