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His words are sweet and everything about today has been so perfect. I don’t want to ruin anything by telling him about the baby and him not having a good reaction. Or causing us to get into an argument, but I know I need to tell him.
He missed out on everything with our first, so he deserves to know about this one right away.
His hands start to roam all over my body, smoothing down my ribs, sliding behind me to squeeze my butt, and one going into my hair and gripping it at the base of my neck, tugging it a little and making me moan. He watches me as he explores my body, and I love having his eyes on me.
I place my hands on the center of his chest and push him back some.
“I have to tell you something.”
16
CHANDLER
Tanya stares up at me, her eyebrows furrowed low over her eyes, her forehead crinkled. I have no idea what she could possibly have to tell me that has her looking so anxious. I pull her closer to my body, wrapping my arms around her hips, needing her close for both my comfort and to give her some.
This look has crossed her face many times since I found her. It’s like she waiting for something to happen. Like she was preparing to run. If I’m being honest, the look scares me. I believe it when she looks like she is going to run, and I don’t know how to make sure that she doesn’t.
“You can tell me anything. I’ll be right here.”
She looks down at her hands on my chest and starts rubbing her fingers back and forth across my skin. It’s very distracting, and I have to work at focusing on her face. Having her naked form pressed into me and her hands touching me is not really a good time for a serious conversation.
She doesn’t say anything for a while, and now I’m starting to really worry.
“Tanya, what is it?”
She inhales a slow breath, holds it a second, then lets it out just as slowly.
“I’m pregnant.”
I hear the words that she says. I understand each word, but my brain doesn’t absorb them.
“I’m sorry, what?”
I stare at her in shock. This isn’t what I thought she was going to tell me at all. I think over the last few days and how she’s been trying to hide that she’s been nauseous. I thought maybe she was just embarrassed about being sick, so I didn’t want to make it worse.
“You’re pregnant?”
She finally looks up at me and nods.
“I’ve been feeling sick, so I went into the store to get something to settle my stomach; when I saw the tests, it hit me. I don’t remember how I felt when I first got pregnant with Sophia, so I didn’t know, but when I saw them, I instantly knew. So I bought two tests and just got finished taking them; they both say I’m pregnant.”
She’s rambling, and when she stops to breathe, I cup her face in my hands, my thumbs rubbing her cheeks.
“Sophia is going to be the best big sister.”
Her eyes well with tears.
“She is, but I’m scared. This is not the right time to be having another child.”
I can admit that there are better times for this kind of thing, but it doesn’t make me any less excited.
“Is that the only reason you’re scared? Because you think the timing isn’t right?”
She avoids my eyes again and that nagging feeling I have that she’s going to bolt grows stronger.
Her next words come out in a whisper. “We don’t know each other, Chandler.”
“I know you are worried about not knowing me, but you did at one point, enough to have a child with me, doesn’t that tell you something? I know you better than anyone in the world, I know everything I need to.”
