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My heart aches, and every fiber of my being comes alive. I’ve never seen him like this. He’s trembling with fear.
My head tilts to the side in awe of the man in front of me. “I have you, and I have Lucky. Neither one of you will let anything happen to me. I trust that much.” He lets out a deep sigh, shaking his head as if I have no idea what I’m talking about.
“And the two inside might not jump in front of a bullet for me, but if they see something we should be worried about then I’m damn sure they’ll stop it. Why else would you have them by your side?”
“I’m President of the Sons, Angel, and look what happened to me.” He holds out his arms so that I can inspect the damage King inflicted. “This barely scratches the surface. The rest of me is scarred beyond repair.”
A part of me wonders if he means his body or his soul, but the truth is it’s probably both.
His wounds are still fresh even though they are healing, and it doesn’t take a genius to know King tortured him to the brink of death. I can only imagine the toll that takes on a man like Gabriel.
I clear my throat, mentally preparing myself for what’s to come. “I understand how you feel, and I’m sorry for just popping in, but here’s the deal.” I take a deep breath, shaking my nerves before continuing.
“We haven’t talked about it because…well, you’ve barely spoken to me. But I just wanted you to know that…” I bite the inside of my jaw as hard as I can before averting my eyes away from him. This is all wrong.
“Umm, I’m pregnant. And before you ask, I have no idea who the daddy is. Yes, I know that makes me a whore, but there is nothing I can do to change it now. It might be yours, might be Lucky’s, or Royal’s. I have no clue.” I shrug my shoulders. “I just thought you should know, and this was the only opportunity I had to tell you in person. So there it is, I’ll be on my way now,” I ramble nervously, word vomiting all the information at him.
He can process it when I’m gone. Right now, I’m ready to get the hell outta dodge before I make a bigger fool of myself.
I try to step around him, but his hand shoots out, stopping me in my tracks. He looks me in the eye, swallowing hard.
“You’re—what?” he asks anxiously, his brows pinched as he tries to make heads or tails of what I just said.
“Pregnant.”
Chapter thirteen
Gabriel
My heart beats rapidly, and I can’t think straight. She’spregnant.
Fuck. This wasn’t the plan. A baby changes everything.
Angel tries shaking me off, but I tighten my grip on her and drop to my knees. She looks at me with confusion in her eyes. My hands find her hips holding her in place. She can’t leave, not yet. I need a minute to process this.
My fingers graze the bottom of her shirt, and I find myself lifting the hem to get a look at her belly. My hand sweeps across her stomach. It looks the same.
I drop my head back to meet her gorgeous blue eyes. “Are you sure?” Her eyes close as if it pains her to see my reaction, but she nods slightly.
Leaning forward, I press my lips to her belly, peppering kisses from one hip to the other. Her skin prickles with goosebumps at my touch.
“The baby’s mine,” I say, unbuttoning her jeans. I need to kiss every inch of her skin so the baby knows I’m here. So it feels my love along with Angel’s.
“You don’t know that, Gabe. I don’t know that.” I shake my head to stop her. “I was reckless.Wewere reckless.”
She starts to cry as I push her jeans off her hips to give me more room to work. Angel starts to move away from me. “We can’t.”
“I can and I will. This is our baby, Sweetheart. Yours and mine.” I say pulling her back to me.
“Gabe, you don’t—”
“I know.” My lips press against her skin over and over until she’s shaking. I look up so she can see the seriousness in my eyes. “You know, Angel. You felt it that day, the same way I did. We didn’t make love, we made magic. Mind-altering, earth-shattering magic, and this is the result of it. Our baby.”
Her hands shoot to her mouth to mask her sobs as her body continues to shake. “It’s okay to be in denial, but you know as much as I do that the connection we had was divine. Something out of this world. You’ve never felt like that with anyone else and neither have I.”
I push off the ground, taking her hand and leading her into the house. I stand in front of Angel so they can’t see her like this. “Zeke. Cain. We need some time.” I nod my head toward the door. Without hesitation, they head to the door, closing it behind them.
Angel fixes her jeans, sighing loudly.
