Betrayals (Black Cipher Files series Book 2) by Lisa Hughey

Author:Lisa Hughey [Hughey, Lisa]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: General Fiction
Publisher: Lisa Hughey
Published: 2014-01-12T23:00:00+00:00

TWENTY-FIVE

October 18th

9:45 pm

New York City

She was having a baby.

They were having a baby.

Jordan was smiling. A great big grin energized him. Every molecule of his body was filled with joy. A baby.

He’d envisioned this part of his life happening differently. He’d thought taking the step to becoming a father would involve long bouts of careful consideration before the actual deciding. But everything had changed with a few significant words. Staci was pregnant.

He shouldn't be quite so happy yet. He knew it but couldn't help the smile on his face. He wanted to be a great father.

Determination blossomed through him. He would be a great father. The best father a kid could ever have.

Shit. He didn’t know anything about being a dad. He’d been raised by his mother and his aunt. Thea’s father had been around, but he’d died young. Besides, Jordan wasn't going to be any kind of father unless he could get them out of this situation.

Staci lay on the sofa, sound asleep. Intending to gently nudge her awake, he leaned down, but she shifted in her sleep, making room for him to slide in behind her.

Just for a second.

Just a second to hold onto her and forget about their problems. Which were legion.

Deliberately he eased in behind her. His head fitted beside hers on the pillow, and his arm automatically went around her waist to pull her snug against his chest. He brushed a light kiss against her hair.

The familiar weight of her breasts was soft against his forearm. But the ridges of her ribs, so slight under his shirt, and the roughness of her once silky hair against his cheek were unfamiliar. Different.

She was different. They both were. Different wasn’t bad...it just was.

He should focus on other, more crucial things, but his mind kept going back to Staci, and the baby.

Jordan knew the moment she drifted awake. Her body tensed slightly, and then relaxed into the cradle of his embrace.

He squeezed her gently, somehow needing to say it out loud. “You’re having a baby,” he whispered.

“Oh my God,” she shuddered. “I didn’t do this by myself. You were there too."

He waited, refusing to get mad before he heard where she was going with it.

“You know when it happened.” Staci continued.

He knew exactly when she'd gotten pregnant. He even wondered if he’d subconsciously invoked this situation.

He’d known he wasn’t using birth control. Instinctively, he'd wanted to claim her.

He held her firm against him, just in case she planned to get up. This was important. “That night–you were right there with me.”

“I know.” She rubbed her palm over his forearm, her hard callouses catching on the hair. “I could have stopped, insisted you put on a condom, and I didn’t.”

She was quiet.

He’d gone back to that night over and over again, after she left, after she was imprisoned, and after she’d been listed as dead.

“We’re both very careful about protection,” he stated deliberately.

“I was on the pill.” She shrugged. “I guess it didn’t work.”

He’d wanted to bind her to him.

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