Page 150 of Wilde Flame

Suddenly, Caden jumped into action.

“Why aren’t you dressed?” he asked, as he rushed past me and to the bathroom. “You have to get dressed! We have to get dressed! Wait, where’s my phone?”

I pressed my fingers to my lips to keep from laughing. “I don’t think it’s in the bathroom.”

He came flying back out and pointed to the outfit for me that was on the chair by the window.

“Get dressed, Lilibeth! Do you need help?”

“Nope, I can get dressed.”

“Are you having contractions?”

I was about to say no when my stomach started to get super tight. I put my hand on it and drew in a deep breath. “Pretty sure that was a contraction.”

Caden stopped getting dressed, one leg in his pants, the other still out. “We need to time it! Where’s my thing?! The thing to time the contractions!”

I frowned as I watched him trying to move around the bedroom with one leg in his pants and the other out.

“You can use your phone.”

“No, I have the stopwatch and the notebook. Where the hell are they?!”

Turning to the bedside table, I picked up his phone, then reached for the stopwatch and small notebook he had sitting right beside them.

“These?”

He’d turned on the bedroom light and was now dressed from the waist down.

“Yes! Where’d you find them?”

I pointed to his nightstand. “Right there.”

He took the stopwatch and hit the start button. “Lili, you need to get dressed. I’m going to call the doctor’s office.”

As I dressed, I listened to Caden on the phone.

“About five minutes ago, maybe a bit longer. Yes. No. Yes.” He pulled the phone away from his mouth. “Any more contractions?”

I shook my head. “Not yet.”

“No, not yet. Yes, we’re leaving right now. She will? Okay, perfect. Yes, I’ve got everything she needs in the car already. Will do. Thank you so much!” Caden poked his head into the bathroom. “What are you doing?”

“Brushing my teeth?”

His mouth fell open. “Brushing your teeth?”

“Yes, Caden. I’m going to be panting and breathing heavy, I don’t want bad breath.”

“Oh. Well, if you’re brushing your teeth, I’m going to brush as well.”

I chuckled, then rinsed my mouth.

“Let me braid my hair really quick,” I said, doing a quick braided pony while Caden brushed his teeth.

“No more contractions yet?”

“Nope, but water is still leaking out.”