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“She’s pregnant?” Cassie shouted. Her expression was a mixture of disbelief and outrage directed at Matt. “She’s pregnant … and you left on a date with Kyra? How could you?”
“Shut up, Cassie,” Matt growled. His arms tightened, prodding me for an answer on what I was feeling.
“What’s the possibility,” I inhaled deeply and then rushed on, “that I’m going to have twins?”
All three of them looked startled. And then Lucas and Cassie threw back their heads and laughed while Matt lost all color.
CHAPTER FIFTEEN
Matt
His arms slackened around Grace as her question robbed him of oxygen. She turned in his arms, leaning back to stare up at him.
“I guess that’s a probability?”
“I’m having an agency physician look at you,” Matt announced, recovering from his initial shock and more determined to move forward with the plans that had been forming in his head on the way back from the hospital.
“CIA physician?” Grace verified in alarm. She escaped his hold and backed away from him. “No way am I letting any agency touch my baby.”
“Grace, ordinary doctors don’t have the information we have.” Matt wanted to pull her back into his arms, but noticed the rising hysteria in her eyes. Instead, he raked his fingers through his hair, which was probably not a great gesture to inspire calm, but he was far from feeling calm himself. When Grace’s eyes darted around the room, he gave a short nod to Lucas, who slowly walked to the foyer clearly prepared to block her if she attempted to leave.
“I don’t need another checkup until six weeks,” Grace’s chin lifted in defiance.
“I’m not taking any chances with my kid,” Matt growled.
“We’re not even sure it’s yours!” she yelled and then clapped a hand over her mouth and sank to the couch. She buried her head in her hands as a single sob escaped her.
Frustration gnawed at his gut as he stared at her. “I don’t care if it’s mine or not. Get that through your damned head.”
“Matt!” Cassie exclaimed. “Stop being an asshole.”
His jaw snapped shut as he glared at his sister. Grace looked up and started chuckling. “Oh, my God,” Grace laughed and all of them looked at her as if she’d gone mad. “Even your sister thinks you’re an ass.” She wiped tears of mirth from her eyes. “What makes you think I want a jerk like you as my kid’s father?” She rose from the couch, seemingly calm—too calm—it worried Matt. “I’m tired and I’m going to my room. I’d appreciate it if you all left me alone.”
Three pairs of eyes followed Grace to the bedroom. When her door closed, Matt pivoted furiously on his sister.
“Thanks for nothing, sis,” Matt snapped. “You’ve just set me back to square one.”
“I hardly think you’ve made any progress winning Grace’s heart and mind,” Cassie retorted, putting air quotes around the last three words. “I wasn’t the only one witnessing you leaving with Kyra today.”
“She wanted help with her car.” Matt was getting tired of defending his actions. “It’s not as if Grace is showing that she needs me anyway.”
“See!” Cassie chortled. “That last statement right there is why you’re stuck in a cesspool concerning Grace.”
“Oh, so now that you’re married you’ve become a relationship expert?”
Cassie let out a breath of irritation, looking at Lucas. “It’s times like this I’m glad you’re my twin and not him.”
Lucas chuckled, crossing his arms over his chest, and leaned against the door.
“Is there a point to all this?” Matt asked.
Cassie sobered, walking up to him to punch him lightly on the shoulder. “I’m the last one to give you advice,” she said softly. “But it’s more than you and Grace now. There’s going to be a baby in the near future. Grace has enough on her plate without you adding to her complications. You have to think really hard what you want, brother mine.” In a rare show of affection, Cassie gave Matt a peck on the cheek before returning to the seat in front of the laptop to resume work on the surveillance video.
Matt stood there, digesting Cassie’s words. He glanced at Lucas. “I’m going out for a bit. Can you stay for another hour?”
“Where are you going?” Cassie rose from her chair.
“Figuring out what I really want.”
