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“Or I can just look after him or her. It’s your choice,” he rasps in my ear.
“What?”
He smiles against my skin.
“That’s my baby. If I want to, I can apply for full custody. You like going to court. You can fight me in there.” His hand burns against my stomach. “I’ll enjoy seeing that bite of yours again.”
All the air leaves my lungs and I gasp, my whole chest on fire.
“You can’t,” I choke.
“Try me.” Henry lowers his lips toward my neck and even though I know he’s about to kiss me, I still can’t move.
“What the hell is this?” Drew’s deep voice breaks through the air.
Henry’s hand leaves my stomach, and he steps back with a smug tilt to his lips.
“Just talking through options with Soph,” he replies.
Drew strides in through the kitchen doorway.
Sickness claws at my windpipe.
“Sophie?” He’s by my side in a flash, wrapping his arms around me.
“Henry was leaving,” I manage to say in a calm voice that masks the explosion of dread that’s overtaken my body.
Drew’s eyes fall on Henry. “Get the fuck out before I throw you out. And don’t ever come over when I’m not here again.”
Henry holds his hands up. “We were just talking. You’re both going to have to accept that I’m a part of this. Soph’s having my baby.”
Drew’s expression turns murderous and his arms tighten around me as Henry saunters out of the room.
“You okay?”
I shake my head. My eyes are probably wild because they feel like they’re about to bug out of my skull.
“He hinted that he might apply for full custody of the baby.”
Drew goes rigid, but I hold him with my hands curled into the fabric of his shirt before he can storm after Henry.
“He won’t get it.” I search out Drew’s eyes until they come back to mine. The clear blue looks so dark, like storm clouds. “The court would never grant it to him in this situation. He knows that. But the fact he’s even thinking it worries me. He knows what trials do to people. The stress of taking something to court. He could steal all of those first months from us while we fight him. Those months where we should just be getting used to being a family and enjoying the babies. He wants to create that strain, push us apart. Make us lose each other.”
“He’s a sick fuck,” Drew hisses.
I stroke the side of his face, dousing the anger that’s filling every crease around his eyes. They soften a little as he looks back at me.
“He won’t force us apart.” He pulls me closer. “You and me, remember? We can get past anything that bastard throws at us.”
“When you saw him just then, his hand on me…” I search Drew’s eyes. “You didn’t doubt for a second the reason he was so close.”
“I trust you,” Drew states simply. “And I could see in your eyes that you wanted him away from you.”
“I love you.” I exhale in a rush, loosening my grip on Drew’s shirt. “I’m so glad you’re back. I bet you didn’t expect to walk into that when I gave you your own key.”
“I haven’t expected a lot of things that have happened in the past twenty-four hours.”
The front door closes, echoing from the hallway.
