Page 301 of Forbidden Billionaires: Vol. 2
Sophie shook her head. She was nestled into Matt's side with her thumb in her mouth. Her eyes were red and watery like she had indeed just been crying.
"I'm sorry, Soph," Rob said and peeled Sophie out of Matt's arms. "No need to be upset." He peppered her face in kisses until she was smiling again. "Do you want to go play with Scarlett and Axel?"
"And you too, Daddy," she said.
"Okay, princess. Which way to your friends?"
Sophie pointed toward the living room.
"This way?" Rob said and walked in the opposite direction.
"No, Daddy. That way."
Rob started walking toward the kitchen instead of the living room. "Is this the way?"
"No, Daddy! It's that way!" She pointed to where Scarlett and Axel were playing. Sophie was giggling again before they even left the room.
"He's such a good father," I said.
"Yes he is. Hopefully two won't drive our husbands insane. Hi, James," Daphne said and gave James a hug. She did all of her introductions and then stood next to me. "How are you feeling?"
"Honestly, it feels like he's going to kick right through my stomach."
Daphne laughed. "Fortunately little RJ isn't quite as hyper. Was Scarlett like that too?"
"No, not at all. It's part of the reason I'm convinced it's a boy this time."
"You're insane for not knowing ahead of time," Daphne said. "We've been having so much fun transforming everything in the nursery to blue instead of pink."
"We actually let Scarlett pick the color of the nursery," James said. "She had a blast at the paint store. Hopefully the baby likes orange. Do you guys want to come in? We're all just standing around. Let's go sit." He looped his arm behind my back. "Drinks are in the kitchen and snacks are on the coffee table in the living room. Dinner will be coming in a bit." He tilted his lips down to my ear. "How are you feeling?" he whispered.
"I'm fine, James. I promise." I smiled up at him. I had thought he wasn't being attentive enough before. He had done a complete reversal between our conversation this morning and now. Maybe we had just needed a fun day in bed for us to go back to normal. There was nothing that made me happier than knowing that he cared. I needed that. I needed him.
Just when I was about to sit down, the bell rang again.
"I'll get it," James said. He smiled and let go of my waist.
I ungracefully sat down. Matt plopped down next to me.
"How's the baby?" he asked.
"We just went for a checkup. He's very healthy."
"Can I?" He looked down at my stomach.
I nodded.
He gently put his hand on my belly. A smile spread over his face. "I can feel him kicking."
Matt was so cute with all of our kids. I could tell he would be a wonderful father. But he hadn't found the right girl to settle down with. Melissa and Matt had dated for about a month. Their personalities were both too strong, though. Now Melissa and her college sweetheart, Josh, were giving it another go. She had moved to Texas last year. I missed her, but she seemed happy and I was happy for them. James and I had talked about visiting them right before we found out we were expecting again. He had this fear that I'd go into labor on the plane. Even when I was only one month along. So our trip had been postponed indefinitely. I really needed to call her.
"And how are you feeling?" Matt asked. He kept his eyes on my stomach. He was much more discreet than Rob.
I slowly exhaled. "I'm good."
"Yeah?" He looked up at my face.
Yes, one day Matt would be a great father. He was looking at me like my dad would whenever I'd cry. "Yeah." I tried to give him a reassuring smile.
