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“I’d just keep you naked and underneath me all day. Then you’d not get into any trouble.”
I bite my lower lip. “Doesn’t sound bad at all.”
He frees my lower lip with a kiss, keeping his mouth hovering over mine.
“I’d do anything for the three of you.”
“I know you would. You’d set up your own bodyguard business if you had to. Be a powerful leader like Mufasa.”
Drew’s brows lower and he looks at me, puzzled.
“I’m not the only one who hasn’t forgotten our date four years ago.”
“Except I wasn’tyourdate, remember?”
“I know.” I press a kiss to his full lips.
“You think that’s why I chose Mufasa? Because he’s a leader?”
“Didn’t you? You said he was a powerful example.”
He draws in a slow, measured breath, his next words spoken so softly that I almost miss them. “No, Mama.”
“Then why?”
He places one hand over my stomach protectively.
“He’s a powerful example of afather, Sophie. That’s why I chose him.”
The hurt creasing his brow tells so many stories in this moment. Of a boy who found out that his father wasn’t who he thought he was. But the real heartbreak being that he finally realized why he was treated differently. Why he never felt good enough. Why he wasn’t loved and protected like he should have been.
Like a father should do for their child.
“Drew.” My voice is a hoarse whisper as I swallow down the aching lump in my throat. “Mufasa gave his life to save Simba.”
“I know. And I’ve never felt luckier to have three reasons to die for.”
His clear blue eyes look up and into mine. But as he wipes away a rogue tear from my cheek with the pad of his thumb, there’s no pain there anymore. No boy who’s hurting. Just a man who’s giving his entire heart away, vowing to love and protect the way he should have been.
“I love you,” I whisper as another tear escapes. “I never used to cry. I think it’s the hormones.”
His face transforms into a beautiful smile. “You’re breathtaking whether you’re crying with snot running down your face, or not.”
“I don’t.” I laugh, reaching up to touch my nose just in case.
He slides his hands down to my ass, moving me as close as we can be with my growing bump between us.
“I promise to stay safe. And never hide anything from you, even if it might worry you. I’ll be honest with you, always.”
His eyes shine as he lowers his lips to mine. “The same goes for me too, Mama. Always. I swear on my life.”
Chapter 30
Drew
“I had Beaufort onthe phone this morning before you arrived.”
I look up from my laptop at Tanner as we wait for the rest of the staff to join us in the conference room for our Monday morning team meeting.
