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“Doesn’t look like nothing.”Locking the door behind him, he slowly walked toward me.
Straightening with the stick still in hand, I held it out to him.“I’m late.”
“I know.”He took the stick from me but didn’t look down at it.I watched his hand drop to his side, his fingers curled around the base, covering the little window that would tell me the results.“I know your cycle better than you do, baby.”
“Do not.”
His lips twitched, but he didn’t give me that smile I loved so damn much.“You’ve been nervous about this.I know you’re scared, and I don’t know how to reassure you there isn’t any reason to be, because I’m scared too.”
“Why are you scared?”I whispered, confused.
He grasped my hand and pulled me into his body.“Because of the monster in my head, baby.”
I rolled my eyes.“That’s ridiculous.He’s a wimp compared to you, Bear.You’d make an amazing dad.Every time I see you with one of the kids at the shelter, I fall a little deeper for you.”
His green eyes darkened.“Maybe I should have tried knocking you up sooner?”
“You were not trying,” I admonished.
He kissed the top of my head.“I wasn’t not trying.”
I slapped his chest, but my amusement was short-lived.A lump filled my throat.“It’s not that I don’t want your babies, Bear.You know that, right?”
“I know, baby.”
“I’m just scared of hurting our kid like my mom hurt me,” I choked out.
Grasping my chin, he tipped my head back.Seeing my tears, he groaned like he was in pain.“If that’s what you’re so scared of, then you have nothing to fear, Nishia.You’re not your mom, and you never will be.”
“I’m still scared, though, Jack.”
“It’s okay.We can be scared together.You’re not doing this on your own, little fairy,” he reminded me.
He was right.If I was pregnant, we would do this together.I knew if Jack was beside me, there was nothing to be afraid of.Swallowing the lump in my throat, I reached for his hand that held the pregnancy test.“Okay,” I whispered.“Let’s see.”
