He was going to cuddle up to his man. Coming back to Scotland reminded him of their time here, and he was hoping later to reenact those moments.
Of Lord Carter and his sexy acquired man, Mr. Patterson.
“Are you feeling okay?” Ian asked Gabby. “You look tired.”
That immediately had Finn’s attention.
He focused on his fiancée.
“What’s wrong?”
She patted his arm.
“I’m okay, Finn. I’m just tired and I have cramps,” she admitted, terrified and trying to stay calm.
He looked panicked.
“Pregnancy and cramps aren’t good,” he said. “I know that from sisters who are always popping out babies.”
She was aware, and she was trying to keep calm and not lose it. Halfway through the makeshift wedding, she began feeling them, and she’d felt them before.
“I’ll be okay,” she said, trying to convince him and herself.
It wasn’t working.
Hearing her words, he didn’t believe it. Now, he was stressed, and he wanted to freak out. They were early in their pregnancy, not even at the twelve-week mark.
They didn’t even know the sex of the baby yet.
Now, he was getting twitchy.
“Maybe you should go to the doctor,” Ian said. “That way, you can get checked out.”
Gryphen agreed.
“You should.”
Gabby didn’t want to see the doctor. If she did, and he told her that she was having a miscarriage, she’d lose it. Already, she was barely holding on.
“I’m just having some cramps. There’s no bleeding, so I think…”
Finn was staring at her, and he looked downright freaked out.
In that moment, she had to choose.
Face the reality.
Or watch Finn slowly lose his mind.
Now, she’d face the reality of what she already knew was happening.
Again.
“Okay, let’s go to the doctor,” she said. “But he’s going to tell you there’s nothing wrong. Cramps without bleeding is not anything to worry about,” she said, holding onto that last little piece of hope that this child would make it full term.
Oh, he was hearing her words, but he needed to make sure.
His woman was carrying their first child, and he didn’t want her to be in danger of anything. It might be overprotective, but he needed to do it.
