Page 95 of Shattered Veil
Finally, his lips part. “I like you.”
“Oh.” My heart seizes.
Those words don’t reconcile with the guttural comments of how I’m his. And now no other man is to touch me. I wasn’t expecting him to use the L-word. I don’t know if I love him. I’ve never been in love.
But something’s at stake now.
Cupping my face, he says, “What’s wrong?”
With a tight throat, I whisper, “I’m pregnant.”
He blinks, a hint of restrained emotion tightening his jaw. “Okay. When did you find out?”
“Saturday.”
“I spoke to you Saturday, you didn’t mention it.” He sounds hurt.
We hadn’t been spending time together on the weekends. He’s usually working. We’re not open as a couple as far as my father.
“It’s not something I would have told you on the phone.”
“Does your father know?”
“Of course not. I wouldn’t tell him before you.”
And he’d certainly know if my father knew.
CHAPTER THIRTY-EIGHT
Balor
I’ve denied that I fell hard for Ella long enough.
I thought I wouldn’t ever let myself get so tangled and unraveled. Boy, I was so damn wrong, it scares the hell out of me.
Yet, here I am.
This is my moment, a moment I’d only ever gotten secondhand when my brothers announced they were going to be a father.
I never considered to ask how the news hit them.
This one feels like a searing crossbow into my chest.
But every muscle unclenches. Any breath I’m holding loosens. Any doubt I had about how I feel about Ella crystalizes in front of my eyes.
I’m pregnant.
She’s mine. And I love her.
“Are you sure?” I ask because that seems like the logical response. “About the baby?”
Swallowing, she sits back and only now it feels crappy that she just sucked me off. We’re talking about this in the shadow of my orgasm.
Fuck, that question of how I feel about her makes sense. I couldn’t put an answer into words. So I said something lame. Don’t my actions speak louder? Like telling her how much I missed her?
“Three at-home tests came up positive,” she says, pinching her sweater. “I have an appointment with my doctor at the end of the month. They asked my last period date and based on that—”
“When was your last period?”