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“What do you think it is?”
He lifted his eyes to mine, the gray a little brighter, a look of hope on his features, and I nodded.
He pulled out the pregnancy test and stared at the little result window. “We’re having a baby?”
I nodded.
He tossed the box and the stick down, and in a moment I was in his arms. “We’re having a baby?”
“Yes, we are.”
His lips crashed into mine, and the last two weeks of pain and grief vanished as we kissed. I clung to him as he did me; neither of us willing to ease off at first, but then finally we did. He rested his forehead to mine. “I love you, Lexi. I love you so damn much.”
“I love you, too, Alex. I was so damn afraid that you wouldn’t come home.”
“I know, baby.” He stroked my hair, staring down into my eyes as I touched the bandage on his forehead. “I wasn’t sure I was going to make it home either, but I did. For you, for our family, for our future.”
“And you’re not going to travel anymore? You really mean that?”
“I might have to travel, but not overseas. I will not do that again, Alexandra. I’ve had enough. My life is here now, you and Nica, and our baby.”
I kissed him again, long and passionately, and then he picked me up and carried me to his room. “I hope you don’t have any plans for the next couple days because I’m not going to let you leave my side.”
“I’m yours as long as you want me.”
“Forever, Lex. I want you forever.”
He set me on my feet, staring down at me as if I were the most precious woman in the world, and I felt my broken heart finally heal completely.
“Forever, Alex.”
THE END
