Wastime Time and the Bellflower

Summary

"Let’s get married as soon as possible," said my fiancee, Clementine Knaupper, out of nowhere during dinner.

I froze with the spoon in hand. Over the last three years, I proposed to get married seven times, and she turned me down all seven times with all sorts of reasons.

Then, she told me with a shifty look in her eyes, "I… I’m two months pregnant. The pregnancy is going to start showing soon."

I set aside my spoon and stared intently at her. "You were on a business trip two months ago, weren’t you?"