I’ll ask my boy toy to move in with me.”
“I’d be thrilled for you if I didn’t feel like shit right now, Tonya, truly.”
“Elizabeth!” Ethan yells as he starts up the stairs.
“We’ll talk later.” Tonya blows me a kiss then walks out the door.
“Elizabeth in the bathroom?” Ethan asks from outside the door.
“She is.” Tonya laughs.
When he walks in and looks at me, a shit-ass grin starts to spread across his devilishly handsome face.
“I love you, Ethan, but I’m warning you right now, there’s a very fine line.”
When his eyes mist over and he looks at me in that way, the way that makes my heart melt, there is no way possible I can be upset with him or the situation.
As Tonya said, it takes two to tango.
“I’m not going to say I’m sorry that I threw away those pills.”
“So, you’re admitting it?”
“Aye.”
“Ethan, I’m going to feel like shit for our wedding.”
“Ye’re going to feel loved, m’eudail.”
“But why?”
He walks over, crouches down beside me, and pulls me gently against him. “’Cause I didn’t want ye to have to get in yer head out of a decision. I didn’t want ye to worry, and when ye’re in a state other than this, when ye’re feeling a bit better, ye’re going to get that look on yer face ye do when ye’re truly happy and at peace. Ye want children just like I do, love, so why not start now?”
I wrap my arms around him. “I hate puking.”
“I’ll get ye feeling better in no time.”
“There are no ointments or potions for morning sickness, Ethan.”
“There is. Now stop yer worrying and get to the happy, peaceful place. I’d love to go there with you.”
Seven Months Later…
“Mrs. Stewart?”
I look up from Kooper’s angelic face toward the door.
“Do you need anything?”
I look back down at our son and shake my head.
“Well, if you do—”
“I know Dr. Stewart can be difficult at times, but I’m not nearly as demanding as he is.”
“Wife,” Ethan’s voice comes from somewhere behind her.
She smiles, and I wink as she steps out of the room and lets him in.
“Are ye talking about me already? We’ve only been married a minute or two.”
“How was Kai?”
“She’s got her little crew coming over for a few hours. She’ll have them out when we get home.”
“They can stay, Ethan. Truly, it’s no problem.”
“She can handle a few days without them. It’s our home, not a hangout.”
“You’d think your daddy would be happy that she has so many friends, and that they want to hang out at our house and not somewhere else where he can’t hover.”
He kisses my head and then Kooper’s.
I look up at him. “You need some sleep.”
“I’ll get some when ye’re home.”
I move over in the bed. “Sit with us.”
“Don’t want to hurt ye, love.”
“You should have thought about that before you knocked me up,” I joke.
“Can’t say as if I’m sorry I did. Won’t promise I won’t be doing it again in about six months.”
I laugh as I look at Kooper. “Things you should never say to your wife a day after she pushes a nine-pound child out of her vagina and has to get stitches.”
“Look at him, Elizabeth Stewart; how could something so brand new already own part of yer soul forever?”
I sniff back tears and lean against him. “Thank you, by the way.”
“For what?”
“For this, for Kai, for loving me.”
“The moment I saw ye, I wanted to give ye the world. That will never stop.”
Gaelic Phrases
Tá tú go halainn - You're beautiful
M’eudail - My family
Slainte Mhath - Good health
A sheòid - Little hero / warrior
A chuisle mo chroi - Pulse of my heart
Athair - Father
Chridhe - Heart
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