Page 44 of I Dated a Holiday Hero
“You left.”
“I left quite a while ago. Why are you here now?”
“I didn’t know what had transpired at the wedding until my sister mentioned it. She was very smug about Mother successfully driving you off.”
“Your sister doesn’t like me. Your mother doesn’t like me, and that other lady hates me.”
“You could have told me when I returned. You could have waited.”
“And how long would I have to deal with the hostility. I stayed a week, and you didn’t return, so off I went. I know when I am not wanted.”
“Did you know?”
“Know what?”
“That you were pregnant.” His shadows moved around him slowly.
“Nope. I was just highly agitated and tired of letting people shout whore at me. We were both adults and entered into that situation, and then you left me to deal with your family, and they hated my guts. So, I left, and they probably had a celebration. Your fiancée definitely did. You could have mentioned her at any point.”
He looked at her and sighed. “She was important. She was my family’s decision. You were mine.”
“Well, Dream Master Romar, my child and I are fine here.” She sighed and pressed her bump.
“Will you touch your mind to share your experiences?”
She nodded. “That’s why we are here, after all. Your nannies are nervous.”
He snorted, and his shadows moved toward her, so she reached back. He was precise as he analyzed her experiences, and she felt his hand resting on her belly. When he receded, he nodded. “You are telling the truth.”
“Have you known me to do anything else?”
He stroked her cheek. “Just the once.”
She blushed. “Well, I wasn’t sure that I was in need.”
“Your body was on fire. How could it be anything else?” He trailed his fingers over her jaw and neck. “It is a boy?”
“Yes. He joins me in the dreaming now.”
He froze. “He does what?”
“You heard me. When I am in the dreaming, he is with me.”
“Oh, that is unusual. Will you come back to the library?”
“No. It isn’t safe for me there. My birth sister is here. I just have to run one errand in Hyreno, and I will settle back here.”
“What is the errand?”
“I have to break my father’s nose, arms, and legs. Being unwieldy myself, I can only imagine the terror my mother must have gone through. I have a request filed to visit the city and speak with the king, his queen, and their adviser. It should be done by the end of the week.”
Romar’s hand hesitated near her belly. She could feel the heat.
“May I?”
She nodded.
His hand touched her belly cautiously, and there was a solid thud to his palm. His icy gaze flicked to hers. “He’s strong.”
