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Aed pal down, she kissed his ood hand to her belly

“You saved me and…you saved our son”

Chapter Ten

She’d never been a fan of hospitals Her mother had been in one after her accident She’d suffered for a few days in a coma before she’d been declared brain dead The acrid stench of bleach, the droning buzz of the monitors, and the wheeze of the tubes all set A She had soh air after all the stress and fear of the last couple of days Margery was doing better, too She’d actually been discharged yesterday and had come by Amanda’s bed as soon as she could She’d been lucky to have a concussion and nothing ery was even scheduled to visit Anant, the doctors all felt it was safer for her and the baby to stay in the hospital a bit longer, for both observation and to help her blood pressure go down to normal levels

That was fine by her

She’d take anything to help her feel more normal when her life had just exploded She’d almost been killed, almost lost both her child and theIf she had a few extra days to spend in a revealing hospital gown and eating bland Jell-O, at least it gave her time to think

There was a knock on her door, and she called for the person on the other end to co back with another massive stuffed animal for the little buddy (Amanda hadn’t decided on a name yet) She wasn’t completely sure how to feel when it was Amir Her heart leapt into her throat when she saw hied hand, he was as beautiful as ever His eyes were like amber and his sharp cheekbones caused her belly to flare ar no doubt in her mind that she was still attracted to him

But she was also confused How had he known? Had he been watching her all this time? And hoould he feel about her no that she’d alation and had hidden their son from him for months What could she possibly say to him?

“Amir…” she started, and then trailed off For once in her life she was at a loss for words

“I think I should start,” he said, slinking in with all his inherent lithe grace before settling himself in the chair by her bedside “I had ured that out by now”

“I did, and two days ago that would have ry I’d have called it ‘chauvinist’ and ‘overbearing,’ but that’s the only thing that saved all our lives”

He nodded and put his hand on hers over her abdomen At least via contact, they were unified for ato do with her after all of this, o aith the bastard child that he probably didn’t want But for just this moment, they were the family she hoped they could be

“I knew you were pregnant because of the security team as well Honestly, I assumed that you had a new boyfriend or lover I didn’t dare to think it was mine”

“It is I haven’t been with anyone since Abu Dhabi,” she said, her voice taking on a harder edge than she’d intended

“I didn’t imply that you were easy,could happen to me”