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I sat up, and Reid’s hands held on to my hips as I moved to straddle him We were both exhausted, but I wasn’t quite ready to let hio just yet A sharp ht Reid’s hands down to where our daughter stirred

"So Reid’sout growing baby "I can’t believe she’ll be here in a few short months," he mused "I hope she looks like you"

"I hope she has her daddy’s green eyes," I replied, stroking Reid’s face with reverence "And his blond hair, and his smile"

"I already love her" His voice lowered "And we haven’t even met her yet"

"It’s weird isn’t it? To love someone so much it hurts?"

"Not at all," he replied "That’s how I’ve loved you all my life, Jade Matthews, and I will love you that way until I takeinto my eyes with such deep adoration that I felt irrevocably tethered to him How I loved him was soul-deep, and I kneas and had always been my other half

Chapter 16

Reid

"Welcoer seat beside me, and I had to smile She had a blindfold on and wore one ofboots She looked adorable, but ht I decided that eren’t going to ‘take things slow’ anymore, siht have rearranged the order in which we did things – like have a baby before we graduated, got jobs and got married – but I’d finally accepted that ere exactly where we supposed to be

"Reid," she whined "Howoutside the house that was going to be ours "But you can’t take the blindfold off yet"

I jumped out and shut hed at her i I’d get it right this time

I opened her door, and took her hand as I helped out of the car "A few more minutes, baby," I told her I led her up the driveway, and stopped at the front door so that I could fish the keys fro when Jade was still sleeping, and couldn’t wait to show her where we’d beinto in just a couple of weeks

I unlocked the door, and pushed it open "You ready?" I asked her, nudging her into the foyer

"I’ve been ready all ," she huffed "Can I look now?"

I moved in front of her, and lifted the blindfold from her face She blinked a few times, and then looked around with curiosity, and maybe a little confusion

"Where are we?"

I watched her face carefully, and tried to squelch my own nervousness "This," – I looked around – "Is our house"

"Our house?" She repeated, her brows furrowed

"Yes," I replied, sing anxiously "I found it yesterday"

Heranything I started worrying that this wouldn’t be what she wanted after all

She stepped away, and I followed her through the house She stopped in every roo it all with her, I could feelto escalate

Jade stopped in the last bedroo in the center to facethat she liked it If not, we’d have to find so she did like, and soon

With her eyes fixed onup, and she smiled "I think this would be perfect for a nursery"

I exhaled, relieved that I’d ht choice I crossed the space, and came to a halt in front of her

"You like it?"

She wrapped her ar onto the balls of her feet "I love it You did good, Mr Cole"

I circled her waist withbelly would allow, and spun her around Her laughter rang through the roo sounded better in that moment