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change anything about this pregnancy. I was kidding myself if I even thought I would consider terminating it. An EMT sat with her back to me, so I had a second to pull myself together.
    Jaxon’s worried face came into view, “Oh thank God! How are you feeling?” he asked. “Stephen! Gage! She’s awake.”
    “Vi, are you okay?” Stephen asked, rushing to Jaxon’s side.
    I tried to sit up, but three male hands all reached out to stop me; I would have laughed if I wasn’t so weak.
    “I think I’m okay, but my head hurts.”
    “Alexis is on her way.”
    “Can you guys get out of my way so I can check on the patient?” The guys ignored the EMT and their questions continued to fly.
    “Why did you call Lexi? What is she even doing in California?”
    Jaxon’s anxious gaze told me everything. He answered for Stephen, “I had to tell them. When you grabbed your stomach I thought the worst was happening. Gage came up just as you collapsed and saw the whole thing. He was the one that called 911.” Seeing my worried expression, he rushed to continue, “He won’t tell anyone.”
    The guilt on his face ate at me, but I wasn’t ready to talk about anything with him. He rubbed his face with his hands and continued, “I put you through so much last night. We were all scared you might be miscarrying. As soon as I told Stephen about the pregnancy he called Alexis.”
    “She was visiting some of her friends from medical school, so she’s here this week,” Stephen added.
    I gaped at Jaxon. Here he was making decisions about my health and my baby’s health like a man who actually cared about our well-being, but last night he had made it crystal clear he couldn’t care less what happened to us. I tugged my hand from his grip and a pained look flashed across his face before he masked it with a blank stare. No matter that he had stepped up to take care of us, I was still royally pissed. As I turned my face away the same feminine voice from before came from behind Jax.
    When she got closer, I recognized her as Silver Cunningham, the co-star from Jaxon’s last movie. There had been rumors of a budding romance between her and Jax, but I had quickly dismissed them. That might have been a hasty decision on my part. Tears pricked at my eyes. Turning towards Stephen, I silently pleaded that he would make everyone leave.
    “What can we do to help, Violet?” he asked the EMT without breaking eye contact with me.
    “Let’s give her some space. I’ll sit with her until Dr. Davenport gets here. Stephen, you can stay with Violet. Jax, Silver, why don’t you go wait for the doctor outside. Please, bring her over when she gets here.”
    Gage leaned over to Stephen to talk to him privately, rather he was trying to keep what he was saying from me or from Jax and Silver, I didn’t know. As he walked by to leave the ambulance, he reached down and squeezed my hand. Stephen nodded at him once and turned back towards me. I looked questioningly at both men. Without answering my unspoken question, Gage turned to walk out.
    I saw the strain in his jaw every time he looked in Jaxon’s direction. Stephen leaned down. “He’s going to tell everyone you collapsed because you were dehydrated. Nothing else.”
    “Gage?” I choked out. He turned back. “Thank you.”
    He watched the tears role silently down my face. Leaning down, he gently wiped them away and kissed my cheek. “Anything for you, princess,” he whispered in my ear.
    A faint smile brushed my lips. It was his characters nickname for me, and it was Gage’s way of reassuring me. He would never understand the gratitude I had for him in that moment.
    Lexi brushed past Gage as she came rushing in to the ambulance. She spared one appreciative glance in his direction before she turned towards me.
    “What the hell girl? Seriously, you get knocked up and you don’t call me?”
    “Shit Lexi, I’m not sure the people at the next beach over heard you. Can you say that any louder?”