Lorenzo's POV
The echoes of my heart against its rib cage told me that it was a figment of my imagination, that I hadn't heard correctly at first what she had said but the test strips, her red eyes and her lips curved downward gave me a different answer.
With voice shaking and eyes stiffened, I asked.
“ You are pregnant?” I repeated what she had said. The tiny bubbles around us burst into ripples of joy as I scooped her in my arms. The test strips long forgotten and her beautiful eyes in circles as she tries to shove me away.
“ Get off me, drop me down. I don't want this. I am not ready, I don't….”
“ Shush” I placed a finger over her lips, shutting up the noisy voice that might be playing in her head.
“ I will be with you through all of its phases, so you don't have to worry” I a
