"Are you okay?" Kai asked. "Do you want to go home instead?"
Elysia leaned back against the passenger seat and closed her eyes for a brief moment, trying to steady her breathing.
What the hell had that been?
Declan had completely snapped back there.
She'd expected pleading. She'd expected begging.
But never… What he'd done in there.
For a moment, she'd genuinely been scared of him.
She slowly opened her eyes and instinctively rested a hand over her stomach.
She was still in her first trimester.
The way he'd tightened his arms around her... the way he'd refused to let go… It had terrified her.
But then again… Declan would always be Declan with his ridiculous self-righteousness.
"N-No..." Elysia shook her head lightly. "I'm fine. Let's just get to the hospital."
Kai studied her f
