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“It’s probably nothing,” I whisper back as he takes my hand in his and squeezes tight. “Will you be disappointed if it isn’t?”
He stares at me, a soft frown on his handsome face. “No, baby.”
I narrow my eyes in suspicion.
“I will be over the fucking moon if you are pregnant, but we only just started trying. I’ll be fine if you’re not. There’s no pressure here. Okay?”
“Okay,” I whisper.
“Is it time to look?”
“Yeah. You want to do it?”
“Ew, no. It’s your pee,” he says with a wicked grin, diffusing the tension and making me giggle in the way that only he can.
“What? You would drink my pee if I asked you to.”
“Nope,” he shakes his head. “I’ll give you pretty much anything you want, angel, but golden showers are a hard limit for me.”
I snort-laugh so hard that I almost pee again. Damn I love this man and his ability to put me at ease. He is just so freaking perfect. Reaching over, I pick up the test and turn it over in my hands. My stomach does a full one eighty flip.
“Oh,” I gasp for breath.
“What?” Jax asks, his eyes full of concern now as he stares at my face instead of just looking at the damn stick.
I hold it up for him. “We’re having a baby.”
He blinks at the stick and for the longest time he says nothing and I’m wondering if he’s changed his mind about the whole baby thing. But then he stands up, scoops me into his arms and starts smothering my face with kisses as he walks into our bedroom.
“You.” Kiss. “Are.” Kiss. “Fucking.” Kiss. “Incredible.”
“Jax,” I giggle, kicking my legs as I squirm in his huge arms. “Stop. Matthias will hear.”
“So?”
“We can’t tell him yet,” I whisper. “It’s too early to tell people.”
He lays me down on the bed. “Okay,” he agrees as he lies next to me. “But everything will be okay, you know that, right?”
I smile at him in response because I can’t lie. Nobody ever knows that.
He slides a hand onto my stomach. “Fuck, Luce,” he breathes.
“I know,” I whisper.
“I love you so fucking much, angel.”
“Love you too, cowboy.”
EPILOGUE
JAX
My cell vibrates in my inside jacket pocket as Alejandro and the mayor discuss his upcoming campaign for re-election. Half a dozen other men in suits sit around the table with us while we talk business. Mostly, I listen rather than talk.
My cell vibrates against my ribs and I take it out of my pocket. I have two cell phones these days. This is my personal one. Only Lucia, and my family have the number and that includes my dad now too. Lucia, Matthias and I try to get to our barn at the ranch for at least a weekend a month. Seeing the two of them with my father and aunt has reminded me how much I have shut my family out over the years. I guess that old saying is right - time really does heals all wounds.
It’s been nice getting to know my father again, and seeing him with Matthias in particular, helps me to remember what a good man he is. He is anxiously awaiting the birth of his next grandchild and has restored a beautiful old crib just like the one I talked about. It’s waiting for us at the barn back at the ranch for when we visit next month.
