Those beautiful lips of hers spread out slowly in the kind of smile I lived for. “What if I told you that you didn’t have to get to work on that anymore?”
I stared at her. “What?”
“I took a test today,” she said softly. “You’re going to be a daddy.”
She uttered the words I never imagined wanting to hear so fucking much.
Six words I would have done anything to hear.
Six words that brought me to my fucking knees.
I thought of Lily’s kids as mine now, but bringing my own child into the world was something else.
“Fuck,” I said. “Why the fuck did you take so long to tell me?”
She smiled. “I wanted to tell you tonight. Why do you think I made such a big deal out of you taking me to dinner? I wanted it to be special.”
“We don’t need a fancy fucking dinner for this to be special.”
“I made a doctor’s appointment for Monday to confirm it. Do you want to come with me?”
“There’s no way in hell I’m missing that appointment. Or any other appointment during your pregnancy.”
Looping her hands around my neck, she said, “I can’t wait to see you with our child.”
Lily had blown my fucking mind with this news and I needed her in a way I hadn’t experienced before, which was the strangest fucking thing, because I thought I’d experienced every kind of need with her already. But what I was feeling was on a whole new level.
“Go and sort your mother and sister out, and do it fast.”
Her eyes searched mine, reading me perfectly. “Okay.”
As she took her first step away from me, I reached for her hand. “And Lily?”
She met my gaze again, questioningly.
“I love you.”
The smile she gave me lit my whole fucking world. “I know. You can be a bossy asshole sometimes, but I know you love me.”
“Don’t ever fucking doubt it.”
“I won’t. And just one other thing.”
“What?”
Her eyes sparkled. “I’m pretty sure I’ll be having two desserts every time we go out for dinner over the next nine months.”
I shook my head. “Of course you fucking will.”
My wife would be the death of me and I would gladly fucking allow it because I’d never loved any woman the way I loved Lily.
15
KICK & EVIE VALENTINE’S DAY
EVIE
Kick was pissed off and coming towards me with an expression on his face that let me know it. The fact I’d dragged him from a job King had told him had to be done today really didn’t help, but in my defence, the job I’d asked him to come and do for my friend was important, too.
