Free Hourglass Squared by K. S., Megan C. Smith

practically falling off the examination table. "What did you just say?" I shouted at her.
    A colossal smile took hold of her face as she pointed to the screen again. "It looks like you two are having twins. Congratulations."
    Frantically, I sat up and pushed the machine she was holding in her hand from my body. "It's broken. That damn machine has got to be broken. I want a second opinion."
    The nurse looked at me, puzzled by my reaction. "Mrs. Worthington, this machine is not broken. I've been taking ultrasounds for twenty-five years, and I can assure you that I'm correct. You are having twins."
    Shaking my head, I closed my eyes, pinching the bridge of my nose. "I want a second opinion." Opening them up again, I looked up at the nurse who was standing right next to Jake. "I want you to bring in another machine, and this time have the doctor perform the ultrasound. Trust me when I tell you, I don't have a great track record with doctor's offices."
    The nurse nodded her head and scurried out of the examination room.
    Jake was at my side in an instant. "Savannah, what are you doing? You saw the screen. There are two babies in there. It was clear as day. There is no need for a second opinion."
    Frustrated, angry, and emotionally drained, I laid back and let the tears flow down my cheeks. "I want a second opinion, Jake., Can you please, for one second, just be my husband and not the father of this baby, or babies, or whatever it is that's taken over my body?"
    Jake's hand caressed my cheek before he kissed my lips, resting his forehead against mine. "I'm sorry, babe. I'll make sure the doctor takes a second look."
    Utterly defeated, I lay there silently awaiting a second opinion I knew would be no different from the first.
     

CHAPTER ELEVEN
     
    Brooke
    " J OSH, HAVE YOU heard from Jake yet?" I hollered from the closet as I tried to unzip my dress. Savannah had her first obstetrician appointment and was literally dragged out the Hourglass lobby by an over-enthusiastic Jake. I had high hopes that seeing her teeny tiny baby and the heartbeat maybe would make it all more real, get her excited.
    "Nope," Josh's seductive voice whispered in my neck as his fingers glided the zipper down and set my skin on fire. His hands caressed my skin as they moved back to my shoulders and then gently nudged the shoulder straps off, letting the dress pool at my feet.
    "I miss my wife," he said so softly I barely heard him over the pounding of my heart, as his lips tasted my skin ever so softly. Each kiss trailing over my skin had goose bumps popping up and my pulse quickening. I missed my husband too; we had been so crazy as of lately that we just hadn't had time together, and I planned to rectify that immediately.
    "Oh yeah?" I purred as I nipped at his exposed collarbone, letting my fingers slide across his waistband. I could feel Josh nod against my head as I tugged his earlobe between my teeth, wanting to drive him stark-raving mad. I brought my lips back to his and grazed my teeth along his bottom lip, pulling it in and tasting the peppermint on his breath. When I gasped for air, Josh slid his tongue in, doing a tango with my own that had me curling my toes in anticipation.
    "I want you, wife. Now." He growled against my lips, pausing just long enough to get some oxygen back into our lungs. Bending just a little, Josh reached behind my legs and lifted me up, pulling me close enough to feel every corded and bulging muscle, and he went back to showering me with kisses as he walked to our bed and laid me down.
    "You," he kissed me on my shoulder. "Are," his lips moved to my navel, and his tongue slipped out to taste me, making me arch my back in response, "mine." Josh nipped at this inside of my thigh, nudging my legs open. The loud banging against the door echoed through our house, dousing the flames that we had ignited in the bed.
    "Oh, hell no," Josh swore as he attempted to get the mood back in full swing. The knock restarted, so loud that the