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I laugh, even though he is telling the truth. Bear told me several times that he wasn’t going to back down. He was insistent on us becoming a couple.

I step away from Bear and look over at Gears, and he gives me an encouraging smile. I shake my head, but he mouths for me to do it.

“Brooke has an announcement to make. Everyone, be quiet and let her say this,” Gears shouts, getting off the chair.

Everyone’s eyes turn to me, and I shrink back.

“What announcement do you have to tell me?” Bear asks.

I look up at Bear and smile. I wring my hands together with how nervous I am.

“I’ve been trying to figure out how to tell you this. I wanted to do something all cute, but honestly, that takes too much energy that I don’t have right now,” I start, laughing at the end.

Bear chuckles, and I hear a couple of other bikers laugh as well. I take a deep breath in and meet Bear’s eyes. Ten seconds of courage.

“Gears and I went to the doctor a couple of weeks ago. You were super busy, and I didn’t want to bother you, but I was sick. Gears offered to take me, and I found out some pretty big news,” I say.

Bear looks over at Gears, who simply smiles. I take a deep breath in and blurt it out.

“I’m pregnant.”