“How close is ‘about to be born,’ Ben?”

“Is the baby coming before the full release drops?”

“Erin, is this really your final public appearance before becoming a mother?”

“Did Ben just reveal the due date without meaning to?”

Erin laughed it off beautifully, waving her hand and offering a polished, non-committal answer that praised her co-stars and deflected the attention back to the show.

But Ben’s expression gave away entirely too much.

He couldn’t hide it.

He looked too proud.

Too excited.

Too ready.

It was the specific kind of hyper-aware readiness that makes everyone standing around you realize the big day is not some distant, abstract event on a calendar anymore.

It is close.

It is very, very close.

And as Kavan and Lori stood beside them, smiling broadly like they had just been handed the sweetest, most unexpected surprise of the entire night, Ben leaned in toward Erin.

He was still glowing with that victorious, unrepentant grin.

And the incredibly sharp, affectionate, yet warning look Erin shot him made it glaringly obvious that he hadn’t just revealed how soon the baby was coming…

He was dangerously close to revealing the exact day their first child might be born.