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“I promise.”
“And if I should be expecting nieces or nephews you’ll tell me that as well, right?”
I laughed, lifting my cup. “I thought you didn’t want the details.”
His face frowned hard. “I don’t, but shit that’s going to take some time getting used to. A shared lineage between our families…” He brushed a hand over his head, shaking it gently. “I need a heads up so that I can have plenty of time to get used to the idea.”
“Is the thought really that terrible?”
He deadpanned a look in my direction and I rolled my eyes. “You can relax. We’ve been safe and honestly, we haven’t discussed having children.”
The thought had me tense all of a sudden. I wanted children at some point. What if he didn’t? We had time because my career was my current priority but I couldn’t dance forever nor did I want to. I could easily see myself being not just a wife but a mother.
“What’s wrong?”
“Huh?”
“You look upset. Is there a problem with you two talking about kids?”
Christian’s protective nature vibrated from him. He’d just gone from I don’t want to think about you bearing his children to being upset if Elias was the one who didn’t want me to bear his children. I smiled, shaking my head. “No, there’s no issue. I was just realizing that there was so much he and I need to discuss.” I lifted my eyes to my brother, thinking about something. “Do you regret marrying her?”
He tensed. “No, but I’m sure she regrets marrying me.”
Aja had been withdrawn from our family for years. Mostly because none of us bothered hiding how we felt after finding out she’d aborted Christian’s children and lied about having miscarriages.
“She doesn’t have the right to feel any type of way about you after the things she’s done.”
“I agree but she has her reasons. Even if they only make sense to her.”
“They don’t make sense.”
“I’m not saying they do, what I am saying is that our situation is very different from yours. She and I had an attraction, emotions, and feelings prior to the arrangement ever existing. We cared about each other…”
“Which is what I don’t understand. What changed?”
I could see him warring with whether or not he wanted to tell me and I huffed, rolling my eyes. “I already don’t like her. I’m not sure there’s anything that you could tell me which would make things worse.”
“Don’t be so sure of yourself…” he mumbled.
“Chris…”
His eyes fastened with mine. “She lied to me. I was very clear about what I expected from her and from our marriage. I was honest about how I felt and my position on certain things and she agreed.”
Having kids.
“She never wanted children?”
He quickly shook his head. “No, she didn’t but she made me believe she did. I trusted that we wanted the same things. I trustedher…”
Then she lied about miscarrying three of his kids.
“Did she tell you?”
He shook his head no. “I found out by chance. I thought maybe we needed to seek help. That there might be an issue. I reached out to her doctor and asked for recommendations and to get her thoughts. I knew the minute I asked, something was wrong. She said that Aja and I needed to talk. When I confronted Aja told me she hadn’t miscarried, that she aborted my children. All three. She tried to convince me that our life would be better just the two of us. I was so fucking pissed…”
“But you’re still married to her.”
“For now,” he said firmly.
