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“A trip, where?”
“It’s been a rough time. I need to clear my head—a couple of weeks of alone time. Don’t worry. I’ll be home before Oleg’s deadline.”
“That deadline is crap,” I tell my brother. “I’m already engaged.”
“Holy…what!Congrats, brother.” He sounds genuinely happy for me. “That’s amazing news. Damn, yes. You deserve this. You both do. I never thought I’d say this, but you’ll make a good husband.”
“Stay safe,” I tell him.
“And you. See you in a couple of weeks.”
I wait on the couch for my woman to return. She’s got her hands on her stomach, frowning slightly.
“What’s wrong?” I ask.
“I just realized. We didn’t…”
“That’s okay.” I go to her and smooth my hands around her hips. “If you’re okay with that, I am. You’re going to be an amazing mother.”
“Do you remember saying that in your sleep once?” she murmurs, a soft smile on her lips.
“It’s the truth,” I tell her.
“I thought I had to fight to stay on my own,” she whispers. “I genuinely believed that, but I can’t. It’s like you’ve melted me. Go ahead. Call me a cornball.”
“I don’t want to interrupt you,” I tell her with a smirk.
“Oh, sothat’sthe only reason you won’t call me one, huh?”
“Keep going,” I say.
“I was ice,” she replies. “Not happy, but not sad either, but you run too hot for me.”
When I kiss her, I somehow know everything will work out. We’ll never forget this moment, which was the point when our lives truly began. We’ll look back in the years to come when we’re happy and surrounded by loved ones and smile.
“I love you,” I say when she pushes against me, driving me back to the couch.
“I love you too.” She breathes passionately, getting hot and heavy.
She said I melt her. She does the same to me. Our bodies fuse. I forget every terrible thing that ever happened to me. All that exists is Lia.
EPILOGUE
DAHLIA
Two Weeks Later
Istand on the stepladder, adding minor details to the mural on the wall. Ania wanted the wall in her studio’s changing area livened up, so I offered to put something there. She wants the whole family, as she calls it—Mikhail, Dimitri, me, and well, that’s it. It’s all we need. I’ve got a big smile on my face as I add flourishes to Ania’s hair.
From behind me, she says, “Should you be up there?”
I turn, smiling down at her. “I’m, like, two weeks pregnant,” I say.
“She’s right, you know.”
My man’s voice makes nerves dance all over me. Ever since we first made love in the craziness after the party, we’ve been all over each other. I never knew how good it would feel, how right, like we were slotting into place exactly where we belonged. He’s wearing his gym gear, his arms thick, steam rising from him as he stands at the bottom of the ladder.
Last night, when I told him what the test said, his smile was even bigger than when I saidyesto his proposal. I never knew how much having a baby would make me smile, but I can’t stop. I feel drunk on life, on love.
