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LUKE
Jess was still frozen in place, her eyes locked on mine. Laura was in front of Josh, her hands gripping his like a lifeline, but Jess wasn’t moving.
Her gaze darted between me and Josh, her chest rising and falling rapidly, like she couldn’t quite believe we were standing here. Then, almost imperceptibly, her hand dropped to her stomach.
And that’s when I noticed it.
The small, protective way her fingers pressed against her belly.
My heart stuttered. I froze, my grip on the wheelchair faltering as the weight of what I was seeing started to sink in.
“Luke?” Jess’s voice was soft but trembling, breaking through the noise of the terminal like it was meant for me and me alone.
I stepped around the wheelchair, my mind racing. “Jess,” I said, my voice rough. “Is that are you?”
Her face twisted, tears brimming in her eyes, and her hand stayed firmly where it was.
I swallowed hard, taking another step toward her. “Jess,” I rasped, my pulse pounding in my ears. “You are…?”
Her lips parted, and for a second, I thought she wasn’t going to answer. Then, like a dam breaking, she blurted out, “Yes, you idiot!”
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The world tilted.
I stared at
her, my chest tightening so hard it was like all the air had been sucked out of the room.
“And it’s…” I hesitated my voice barely a whisper. “It’s mine?”
Her mouth fell open in shock, and before I could blink, her fist came flying toward my shoulder the injured one.
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“Of course it is, asshole!” she snapped, her voice thick with tears.
I stumbled back, more from surprise than the force of the punch, my hand instinctively going to my shoulder And then it hit me like a freight train.
Holy shit.
She was pregnant. Jess was pregnant. With my kid.
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