CHAPTER 454

Hayden had taken the news of them becoming a family far better than either he or Ginger anticipated.

When Kane mentioned adoption, Hayden immediately stopped calling him Buck and started calling him

“Dad”, which had been beyond cool in Kane’s opinion. But it also drove home the point there was a big difference between being a Big Buddy and being a father. But he couldn’t imagine loving any kid more than he did Hayden.

Kane knocked on Ginger’s office door. He heard a muffled “Come in,” and entered the room.

The redheaded woman of his dreams stood in front of the window behind her desk, her left arm braced across her lower belly, her left hand up by her face.

“Ginger? Everything okay?”

She shook her head and he was by her side instantaneously.

Kane turned her to face him. His heart plummeted at seeing her tear-stained face and red-rimmed eyes. “Do you feel all right?”

“No.” Her arms circled his waist. She sobbed against his chest. She cried so hard he couldn’t make heads nor tails of th