“Not all of them.” She wrestled free of my embrace so she could stare back at me. “And they don’t tend to happen in a married couple’s bedroom, though the roses are a nice touch.”
My nose scrunched. “Well, I know you like the family around, but no way in hell was I going to do this in front of them?—”
“This is your idea of a compromise, huh?”
“Exactly.”My expression softened. “You make me happy, Inessa. All I want is to make you feel the same.”
Her eyes widened. “You do, Eoghan. Every day.” Then, quick as lightning, she grinned at me as she pressed another soft kiss to my lips.“I have to tell you something.”
I immediately stiffened. “What?”
“I didn’t want to say… not yet. It’s close to the safe period.”
My tone sharpened with urgency, but I couldn’t dampen it. “What?!”
“I’m pregnant.”
The soft smile that curved her lips stole my breath, never mind her words. I stared at her. The glow. The gleam.The fucking joy.
I literally existed in her happiness.
My arms tightened around her. “I want to be there for all the appointments.”
“No way! You’ll have a gun to the doctor’s head—” She broke off. “If you don’t, you’ll be watching from a rooftop, won’t you?”
“Gun trained on thebackof that fucker’s head.”
“Eoghan,” she whined, but her smile was gleeful. “You’re a nut.”
“My nut’s in you.”
“I refuse to call our baby ‘Nut.’”
My throat bobbed. “How about…Bump?”
She pulled back ever so slightly and grabbed my hands to rest them on her stomach. “No bump. Yet.”
“Yet.”
That effervescent smile made another appearance. “Yet.”
“I’m glad you didn’t tell Ma.”
She smirked, her angelic features darkening. “Holding my tongue was hard, but I refused for that to be the place I told you our family was growing.”
Passing her the box, I smoothed my fingers over the still-slim expanse of her abdomen. “Thank you, sweetheart.”
“You’re welcome.”
“Okay, so, now I think my Christmas gift sucks.”
“Doubtful.”
Unsure, I hitched a shoulder. “Open the box.”
She pulled back and slipped it open, not complaining when I kept a hold of her waist.
Her brows lifted when she came across a QR code on a piece of paper.Not a ring.
