Page 140 of The Chaos She Brings
I hold her tighter. “We’ll figure it out.”
A sharp, broken breath shudders through her. “You don’t understand.”
She’s crying harder now, her whole body shaking.
I gently tilt her chin up, making her look at me. “What don’t I understand?”
Her lips tremble. “It could behis.”
The words land like a sledgehammer to my chest.
Everything inside me goes still.
Tess
Kai’s body goes rigid against me.
After bolting home in a fit of panic, the first thing I did was take the test.
Then another.
Then four more.
All positive.
I don’t know how much time has passed between then and now. It’s like my mind shut down—just empty space—until I heard Kai’s voice.
“What am I going to do?” I whisper, sniffling, my breath hitching as I fight to keep it together.
Kai doesn’t answer right away. The silence between us is thick, suffocating.
“What do you want to do?” he finally asks, his voice strained.
I cling to him, my arms tightening around his waist. “I don’tknow.”
His chest rises and falls with a slow breath. “We never really had the ‘do you want kids’ conversation.”
Despite the ache in my chest, a laugh escapes me. “No, I guess between all the murder and kidnapping, we forgot that one.”
I pull back just enough to look up at him, my vision blurry with tears. “Do you want kids?”
He exhales, running a hand through his hair. “Honestly? I never thought about it. I always assumed I’d end up alone.”
My heart clenches.
Before I can say anything, he asks, “Did you ever picture yourself having kids?”
I shrug. “I don’t know. I guess I never really thought about it either.”
His lips quirk, but there’s no humour in his voice. “Don’t most women think about that all the time?”
I snort, despite my fears. “When have I ever been normal?”
That earns a real laugh. “True.”
Then the moment shifts, the weight of reality pressing back in.
I swallow hard. “What does this mean for us?” The question scrapes against my throat. “We’ve only known each other for a couple of months.”
