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“You’re kind of scary and a bit over the top, you know that?” Her blue eyes look deep into mine.

Thump, thump, thump. My heart races faster.

“Has he hurt you?” I repeat.

“No,” she whispers. Our eyes are still locked, and my hands are still over hers, framing each side of her face. “I’m pregnant, Jensen.”

What?She’s having his baby.I’mgoing to puke now.

“With Tom’s baby? Did you know before we?—”

“No.” Another whisper. “It’s yours. My doctor confirmed it.”

Sh-she’s having my…baby?

The girl of my fucking dreams, literally my dreams, the girl I can’t stop obsessing over. The girl I’ve shared the best night of my life with is…having my baby.

Silence.

I pin my bottom lip between my teeth, trying to hide my smile—Jensen Jones, Mr. Non-Commitment, surprised by his own reaction to being a daddy.

For her, I’ll be anyone.

“Why would I freak out, Kate?”

She rolls her eyes. “Duh, you don’t do relationships, let alone with a ‘spoiled princess.’ And now you find out I’m pregnant with your baby.”

“Say that again.”

“Spoiled princess.”

“No. The last part. Say it again.”

“I’m pregnant with your baby.” Her voice is breathy as she repeats the words that cast over me like velvet.

Hands still on either side of her face, I lean forward and brush my mouth across hers, smiling against her lips. “I got you pregnant.”

“Well, yes.”

Kissing her gently, I close my eyes. Fuck me, she tastes like heaven. “Don’t you go freaking out onmenow. But all I can think about is doing it again, just to be sure.”

She pulls back, wiping her deep blue manicured nails across her bottom lip. “What?”

I don’t even hesitate as I pull her back into my bare chest. Kate sitting on a high stool is perfect kissing height. “You think you know everything about me. That you have me all figured out. The truth is, Princess, you know nothing about me at all. But I know every single part of you. What makes you tick, what makes your thighs clench, what makes you seethe with rage. I know your favorite dishes and your favorite restaurants. I know what cases you’ve recently won at work and that the nail polish you’re wearing right now is your favorite since you wear it six months out of the year. You hate me because I keep you guessing. I challenge you. And for once in your fucking life, I make youwantsomeone for something more than just a few dates and a fuck. And that scares the shit out of you. I know it does because it scares the shit out of me too.”

Her breath catches in her throat, and I go to kiss her, but more deeply this time.

“No.”

“No, what?”

“No, don’t kiss me again.”

I close my eyes and brace my hands on the arms of her stool, squeezing the bars in my palms. “Don’t freak out on me, Katherine.”

“I’ve just told you, the person you apparently can’t stand, that I’m having your baby. And then you come with all of this? How am I not going to freak out? I was already freaking out at the baby part. You, on the other hand, want to putanotherbaby in me.”

Scratching at my chest, I smile at her. “I didn’t mean another, but since you suggested it…” I turn serious at the look of horror on her face. “I’m obsessed with you. I’ve been obsessed with you since the moment you wore my jersey and sat on my lap. Since the moment you placed your lips against mine. Sure, I didn’t plan on having a baby. And it’s true I’m not into commitment.I’ve got my reasons for that.” I sigh. Taking one of her hands in mine. “But with you, and only you, I’m not scared to have a baby. Just like I’m not scared to be with you. I’ve been fantasizing about it for too long.”