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His shock pleased me. “I know.”

He sat down on a chair beside me and took my hand in both of his. His eyes stared into mine. “I knew you were pregnant.”

“But shit just got real?”

He nodded slowly and then a huge smile broke out over his face. “I feel like an idiot.”

“That was my exact reaction during my first ultrasound.”

“Complete disbelief?”

“Stunned shock.”

“Jesus. Why didn’t I get this until now? I mean, I understood we were having a kid, but Emily, we’re having a baby.”

Tears leaked out of my eyes. “Yeah. We are.”

He kissed my hands. “I’m sorry I didn’t protect you from Harper.”

“Jackson.”

“No,” he said emphatically and gave me a clear look. “You'll never be bothered by her again. You have my word on that.”

“Sorry I ruined your baseball game.”

He shook his head. “I got lucky. I’m so lucky you're okay.”

“Can you take me home?”

His smile was beautiful. “I can do that.”

CHAPTER 41

Jackson treatedme like spun glass. I insisted that I was fine, but he catered to my every move. I couldn’t even sneeze, and he was all over me.

“This is ridiculous,” I said, as he plumped pillows around me on the couch.

“You need to be taken care of.”

“Jackson,” I protested. “A couple of weeks ago, you took me up on a plane, and we jumped out of it. We went skydiving.”

He turned around with a look of guilt on his face. “That was the stupidest thing I have ever done.”

“No, my point is that it was fun and I was fine. I’m pregnant, not an invalid.”

“You had a fall.”

“I don’t even feel like I fell. I’m not even stiff or anything.”

But when it came time for bed, he picked me up and carried me up the stairs. Secretly, I was digging the attention, but seriously? He was going way overboard.

We got ready for bed, and then we lay in bed, side by side. Ilonged for us to connect. To become man and wife once again. So much had passed between us. It was the final distance between us.

I rolled over on my side to look at his face. “What are you thinking of?”

Green eyes traced over my face. “Just remembering when we went bed shopping.”

“Really?”

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