He shook his head. No. Not possible. That was the pre-Lexie Kade talking. He knew better. He knew her better. But if she was pregnant and not telling him, there had to be a reason. And he had every intention of finding out … and fixing the problem.
* * *
Lexie woke up suddenly, severe nausea immediately taking hold. She glanced at a sleeping Kade and slipped out of bed, rushing to the bathroom, where she threw up. She closed her eyes and sighed, no longer able to deny the obvious. She was pregnant.
She sat by the toilet and made sure she wasn’t going to get sick again before taking a quick shower and brushing her teeth. She wrapped herself in the fluffy white robe supplied by the resort and walked out to find Kade standing by the sliding doors leading outside, a cup of coffee in hand.
“Hey.” Striding up to him, she wrapped her arms around his waist. He wore a pair of shorts that rode low on his hips, and she rested her face against his bare back.
“Hey. Did you get sick this morning?” he asked, turning to face her and pulling out of her embrace as he moved.
She nodded. “I… We need to talk.”
He visibly swallowed hard. “You’re pregnant.”
She stared at him in surprise. “How did you know?”
“No alcohol twice yesterday, then Lexie said the word baby and it clicked,” he said, his expression serious.
They’d come back to the room last night and instead of falling into bed, she’d fallen asleep. Another sign she was pregnant.
No
rmally exhaustion wouldn’t have surprised her, but on vacation, where they were alone? That wasn’t like either of them.
“You’re not happy about it.” She glanced down at her feet, not meeting his gaze.
He tucked his hand beneath her chin and lifted her face toward his. “I think you’re the one who’s not happy or else you would have shared the news.”
She blinked and unexpected tears fell, and she had a hunch it was too soon to blame hormones. “I was afraid to tell you,” she admitted. “I thought that maybe you’d think two kids so fast was too much. We don’t get a lot of alone time as it is, and now it’s going to get even worse.”
“What? You think I’d be upset?” He shook his head, his expression one of utter shock. “Last night I worried you didn’t want another baby with me because Matty is so … challenging. Like I was for my mother.”
“Kade, no!” Pain that he’d ever think such a thing exploded through her. He’d suffered so much as a child and overcome so much more as an adult, and she admired him for all of it.
Before she knew it, she was in his arms, and he was hanging on as she wrapped her legs around his waist. He hefted her up so he could hold her more easily.
“I don’t think that about Matty!” she assured him. “He’s had a rough go, what with the colic and reflux and having a hard time with other things, but that’s not his fault. And it’s not yours!”
A wry smile lifted his lips. “I realized that’s not who you are or how you’d think, but yeah, for a second, it went through my mind before I shut those thoughts down.”
“Kaden Barnes, I want as many babies as you give me. I just worried you’d think it was too soon.”
He walked her back into the bedroom and deposited her onto the mattress. His deft fingers undid the belt on the robe, exposing her to him. “You, Lexie Barnes, are mine. You are my family, my life, my reason for breathing. And our children? I feel the same way about them.”
He pulled off his shorts and climbed back into bed.
Meanwhile, she slid out of the robe and they came together, naked, skin to skin.
“Do I want time alone with you? Fuck yes. Will I do whatever I have to in order to make sure we get it? Also a yes.” His hard cock nudged at her entrance, and she was slick and ready for him.
She smiled, her tears happy ones now. “I should have trusted you enough to tell you the minute I suspected. You do realize I’m not one hundred percent certain? But I have been queasy lately.”
He nodded. “But you’re not a typical puker, baby, so I’m thinking you are pregnant.”
She managed to laugh, though the thought of morning sickness didn’t make her happy. She’d gotten off easy with Matty. “I’ll take a test as soon as I get home.”
“You’ll go to a doctor as soon as you get home.” His stern gaze told her he’d be escorting her there himself.