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“Ach.” Hades grips me tighter for just a second before he loosens his grasp and pulls back. “Penny, I can’t believe I am holding ye. I can’t believe ye are real. And…” His brows quirk, his expression emotional. “I wanted to say that I am sorry that I made ye test to see if the baby’s mine. I should have known ye wouldn’t lie to me.”
I blow out a breath. “As long as you are satisfied now, I can forgive and forget.”
“Aye. I would say I’m more than satisfied.” His eyes are hard against mine. “I’ve come to care for ye, Persephone.”
My heart hammers against my chest.
“You do?”
“Aye. I would think it is apparent. It’s not every lass that comes along that I make breakfast for.”
“Just the ones carrying your baby?” I tease.
The corner of his mouth curls up. “Just ye, for now. Yer as much as I can handle.”
I push up onto my tiptoes, pressing my lips against his. Gripping his shirt, I don’t give him any choice. I’m embarrassed by how badly I need his affection right now.
Hades growls against my lips. Putting his hands under my ass, he lifts me up and deepens the kiss.
I nip his lower lip and grind myself against his lower body, my thoughts turning straight up pornographic. But he eases me back, panting.
“Uh uh,” Hades says, shaking his head. “None of that. Not until you’ve been fever free for a couple of days. I need to know that we’re in the clear before I do anything but kiss you.”
Pouting, I stick my tongue out at him.
“Quit sounding so reasonable.”
I kiss him again, moaning a little when his tongue brushes mine. He makes a strangled sound.
Hades sets me down and adjusts his slacks, where his erection is incredibly long, hard, and present. He looks at me and shakes a finger at me.
“Don’t tease me. It isn’t nice. Eat yer toad in a hole, for the love of all things holy.”
He turns away, adjusting his slacks again, and returns to cooking. Picking up my slice of toast, I bite into it, staring at Hades’ ass while I eat.
Chapter11
Hades
Carrying a small breakfast tray into the cramped bedroom of the cabin, I set it down with a flourish. Penny eyes me.
“Thanks.”
She obviously has more to say, but frowns at a piece of toast instead.
“Ye’ve been quiet today,” I tell her. “I expected that ye would have started to give me a thousand different opinions about the baby and my mother.”
She arches a brow at me. “I could say the same about you. Besides, I’ve been asleep for most of the last day.”
I push the plate of toast and eggs an inch toward her. She smiles, brief and hard.
“Thank you for breakfast. But it’s been two days since I was at the clinic. I don’t think it’s necessary for you to keep bringing me food on a tray. Not when I am perfectly capable of getting up.” She hesitates. “And I do have a lot of feelings about meeting your mother. Not to mention you finally acknowledging our daughter.”
“That isn’t fair. I only had a day to absorb the fact that you showed up after four months, pregnant.”
She picks up the toast, jerking her chin to indicate the bed. “Please, Hades. Sit down. You’re making me anxious just standing there.”
Penny bites into the bit of toast delicately. I sit on the edge of the bed and look at her posture. She sits with a pillow jammed behind her back, which makes her pregnant belly even more pronounced. A turbulent wave of emotions come over me every time I think about the baby for too long.
