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Loving me…
“Thank you for… everything, Teagan…” The last two words came out heavy, carried out on his breath, and leaving those other two where they were. Because if he was being honest with himself, he was scared to use them too often. It was too new. Too wonderful. It almost hurt to remember, even though it had just happened. It wasn’t a terrible hurt, it was a good one.
One that could gut him and leave him exposed if he gave it that much power.
“You’re welcome,” she whispered, leaning forward to press a soft kiss to his lips. “And thank you for not jumping to any horrible conclusions today. I know I must have seemed very odd.” She laughed, even though Jaxon wasn’t even smiling.
“Want to know what I thought?” He could almost laugh now at how silly his worry had been.
“What?” she asked, draping both arms over his shoulders.
“Thought you were up the spout.”
She rolled her eyes and gave him an incredulous look. “Should I throw out this top? Because everyone has asked me that today. I must look as if I’m with child when I wear it.”
He grinned and ran his hand over her belly, only accentuating how flat it was. “No, it’s not the top. You visited the doctor today and you never told me how that went, so you can understand my worry, can’t you?”
Rolling her eyes she nodded. “I suppose. But no, quite the opposite. I got a prescription. So, next month we won’t need to worry about condoms anymore.” She shrugged.
“I suppose, either way, it means that doesn’t it?” he teased, leaning forward to nuzzle her nose.
“Jaxon…”
“Even if it was the other thing… I’d take care of you, Teagan Madden.”
Her annoyed expression melted into something warmer. “I wouldn’t ask you to.”
“I would, all the same,” he replied. “I’ve grown rather fond of you. Can’t imagine anything would change my mind now.”
“But we’re not ready for that,” she continued.
“Fuck, no,” he said with a laugh.
“We should go out and rejoin everyone…”
He wrinkled his nose. “Not ready for that, either.”
“Come on…” Teagan reached for his hand and dragged him towards the door. “It’s now or never. But if Brad or Dave eventhinkthe words ‘little squidlings’, I will kick them so hard their grandchildren will walk funny.”
Jaxon chuckled, and that was the first sound that carried into the hall as they opened the door.
When they walked back into the dining room hand-in-hand, everyone stared wordlessly at them.
Teagan glanced around from face to face, frowning before exclaiming. “For god’s sake, I’m not pregnant!”
“I never said…” Dave said, staring down at his half-eaten pasta.
“Nobody thought that,” Brad mumbled into his wine glass.
“I told them you weren’t,” Shea confessed. “I told them.”
“For what it’s worth, I also weighed in on the topic,” Owen said.
“He didn’t help. He said you lot were discussing something important,” Brad said. “Something important? What could be more important than a little squi-”
“Brad, I beg of you, stop right there,” Jaxon warned.
“Considering what we were discussing. It’s worse,” Teagan said stiffly, sitting down in her chair as Jaxon pushed her in closer to the table and took a seat beside her.
