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"Maybe you did, and you don’t realize it.” He strokes my hair. I swallow around the ball of emotion in my throat. He’s so tender, so gentle. So everything I need.
"I’m strict about it. I need to take them to regulate my cycle and manage my cramps. But then, I’ve never been late, either…" My voice fades.Which means, I might be pregnant.The realization sinks in.I might be carrying a child. His child. Ed’s child. A family. I might have a family of my own. The family I’ve always wanted.
But Ed… He wasn’t very receptive when we spoke about children. But then, he also said we wouldn’t be sharing a bed, and that there would be no sex—both of which haven’t held true. Of course, there are other things he didn’t tell me, either. All of which now seem secondary to the fact that I might be pregnant with his child.
When I look up, he’s staring out the window.
"Eddie," I whisper, "how do you feel about it?"
"About what?"
"My possibly being pregnant? My—us having a baby?"
"How doyoufeel about it?" He looks down at me, and his voice is cautious. His features are back to being that bland mask I can’t read.
“You know how much I want a child.”
He lowers his chin, “Does that mean you’d be happy?”
“It means if I am pregnant—and that’s a big if, butifI am—I’d be very happy." I search his features. "And you?"
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Edward
"When I found out you’d collapsed—" I look into her eyes.
"I fainted," she insists.
"—I made a deal with God."
"With God?" She frowns. "I thought you and He weren’t on speaking terms?"
"We weren’t, but when I saw the text message from Adela, my heart stopped. I thought I was going to die. I knew then, I couldn’t go on without you. I knew then, I’d do anything to make sure you were okay. I…" I swallow. "I promised Him I’d drop the grudge I have against Him. I promised I’d believe in Him again. All he had to do was make sure you were okay when I got to you. Those minutes it took to reach you as I ran down the steps, were the longest of my life."
"You ran down twenty floors?" She gasps.
"Of course, I did. No way, was I going to wait for the elevator to arrive."
"Eddie, you—" She shakes her head. "You’re the most confusing person I’ve ever met."
"Look who’s talking. When I look at you, I see my biggest passion, my only love, my greatest regret."
"Because of you how you got me to marry you?"
"Not only." I blow out a breath. "There…there are things I need to tell you."
"About your past."
"Also that."
Her forehead furrows. "What do you mean?"
"Let’s get you inside the house and make sure you eat something, then take the medicine the doc prescribed, and—"
"And you’re delaying the inevitable."
I rub at my temple. "Just give me this, Belle, please." I cup her jaw. "Just a little more time for you to look at me without hate in your eyes."
