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The roo, and just when I thought she wasn’t going to respond, she opened her mouth, and whispered, "Okay"

Chapter 11

Jade

"Daht it’s my kid"

It was late, and Reid was probably already asleep, but I had to see him He’d walked out of my apartment earlier, and I hadn’t heard frooing to be a new habit of his

I unlocked the door to his and Dane’s apart my spare key, and quietly shut the door Dane was next door with Kennedy, so I didn’t have to worry about waking hihtly across the cold, tiled floors, and slowly opened Reid’s bedroo my lips when his sift snores met ht movement jolted him, and he startled awake I reached over and switched his bedside la wrong?" His eyes darted from my face to my stomach, and his worried expression made me soften

"I’m fine," I replied quietly My eyes couldn’t help but roam the defined contours of his chest He’d had the nerve to criticizeunderdressed in this weather, but he was shirtless with only a pair of long cotton draw pants on His sandy blond hair was ruffled froreen eyes looked tired But he was still the sexiest man I’d ever laid eyes on My heart tripped in e fro towards hi the ultrasound picture close to me "You walked out earlier, and I realize I should have stopped you"

"You looked upset, and I thought it was best I left"

I nodded, suddenly feeling like a girl talking to her crush for the first tied lately, and reasoned that most women had to feel some kind of attraction to the father of their children

"I wanted to give you this" I handed him the photo, and held my breath as he stared down at it

"This blob," he muttered "Is our baby?"

"It is" I half-smiled and tucked my hair behind my ear "I was sixteen weeks when I had ot back froed "I had no idea until then It didn’t even crossmy period"

I wasn’t sure if that was too ht he deserved the sahteenth of August, which ," he finished, looking down at the picture in awe The way he breathed it out put any worry I had over whether he not he questioned the paternity at ease, and there was no way he could doubt that he was the father

My chin tipped down, and he continued to rub the picture of our baby with reverence

"We’ll find out what the sex is at the next appointirl At least I hope it is Not that I would mind a boy, but I just - "

"Jade" Reid covered "

"Sorry," I huffed, trying to dispel the anxious energy coursing its’ way through my body "I’m nervous"

He yawned, and I suddenly felt contrite for waking hilanced at his bedside clock – two ao I didn’t mean to wake you"

I stood up, and as I turned my back I felt his hand wrap around , and vulnerable "Stay I don’t want you to go back outside in the cold"