“How are you feeling?”
He rubbed my back, and I yawned. “You’re going to end up giving me a back massage if you keep that up.”
And without another word, he scooted behind me, threaded his legs around my body, and started rubbing my shoulders.
“Oh, yeah,” I groaned.
He chuckled. “You feeling okay?”
I sighed. “As good as I can, I guess.”
“You’re not feeling nauseous?”
I shook my head. “Not after that shot the nurse gave me. Cleared it right up.”
He chuckled. “Well, that’s good. You also have some Zofran tablets in the bag she gave to you if your nausea kicks up that badly again.”
I leaned against him, and he threaded his arms around my body. “I still don’t understand how this happened.”
He kissed the back of my head. “She did say that birth control pills, when taken right, are still only ninety-one percent effective.”
“I’ve been on them for years, though. That stuff messes women up hormonally. I’ve heard it’s damn near impossible to get pregnant after regularly taking it for so long.”
His hands cupped against my stomach. “I guess we’re just special, then.”
I almost snickered at his words, but when he kissed the shell of my ear, I melted against him. And as I closed my eyes, allowing his warmth to swallow me whole, I heard Guadalupe’s voice in my head again.
If this man is youralto, oscuro, y guapo, don’t let him pass you by. Even if it feels weird or awkward, don’t let him get away.
“I can feel you thinking,” Trey whispered.
I giggled. “You’re insane, you know that?”
I tilted my head back, and he kissed my forehead. “Insane about you.”
I furrowed my brow. “Is that… a good thing?”
He shrugged. “It sounded better in my head.”
I smiled as I curled my legs against my chest and started lying down. And just as I suspected, he followed my every movement. I snaked beneath the covers of my bed, and he tucked me in before snuggling up beside me. He brushed his fingers through my hair and held me close against him, my back falling effortlessly against the smooth rising and falling of his chest.
I felt his steady heartbeat hammering against my back, and it helped me relax. “I don’t know what to do, Trey.”
He sighed against the crook of my neck. “I don’t know, either. But, I know you won’t be doing it alone.”
I turned around in his arms and faced him. “Even if I decide not to keep the baby?”
His stare held mine for a long time before he spoke. “I would hope we’d have multiple conversations before we made a decision like that. But, if that’s what you wanted, then yes.”
My eyes fell to his lips for a split-second. “So, you want to keep this baby.”
“Even if you didn’t want to keep it, I’d take the child off your hands and raise the baby myself.”
My eyes widened. “Wow, you really want to keep this baby.”
He crooked his finger beneath my chin. “A lot of people don’t know this about me, but every day that goes by that I waste away in my office, I become more concerned that my home life is going to be just as silent and as lonely as its always been. And don’t let this sway your decision, but I have been thinking about what it might be like to have a child of my own.”
I swallowed hard. “Why didn’t you tell me any of this?”
