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Jake hugged her tight "No nant, the child will be ours"

She sniffled but wouldn’t look at him He tilted her chin up and looked into her red eyes "It doesn’t matter Do you hear ht?"

She nodded, but she didn’t look like she believed hiently caressed her face with his thu down her cheeks "Do you want to get breakfast?

She hesitated

"I can bring so that she needed to be with the faht be for her

"I don’t want to say anything about this to anyone," she said "Not until I know for sure one way or another"

"About the baby?" he questioned He wasn’t hiding the fact they were mated

Her lips parted, then she nodded

"Certainly" But that didn’t round And deep down, Jake was disturbed about this wholeMassaro’s child, although he’d love the child as his own, but because of the way Massaro would have gotten her with child But also because she was reticent about being iven her a choice about that Although ultimately, there would have been only one choice to o downstairs" She gave his nude body an assessing look, then gave hihed "Sure you don’t want to stay up here, and I’ll make us a special breakfast after everyone’s left for the day?" He waggled his brows

"It’s teh

He took a deep breath "You’re really not upset about our ave hiht after night? I could think of hardly anything else, and now I’nant then?"

She gave a shallow nod

He took her hand and kissed it "Everything will be all right, Alicia You’ve got me, and you have a whole pack to be your faain I’ll grab a quick shower, and we can head downstairs I’ll show you randfather’s home where we’ll live once we resolve some other issues We’ll have lunch and an afternoon nap after that How’s that sound?"

"You don’t have to work?" She sounded as though she was afraid he’d leave her alone

"Not anytih for you to get acclimated to the pack and to our ways Besides, until we know that Mario and hiswith you"

She shook her head, a save a breathy little laugh "You ht it was funny when I said I’d protect us both because I had a gun"

He chuckled and ran his hand through her thick curls, then held a handful with reverence "I was thinking, ‘If you only knew’"

Chapter 14

When Jake and Alicia finally went down to breakfast, Tom and Darien both looked up at theuided Alicia into the dining roo out onto the woods, Jake’s photos of woodland flowers hanging on the walls, and the long oval table covered in golden sunflower place raphs, and he saw real aded looks, and Jake knew that despite trying to keep his expression neutral, he’d conveyed strife in paradise

Both observed Alicia, and he i," Darien said to Alicia, and Toave Jake a harsh look as if he’d been to bla," Alicia said quietly, avoiding looking at them, while Jake only nodded

Lelandi cained that the babies kicking in her belly were keeping her awake, although her expression brightened when she saw Alicia A flicker of concern fluttered across Lelandi’s face when she noticed Alicia’s red eyes, but she quickly smiled anddishes were filled with eggs and ham, biscuits, and cantaloupe, watermelon, and honeydew melon

"Have your pick," Lelandi said cheerfully