Chapter 157. Maybe My Expectations Are Too High

Athena

I showed the message to Tristan who laughed.

"You should tell her no," he said.

"I know," I said, typing back a response.

Me: You're stuck with him. Just like I'm stuck with him being best man. We suffer together.

Kiara: This is your fault, you know. You're the one who made us work together.

Me: I thought it would help!

Kiara: You thought wrong. The man is insufferable.

Me: But you're still doing it?

Kiara: Of course I'm still doing it. I'm not going to let him run me off. I just needed to complain for a minute.

I smiled at that, at least Kiara wasn't actually going to quit, even if she and Derek drove each other crazy.

"Crisis averted?" Tristan asked.

"For now," I said.

He pulled me closer and I settled against his side, his hand still on my stomach even though there was no visible sign of the babies yet, I was almost seven weeks now and while I'd had some nausea a