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“Yes, you hung up on me a million times.”
He chuckled. “I promise I didn’t, baby. It’s the phone, and now it won’t hold a charge. I was going to take you with me to pick out a new one since this one is crap. I’m so sorry. I thought I had more time. The interview went longer than I expected, and by the time I drove to the clinic you were gone. They told me Daniel picked you up. That one red-headed nurse didn’t look too pleased with me dropping the ball like that.”
“Yeah, nobody’s pleased with you. Least of all me.”
“I beg your forgiveness and promise it won’t happen again.”
“Stop making promises you can’t keep.”
He held up a finger. “This time I can. I got the job.”
“What job?”
“A desk job where I will be safe to come home to my wife and son every night.”
“Your what now?” Tae’s head swirled, and she thought she might fall over.
Jax stood her on her feet. “Come on. It’s time for your afternoon nap, and isn’t this your scheduled day for working? Don’t want to fall behind. We’ll talk at dinner.”
She mumbled protests, but he shuffled her along, kissed her forehead, and shut her into the bedroom. Tae cursed him out under breath and decided to accept him putting her off. If he didn’t mean what he insinuated, there was no sense in her pushing him to explain. The fact remained that Jax got a regular job for her and their child. The man was one in a million.
Chapter Fifteen
Tae stood in front of the full-length mirror as she often did and examined her body, also the norm. Her belly had dropped considerably, and any day now she would go into labor. The knowledge scared her and excited her at the same time. The bedroom door opened, and Jax strode in. “I forgot what you said to—” He stopped cold, his gaze on her nipples.
Tae rolled her eyes. “You act like you’ve never see a naked woman before.”
“Baby, I see you naked every day, and every day is the first time.”
She glanced down and found a tent in his jeans. Men could not fake it. She grinned. “Well stop looking. I just got out of the shower, and you’re not going to get me dirty again.”
He took a step in her direction. “Are you sure about that?”
She retreated. “I mean it, Jax. You act like a horny teenager.”
“Of course. You stopped denying me. I’m making up for lost time. Besides, my job is very hard, and I need a reward.”
“Boy please, you head up the Special Investigations Unit at that insurance company. You’ve got lackeys to do the hard stuff, and they pay you well for it.” When Jax had shared the details of his new position and the salary amount, she’d let loose a whistle. Not only would he do some of the same work he used to do, but it would be steady pay with less danger. In addition to that, he got to train rookies in the field, and they actually looked up to him. The fact that she could tell he was happy in his new position was what did it for her more than anything and took away the guilt.
“Mental anguish from dealing with idiots?” he suggested. “I need your tender loving care.”
“Not falling for it.”
He went into a long diatribe of why she should give in to his charms while he inched closer like she hadn’t noticed. Tae reviewed in her own thoughts how he hadn’t broached the subject of her being his wife again, but they were in the act of moving in together. Jax seemed to think that settled things. She saw it differently.
Tae waited until he drew up in front of her and rested his hands on her waist, and his gaze locked onto her heavy breasts. “Jax?”
“Hm?” His response was more a moan than anything else.
“Do you love me?”
He stilled and looked up at her. “How could you ask me that?”
“It’s a question, Jax. Do you love me? If I weren’t pregnant, would you be with me?”
“Tae…
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