Page 270 of Allegiance

The man hauled ass out of there, the door slamming behind him.

“Are you insane?” Eve asked, pretty sure that Dakota was trying to make her laugh, but she wasn’t one hundred percent sure.

This was not the man three months ago.

That was for damn sure.

Now that some dude wasn’t going to be going near her girl parts, he relaxed and focused on his wife. The smile was gentle and soothing.

“Yes. I’m insanely in love with my spiffy new wife, and I don’t trust anyone. You know how sneaky people can be. I want to make sure my woman and child are safe. Everyone fears Jagger.”

She rolled her eyes.

The irony was that they should fear her more. She was more likely to kill someone.

“Come stand here and give me your hand,” she said. “I’m going to keep you from doing anything crazy to whoever comes through the door.”

He didn’t mind.

Leaning over, Dakota gave her a kiss, and the second their mouths touched, she forgot what she was saying. Kissing Dakota should be illegal in every state.

His mouth…

Yowza.

This cowboy was trouble.

When the door opened, a woman rolled an ultrasound machine in and smiled at them.

“I’m Beth. Ready to find out what you’re having?” she asked.

They both nodded.

Dakota was much calmer now. Probably because it was a woman. Then again, Eve was a woman, too, so that didn’t mean they were safe.

Beth got Eve all set up, and when she squirted the goo on her belly and hit the lights, they were about to begin.

It didn’t take long.

“Oh, look. I see your little one,” she said. “Want to get closer, Daddy?” she asked.

Did he?

Hell.

Yes.

Dakota moved closer, and she pointed out the baby’s profile on the screen.

Now, he wasn’t going to lie.

It looked like an alien. How the hell was she reading this whole screen and seeing anything?

The woman was taking measurements, clicking on things, and then, she said the magic words.

“Do you want to know the gender?” she asked.

“YES!” they both said.