by Jackie Lau
Then afterward...
Well, I have some ideas, though if she prefers to snuggle up against my side and sleep, that’s okay, too.
My father approaches the little room near the back of the house. He looks at the sleeping baby in the car seat and my sleeping wife draped all over me, and he smiles.
When he leaves, Marissa presses the side of her face against my nose.
“I love you,” I murmur, stroking her hair.
She replies with a snore, but that’s okay.
I know she loves me and trusts me, and we’re going to have a great life together. It won’t go exactly as we plan, but it’ll be with her, and that’s what matters.
Yes, I’m in love, and it’s the most wonderful thing in the world.
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Thank you for reading Pregnant by the Playboy.
The Fong Brothers series is a spin-off of my Kwan Sisters series. Julian and Courtney’s story is the second book of that series, Mr. Hotshot CEO, and I’d always intended to write about Julian’s brothers. Cedric’s book will hopefully be out in the first half of 2021.
If you’d like to read more romantic comedies set in Toronto—with lots of food, of course!—check out my Baldwin Village series. The first novel, The Ultimate Pi Day Party, is about a woman who runs a pie shop.
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Acknowledgements
Thank you to my editor, Latoya C. Smith, for helping me make this book the best it could be, as well as Suleikha Snyder for coming up with the title. The lovely cover was created by Flirtation Designs.
Thank you also to Toronto Romance Writers, plus my husband and father, for all your support, and to my little niece and nephew for providing some of the inspiration for this book.
About the Author
Jackie Lau decided she wanted to be a writer when she was in grade two, sometime between writing “The Heart That Got Lost” and “The Land of Shapes.” She later studied engineering and worked as a geophysicist before turning to writing romance novels. Jackie lives in Toronto with her husband, and despite living in Canada her whole life, she hates winter. When she’s not writing, she enjoys gelato, gourmet donuts, cooking, hiking, and reading on the balcony when it’s raining.
Find out more at jackielaubooks.com. You can also follow her on Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram, or join her Facebook reader group, Northern Heat, with fellow Canadian rom-com authors Jenny Holiday and Farah Heron.
Also by Jackie Lau
Kwan Sisters/Fong Brothers Series
Grumpy Fake Boyfriend
Mr. Hotshot CEO
Pregnant by the Playboy
Holidays with the Wongs Series
A Match Made for Thanksgiving
A Second Chance Road Trip for Christmas
A Fake Girlfriend for Chinese New Year
A Big Surprise for Valentine’s Day
Baldwin Village Series
One Bed for Christmas (prequel novella)
The Ultimate Pi Day Party
Ice Cream Lover
Man vs. Durian
Chin-Williams Series
Not Another Family Wedding
He’s Not My Boyfriend
