Page 47 of Wraith

Epilogue

Barefoot in my fucking kitchen,just how I like waking up and finding her. Creeping up behind her I wrap my arms around her waist brushing my palms along her rounded stomach. “How are my girls today?” As if on cue, my daughter gives a swift kick to my hand making Lara gasp at the action. “She is just like her mom, always wanting to kick me.” I nip at her jaw then go grab myself a cup of hot coffee from thecarafe.

“I thought maybe we could name her Hanna. What do youthink?”

I shake my head. “No.” We have gone back and forth over what to name our little girl and still haven’t agreed on a name. I think she only tells me no on my picks because she wants to be the one to come up with thename.

“But I really like thatone.”

“No, it rhymes with banana. Can you imagine the kids in school? Hanna Banana.” I shake my head again for further veto and take a sip of the hotcoffee.

“School?”

“Yeah. That thing kids go to, to learn things.” She looks uneasy for a moment rubbing her stomach then turning her back to me. “What is it?” I ask getting closer to he once again, spinning her to faceme.

“I guess I just haven’t thought that far ahead. She was so unexpected I’ve barely wrapped my head around the thought of having a baby.” Maybe unexpected for her, but I was trying my damnedest to knock her up since the moment she walked through the door to this house. “How can we even be goodparents?”

“We will suck at being parents,” I tell her getting a smack to my chest. “But every parent does, or at least that is what I think. We will do the best we can and she will be happy. Then after she is born we can try for ason.”

“You are not keeping me pregnant year-round.”

“Believe me, I just might, tiger. It’s a good look on you.” I rub my thickening shaft along her leg to prove apoint.

“You were just inside me not even an hour ago,” she scolds, pulling away fromme.

“Can’t help it,” I say going for her one more time but her sudden intake of breath and hands flying toward her stomach has me pausing. “What’s wrong? Lara?” She turns toward me, a scared, shocked expression on her beautiful flushedface.

“I think my water just broke.” I let out a laugh caging her in my arms and bring her face to me so I can capture her lips with mine. Dragging the kiss out slowly, I pull back just enough to look down at her chocolate pools, now brimming withtears.

“We are going to beparents.”

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