Page 60 of Always My Comfort

He really could not keep a secret. But it was another thing I loved about him.

An hour later, we rolled into Honey Magnolia. The big Magnolia trees were in full bloom for the spring. I really loved it here. It was quiet, peaceful, and possibly the perfect place to raise Kane with the rest of Jax’s family here. But I’d been worried about bringing it up because it would likely be the end of his baseball career.

I didn’t want to be the reason he gave up something he loved so much, so I left the ball in his field.

“Everyone’s offered to take him for the night if you want to have a break,” he mentioned as we pulled up in front of the cozy cabin he’d first brought me to last year. It was the place I’d told him I was pregnant for the first time, and the same place I’d tell him again.

He didn’t know that I was six weeks pregnant with our second child.

The whole idea of it all freaked me out. We were so far from my freaking ten-year plan—still no ring on my finger, no home to fill with kids, and no dog, but I had the man I was hopelessly in love with, so what else did I need?

“And there’s my mother now,” he groaned, sliding a hand through his dark hair. “Tell me now if I must put my foot down,” he whispered, and I shook my head with laughter.

“Let him go. It’s just one night, and we’ll be right here if anything goes wrong. We can just run over.” His eyes went wide with the realization that I was the one letting him go, but he didn’t have a chance to say anything because his mother was already slowly opening Kane’s door and sighing at how cute he was.

“You make the cutest babies,” she sighed, watching his sleeping face.

We really did.

“Thanks, Mom. I get it that you love my son, but what about me?” Jax joked, getting out of the car and hugging his mother. I rounded the truck, and she also pulled me in for a squeeze, warming my heart, like she always knew how to do.

She’d taken me in as one of her kids, filling a hole that had been gaping open for far too long in my chest.

“I’ve missed you both so much! Now, about my grandson. Can I take him for the night—give you two some time to make me another one?” She laughed, and Jaxon cringed.

“Jeez, Ma. What the hell?” he exclaimed, waking Kane.

I unbuckled Kane from his car seat, kissing his chubby cheeks before handing him over to grandma, who squealed with delight.

“He’s all yours. Bottles are in the bag, and he goes to bed at about nine at night and wakes up at sunrise.” She slung his bag over her shoulder and cooed at him.

“We’re goin’ to have so much fun, aren’t we, Kane? Just wait until Grandpappy sees how big you’ve gotten.” She waved at us over her shoulder as she left, hopping onto a golf cart and slowly driving back to her house.

“When did she get that?” I asked, referencing the new golf cart.

“Dad got it for her for her birthday. She uses it to go visit Archer and check everything on the ranch.” I nodded, helping him bring our bags into the small cabin.

“Since it’s just us tonight, how about pizza and a movie?” I asked, and he grinned.

“We don’t get delivery out here, but I’ll go into town and get a half cheese and half Hawaiian. Shouldn’t take me more than thirty minutes. Just enough time for you to have a bath and wait for me in those sexy pajamas I saw you pack.” He winked on his way out.

Thirty minutes later, I was waiting for him in my new sexy pajamas on the couch with a movie waiting to be played.

“You look edible,” Jaxon groaned, walking into the house and setting the pizza down on the coffee table before bending down and pecking me on the lips. “I’ll be five minutes.” He took off running, chucking his clothes as he went. The shower ran for two minutes before he was running back to me in my favorite pair of gray sweatpants.

We devoured the pizza, and then called his mom to check on Kane before settling in for the movie. An hour in, his lips were trailing up my jaw, his tongue tracing a pattern up to my ear, where he nibbled on my lobe.

“Jax,” I moaned, closing my eyes and arching my head back.

“Let’s make another baby, Logan,” he whispered in my ear. My stomach somersaulted.

“About that,” I started, pulling back to look into his eyes. I saw it the second he sensed my hesitation.

“You don’t want anymore?” I shook my head quickly, and he paused, his hands encircling my wrists, his lips dangerously close to my chest.

“I’m already pregnant, Jaxon.” He threw his head back and laughed before falling silent and kissing me speechless.

“You amaze me every fuckin’ day, Logan. How far along are you?”