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I stood there staring up into his eyes, as he stared down into mine, and then I felt my eyes close, stood up on my tiptoes, and pressed my lips to his.
Once our lips made contact, my body was spun around, my back met the wall, and a picture frame fell to the floor, but neither one of us paid it any mind.
His tongue was tangled up in mine, my hand was running through his hair, and my other hand was holding onto his kutte, keeping him close to me.
And all of those things caused the moment that everything changed…
When I woke in the middle of the night, I couldn’t tell you what really happened.
The only thing I remember was walking out of my room, down to his room, and then walking to his bed.
I didn’t realize that he had woken up when he heard me walking, and I didn’t realize that silently, he had lifted the corner of his comforter, moved over to a cold spot as I settled into the warm spot, curled up into his shirtless body, and fell right to sleep after he covered us up.
And unbeknownst to me, with me wrapped in his arms, Zeke didn’t have a single nightmare.
Not. Freaking. One.
Slowly, I opened my eyes and then took in the unfamiliar bedroom, one with dark furniture, light gray walls, and the prettiest view outside the big windows that allowed tons of natural light to flow through the house.
Then when I looked to my right, it was to see Zeke laying there with the sheet around his waist and his head resting in his hand. And around that wrist was the bracelet I had bought for him.
I thought I had just seen the prettiest sight, oh but I couldn’t have been more wrong.
There, in front of me, was the prettiest sight I had ever seen.
His black hair was mussed from his sleep. His eyes were still revealing that he hadn’t been up long.
Then he smirked, “So, you know where you want to be in your sleep?”
I felt my cheeks turn a light pink at my embarrassment.
He laughed, “Good morning, Angel.”
“Good morning, Zeke. I’m sorry.” I felt my cheeks turn fifty shades of red in a matter of seconds.
He smiled, “Don’t be. If you want to move your stuff in here, then do it. I liked falling asleep with you in my arms, and I liked it even more waking up just like that.”
Then he got a serious look on his face, and said, “Going to need an answer to my question, okay?”
Seeing the seriousness on his face, I wanted to tease him a little, therefore, I said, “No, I won’t marry you today.”
He pouted, “Ah hell.” Then he winked, and my god what that wink did to me. “But I wasn’t going to ask you that, well, not right now at least. What I was going to ask you was if you feel comfortable letting me go to your doctor’s appointment with you today?”
Before I moved here, I looked up the area and found a good OB/GYN. I had talked to Mackenzie about this again last night, and she told me that the office I was going to is the one that she was waiting to be set up in, so I nodded, “Yes, but why?”
He didn’t hesitate in answering me, “Because I need to know if you want me as much as I want you.”
I looked into his eyes, and then said, “What do you mean?”
“What I mean by that is I want to be with you through every step of this pregnancy. Then, I want to be in that room with you when you give birth. And once he or she takes their first breath, I want you to give them my last name. Then, whenever you’re ready after you’ve spread your wings and found your place, I want to give you my last name.”
“And what if, when I spread my wings, it takes us away from you?”
Over the past three weeks, the way he’s tried to prove to me that he won’t let what happened with Ginger to ever happen with another person again. The way he’s so attentive to me and my baby. The way he’s protective. I really didn’t see myself spreading my wings.
But I had to know. I had to be sure.
After everything that happened with Deck, it wasn’t only my heart involved.
