“I’ve never seen you laugh like that before,” he muttered.
“We haven’t had much to laugh about,” she pointed out softly. She remained on her back, one arm curled up above her head and the other resting on the mound of their baby. “An unwanted s*x thing followed by an unwanted pregnancy. Not exactly giggle-worthy topics of conversation.”
“Baby can hear you,” he warned, his tone serious. “Don’t let him come into this world thinking he’s unwanted.”
“I’d never do that,” she said. “Not after knowing what that kind of rejection feels like. He’s going to know that his mother wants him and loves him.”
But not his father, Christian reflected. Because that particular i***t gave him up without a second thought.
He was having a hard time with this entire situation. Living with her and seeing the
