The Blood of a Baron - K.J. Jackson Page 0,74
It was too much, I know. They also didn’t mention years ago a thing about how large the family was.” His hand went to her belly. “I’m sorry you were bombarded with it—hell, I’m sorry I was bombarded with it.”
Her hand went to his chest, splaying wide, and the smile didn’t leave her face. “No, I loved it. Quite truly. They are delightful and funny and warm and so very the opposite of all those that had turned their noses up at us in London.” Her look went to the sitting room. “And how many piles of blankets and gowns and toys did you bring up here today? One would think I was giving birth to royalty.”
Wes nodded. “These people do like to celebrate.” His hand on her belly rubbed the hard mound. “But still, you need rest, and then there was this—this explosion of people. Grandmother could have warned us. Or Lance. He knew full well what we were walking into here.”
“They probably thought we would have politely excused ourselves and run.”
“We should have.”
She laughed. “No, actually, the last thing I need is more lying on my back. I had enough of that on the ship to last me a good twenty years.” She went to her toes, kissing him. “This—this was glorious. Rebecca is so kind and such a wit, and I talked for an hour with Margaret, and when there were races Judith and I had so much fun betting on not who would be first but who would be third. And Edel—I feel like I’ve known her forever. And that your grandmother owns a home large enough to fit all twenty-three of them and their families for events like this—that is beyond impressive. How did you not realize this existed?”
A frown set on his face. “I had no inkling my mother came from all of this. My father never talked of my mother’s family—never spoke of my mother at all. Every time I asked, I could see the pain in his eyes and I would change the subject. Eventually I stopped asking. Maybe I shouldn’t have.”
“Well, it may have taken years, but they have you now and you have them.”
He smiled. “And you have all of us.”
Two days they’d been surrounded by family and he still couldn’t quite believe that his bloodline held all of this and he never knew. People with such generosity and kindness that had taken to not only him—but even more importantly, to Laney. They’d genuinely embraced her so fully, so warmly, that he was dumbfounded.
He looked down into her amber eyes, the green flecks sparkling, mesmerizing him.
She was happy.
His wife was happy to her core and his heart expanded hard in his chest. He’d worried for months that this was the wrong decision—coming to America—but he could already see on her face how very right this was.
What she’d always wanted. Him. Family. To exist beyond herself with others. For that was when her heart was the fullest. What he’d always wanted to give her, and here it was. Here it had been all along.
And it was only the beginning. The beginning of their forever.
Finally.
Two broken halves forged into one indestructible whole.
~ From K.J. Jackson ~
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