Page 146 of Severed By Vengeance

“Are you hurt?” I asked as I lifted her up and framed her face.

“I’m fine.” She waved me off, and that’s when I noticed her palm was bleeding, most likely cut on the broken glass she was pushed into.

My blood roiled as I set my sights on the two men, and fantasized about all the creative ways I could make them pay for every drop of my girl’s blood. I stepped forward, reaching for my blade, when Eva’s warm touch settled on my arm.

“No, Derek, let’s just go home. Please,” she urged, picking up a pink box.

A pregnancy test.

My heart was now racing for a whole new set of reasons.

“I’m sorry. I wanted it to be a surprise.”

“Let’s get the fuck home,” I said, tugging her close.

* * *

Once I’d brought everything inside, I gave her no time to speak. I scooped her into my arms and brought her to the main bedroom. Where I would have usually tossed her playfully onto the mattress, I placed her gently over the white down comforter.

“I’m going to be… a father?” I asked for the fifth time. She nodded.

“I took a test before we left. But I forgot it, and I wanted to surprise you.” Eva pulled me close. “Are you happy?”

“Am I fucking happy? Of course, I am, angel.”

Eva had given me everything I never thought I wanted or would ever have. Happy couldn’t even begin to describe what I felt at the prospect of becoming a father. But terrified was probably the loudest emotion. Maybe I needed a few days for that feeling to sink in all the way, because all I could think about was how goddamn gorgeous my wife was and how I needed her more than anything at that moment.

“Does your father know?”

She shook her head. “I wanted you to be the first. We can tell him together when we get back.”

Franco and I weren’t friends by any stretch, but we respected one another. Apart from Kai, he was the only man I trusted with Eva. And as much as he despised the core of who I was, he knew she would always be safe with me.

And I had to admit, he’d be the best grandfather to our child.

Our child.

“We have to celebrate. I’m hungry.”

“What did you have in mind?”

“You, sitting on my face. Come here.”

She laughed and let me undress her.

“So, who was that redhead I saw you talking to when I peeked into the aisle?” she asked, crawling up my body on all fours.

“She was fucking no one. Now bring me my pussy.”

Eva laughed again, now straddling my chest. I reached up and squeezed her breasts, pinching her nipples and coaxing those sweet little noises from her I loved so much.

“She was practically attached to you like a strand of your DNA.”

“Fuck her. I want your DNA all over me. Now, hold on to that goddamn headboard and sit on my face.” I grabbed her hips and tossed her over my shoulders.“Wait, you’re not bringing her up because you think I–”

“No,” she said, cutting me off. “She doesn’t matter. And I’m the one sitting on your face right now.”

A soft moan broke from her lips as I ran my tongue up her slit. Eva rocked against my face, throwing her head back.

“That’s my fucking girl.”