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I felt tears well up at his honesty. “I love you too.”

Henrik kissed me softly and we both yanked at my pants. I needed them off, and I needed him in me. He flipped us, pulling me on top. His hands rested on my hips as he slowly slid up into me. I braced myself on his shoulders, taking every inch of him.

We were both panting as I stared into his eyes. His gold, loving eyes.

I felt his hand reach down, sliding a finger over my clit. I inhaled sharply as he bucked up, filling me. The motion wasexactly what I wanted. I slowly shifted my hips, grinding with each thrust Henrik gave.

I rode him and Henrik’s fingers were tight on my hips. I came hard, moaning his name as he filled me. I fumbled forward, resting on his chest. Henrik’s arms wrapped around me as he kissed my forehead.

“Can you promise me something?”

“If it’s something I can give,” he said, stroking my hair.

I thought of the man and the anger that hit me. “Don’t ever let an emotion consume you like that.”

Henrik’s hand paused on my hair, and I looked at him. I could see worry fill his eyes as he stared at me. I sat up and frowned. “If anything were to ever happen to me or the baby, don’t become empty. Don’t turn into someone else.” I placed his hand on my stomach. “Please.”

His hand was soft on my stomach, his thumb grazing my belly button.

“Will you promise the same?” he asked softly. “If I were to die and you lost our child?”

I knew it would be hard, but it was better than this. I would never want to turn into someone who hurts other people. Someone who wasn’t me. I nodded.

“Okay, I promise.” He pulled his hand up, cupping my face. “But I never plan on losing you.”

Chapter 25 - Katie

I stare at the whiteboard Natalia has written on, but my mind isn’t there. The two squiggly lines look like two people fucking. They don’t really, but my hormonal ass is taking everything as a sign to go home and jump my husband.

“Are you listening?” Natalia asked as she tilted her head, crossing her arms at me. “Or is this too much? I can always ask someone else to look at this.”

I shook my head. “No, I'm listening. You just need to subtract at the bottom.” I waved a hand toward her bottom equation. Natalia turned, and I sighed, relieved.

It was one thing for me to feel this, but another to let anyone else know just how much my mind is fighting with my body. I didn’t think hormones were this strong until now.

“You caught that quickly.”

I shrugged as she turned back to me. I took a step back and sat down in my chair. I placed my hand on my stomach, which was protruding. I was about five months along now and I felt like a fat cow. I still had a few months left and I was questioning how women did this.

Natalia’s eyes went to my stomach before bringing them back up to my head. “How are you feeling? I imagine you’re tired a lot.”

I laughed. “Like if I bend over, you're going to have to help get me off the ground. That’s how I feel.”

Natalia smirked. “I imagine so. Are you guys getting excited? This baby will be here before you even know it.”

We were excited. We had a few months to figure things out. Henrik had finished putting a lab into the basement for meso I wouldn’t have to travel to work as much. I planned to work from home for a while, especially when the baby was little. We even changed a room upstairs into a nursery.

We decided to decorate the nursery in a woodland animal theme. Henrik even found someone to paint little animals on the wall. The room was bright and colorful, and I grew eager to see our baby in that space.

We redid our bedroom, turning it into a space both of us enjoyed. We finished turning my office into a space we could both use functionally. We agreed to share it until we could finish the basement with more rooms.

I never saw myself as someone who wanted a lot of kids, but I couldn’t see my life without them. I saw how close Sam and him were, and I wanted our child to have that. To have someone to lean on. Henrik and I both agreed we wanted more than one.

“So the house is all ready now? You guys must be so happy.”

I nodded. “Yeah, pretty much. We have everything we are going to need.”

“Well, that’s good.” Natalia turned back to the whiteboard. “Now, back to this.”

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