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“If you don’t want me, don’t want us, then pull away. But if you do, just like I know it deep down in my gut, kiss me. Let me put my mouth on you and finally make you mine.”

Fuck, this is it. The emotions from the scan, seeing this incredible woman carrying my whole world. I can’t hold back; I have to know which direction she’s going to choose. My hands tremble as I hold her.

We’re nose to nose, eye to eye, when her hands come to my waist, pulling me close, and my cock stirs at the contact.

“Just to be clear, if I kiss you, then we’re doing this, you and me? We’re going to give it a shot?”

“You still don’t get it, do you, Princess? I’m not giving anything a shot with you. This is it. Forever.”

“I’m scared.”

I shake my head softly. “Don’t be scared. Be mine.”

Come on, Katherine. Hold my hand and jump with me.

My whole fucking soul lights up when she slowly presses her mouth to mine. Bringing my hands under her ass, I pull her into me as far as she will go, desperate to make us one. Her rounded stomach presses against my body, and automatically, my hand shoots down between us to smooth a palm over it.

But that’s not enough. Pulling up her soft white blouse she’d only just tucked back into her black work pants, I roll it until it’s just below her breasts.

“I don’t think I’ve ever seen a more beautiful sight.” My eyes find hers again.

Crouching down slightly, my mouth finds her navel as I press gentle, closed mouth kisses across her beautifully soft and perfect complexion, marks already beginning to show where her body is accommodating our children.

Kate gasps at the contact. “JJ, we’re in the hospital. You can’t fuck me here.”

“I don’t plan on fucking you,” I say between kisses. “I plan on taking you back to my apartment, having dinner with our friends, and then making love to you in my bed.”

“Oh.” Kate’s hand flies to her side.

“What? What’s the matter?”

“Shhh. It’s okay,” she says in a hushed tone. “I just felt a kick.”

“What?” I marvel, my voice cracking.

Taking my hand, she places it where hers was a second earlier. “Maybe they’ll do it again.”

Silently, we stare at each other while we wait, and I fucking pray I get to feel what my girlfriend just did.

Girlfriend.

That’s fucking right, my girlfriend.

“Woah.” A laugh bursts out of me as I feel movement.

“Crazy, right?” Goddamn. She looks so happy in this moment.

“Incredible.” My voice is full of wonder.

“It’s definitely the boy. Awkward, like his father.”

Pressing my lips to hers, I smile against her mouth. “Well, you’re my doppelganger and girlfriend, so what does that say about you?”

“It says I’m a very lucky girl.”

CHAPTER THIRTY-ONE

KATE