AllFreeNovel
Share Us
“Okay, no laughing.” Rex nods and brushes more hair back from her face. “Got it, babe.”
“Hey hotshot,” Cedar says. “Trade me. I wanna meet my goddaughter.”
Goddaughter …
Fuck.
One look down at Aurelia in my arms and the only answer I can give pops off my lips when I see her little blue eyes staring back up at me. “Nope.”
Her lids close and flutter open slowly, her tiny tongue poking out between her lips that begin lifting in a smile.
Yep. I’m fucking done for.
Chapter Forty-One
Cedar
Mybestfriendisglowing.
Despite the pale complexion and the bags under her eyes, she’s so full of pride for her new little family as she watches my …
Boyfriend? Lover? Partner? Man?
Whatever. It’s Fin. Just fucking Fin.
As Aria watchesFinsaunter around the room with the pink swaddled bundle of tiny human held tight to his chest.
That makes my heart rate kick up with nerves beyond anything I’ve ever felt before.
He said he lovedme.
Right?
I’m not dreaming?
Looking down at the little coo that comes from my own chest, I lock eyes—fucking brilliantgreenones—with Macalister and can’t stop the corner of my lips from tipping up. With a pudgy nose and puffy cheeks, Makkin greets me with a little half grin I just know is going to stop someone’s heart one day.
God, he’s so fucking cute, it might be mine.
I bounce the baby softly and shake my rising head, my sights settling on the woman of the hour and my thoughts rotating to all the freaking questions that no one has been able to answer yet.
I also need to stop thinking about what the hell Fin and I are supposed to be.
“Ari,” I half grunt to get her attention to redirect from her man. “So what happened with these two?” I hold Makkin up and sniff at his new-baby smell before ghosting a kiss on his capped head.
Well, if that doesn’t swell the fucking heart.
“Oh, um.” Aria licks her lips and clears her throat. “I got so dizzy, I couldn’t stand up. Ian panicked when I started having what I thought was Braxton-Hicks, so he brought me in.”
I cringe, Fin’s hiss echoing around the room as he spins on his heel and walks away from the conversation. “I really don’t wanna know.”
Snickering, my best friend continues. “So, when I got here, the ultrasound showed the umbilical cord around one of their necks, and they told me the only option was to cut them out. Definitely not the original plan.”
“Lalalalalalala …” Fin murmurs, making me chuckle.
“My heart rate got too high, and they had to get them free.” Aria shakes her head and lets out a breath. “They put me under before Rex could get here. It was hospital policy or something stupid that kept him out until the very end.”
“But,” I start and glance down at little Makkin, whose making my arm sweat with his head but feels like he weighs almost nothing. “It’s too early, right? Did you know it was twins?”
