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I s not to see the fear swi to kick his or her way out”

He laughed, so he did more and more these days I didn’t know if it was because he was just happier with me or if it was because I told hiht of his smile never failed to make my heart stutter “That’s the Ashby way”

I rolled hed “And what of this baby’s Caffrey side?” My words cah me

“A double Irish child? Must be our punish his way out”

“Once you’re holding hie your mind,” Sadie assured me as she pulled to a stop in front of the hospital

“Don’t worry,” I said as the contraction eased, “I’m so ready to meet him”

The next few hours were a blur, but the thing I’d rehis best to be supportive by using a slew of coe, and when I wasn’t screah my seventy-minute labor session

The room filled with Ashbys, all of them showed up to see my baby boy, to welcome another member of the Ashby clan They were loud and beautiful, boisterous as hell as they filled the room at once, instead of two at a time like the hospital mandated

“He’s so fucking cute,” Virgil growled as he held his nephew “Can’t be Jasper’s kid”

Jasper took our son, Cillian Alistair Ashby, back in his arms and kissed the top of his head

“Look at hih and through”

“Pretty sure he’s my boy, too” I offered up, my voice weak, my body exhausted, but a sathered all aroundus well This wasn’t even a part I knew to add to the fairytale, but at this moment in time, I was happy to enjoy the surprise of it

It wasn’t the fairytale I’d dreamed up Instead of the white picket fence, it was a ate Instead of a house in the burbs, it was a overnot Jasper We would probably never get married and some days it pained my heart; other days I was determined to love the life I had To be present in it To stop wishing for more

Vanessa accepted Cillian in her arot your blue eyes and Jasper’s hair Watch out for this one”