Kylian's POV
We walked back to the living room. I climbed on the couch and didn’t fight it when he tucked the blanket around me. He sat down in the middle, picking up my legs and resting them on his lap.“Thank you,” I mumbled.“Should I go?” he asked softly.I should have told him no. I wanted to tell him no, but another part of me wanted him to stay. That was the part I let win.“You can stay,” I whispered.“I will. Rest. I’m here,” he assured me.I sighed and closed my eyes, letting my body relax. I knew this was a good time to tell him about the baby. I just couldn’t do it. I didn’t have the strength to get in to an intense conversation like that. I opened my eyes and found him staring at me.“What?” I asked, suddenly feeling self-conscious.He shook his head. “Nothing. You’re beautiful even when you’re miserable.”I chuckled softly. “Thank you. I’m not feeling so beautiful.”He leaned forward, grabbing the cup from the table, and handKylian's POVI was intrigued and a little worried about what she would tell me. She seemed so serious and almost a little scared to tell me whatever it was.In all the time we had been together, she’d never had a hard time telling me exactly what was on her mind. It was one of the things I liked most about her. She could be herself around me and didn’t care if I liked it or not. She never held back.As I watched her fidget and squirm, I began to feel a little uneasy myself. Something was off. I could tell whatever it was, was big. Yvonne wasn’t the squirming type, unless she was hot and horny, then she squirmed like crazy. This was different.“Go ahead,” I said, wanting to set her at ease.I blocked the millions of thoughts that were floating through my brain as she looked down at her hands and then back at me. Her illness left her looking very pale. Her black eyeliner was smudged, giving her a hollow appearance. Her cheekbones were more pronounced, and my e
Kylian's POVI vaguely remembered my mother being pregnant with my brothers. She’d never really been sick until Kade. She always said he was the hardest pregnancy. I remembered her lying on the couch with a cloth on her head one day when I came home from school. She had looked completely miserable but put on a brave face for us four boys, even making us cookies for a snack, even though she had to run to the bathroom every five minutes.“What do you want from me?” I asked, suddenly needing to know if she was telling me to allow me a chance to be a part of her life or telling me for some other reason.She shrugged a shoulder. Her face twisted in pain. “I don’t know. I’m dealing with a lot right now. I can’t endure what we just went through again. Not now,” she whispered.That stung a little. I knew I had hurt her, but if she was pregnant, things would be different. “I know you must be nervous and you’re not sure what to expect from me, but I care about you, Yvonne
Yvonne's POVI wanted to hate him, I really did, but that stupid, foolish heart of mine refused to do so. I was considering a heart transplant. Wouldn’t that erase him from my soul? I dragged my ass to the kitchen after spending my first thirty minutes of being awake on the bathroom floor once again. It was really getting old. I didn’t think it was fair that I could end my day hugging the toilet and start the day the same way.“Listen, kid, you only get one time during the day. You don’t get to make me sick all day. It isn’t nice. You need food if you want to come out big, healthy, and strong. Well, scratch the big. You can get big once you’ve exited my body. Until then, play nice. Let Mommy eat and keep the food in her belly. Got it?” I scolded the tiny fetus tucked deep inside my body.I was losing my mind. I had been spending so much time alone in my apartment, I had taken up talking to my unborn child. I scolded him or her, explained what was on television, and about my day in gen
Yvonne's POV“You’re not alone,” Cynthia said, reaching across the table and putting a hand over mine.I smiled at her. “Thank you. I really appreciate that. I wish I was one of those strong women who could go through this without any help, but I don’t think I am.”She laughed. “You most definitely are, but that doesn’t matter, because I am right here with you. You are not going to be alone. I will be your baby daddy,” she said with a wink.I giggled at the absurdity of it. “Great. Does that mean you’re going to be there during the birth?”“Damn straight I am. I’m going to be the first person that little nugget sees, beyond the doctor that is.”“Thank you. Seriously, thank you so much. You’ve already done so much for me and have made this whole thing a lot easier.”She nodded and stuffed a big bite of lasagna into her face. I gobbled up my own lasagna, hoping like hell it all stayed down. I did not want to see that again. It wasn’t pretty going in and I didn’t want to see it coming ou
Kylian's POVThe white lace she wore was the hottest thing I had ever seen. I saw her hard nipples under the lace stretched tight across her chest, made tighter by the arching of her back. Her mouth was slightly opened, her eyes closed as my hands roamed over her bare hips exposed by the high-cut bit of lace she was wearing. I knew it would be hot when she told me about it at the reception. I could barely think of anything else and now it was right in front of me.I heard her moan and reached my fingers to her lips, gently pulling her mouth open. She greedily sucked one finger into her mouth, her lips locking tightly around my finger as she moaned again, her eyes staring into mine.“Kylian,” she whispered my name as I pulled my finger out, moving my hand to her breast, cupping it through the fabric.The lace was hot, but I wanted her naked. I wanted to feel her hot, smooth skin. I wanted to taste it, suck on her as my body joined with hers. I could feel my erection, ready to explode i
Yvonne's POVI woke up, taking slow deep breaths, testing my body’s response to me being awake. Was today the day? I waited for that familiar feeling of nausea. Every morning I woke up, wondering if it would be the day the morning sickness finally subsided. My doctor assured me it was perfectly normal to have morning sickness well into the second trimester and even throughout the entire pregnancy. I wasn’t so sure that was all that assuring. With another deep breath and no need to rush for the bathroom, I made my first move, rolling to my side. Could it be I was going to get through the day without hanging my head over the toilet? I sat up, looking forward to a puke-free day and slid my feet into my slippers before making the big move to stand.“Oh no.” I groaned, when that first little tremble of ick stirred up in my belly.I sucked in a few deep breaths, hoping like hell I could make it go away. Not a chance. I made my usual quick dash to the bathroom and took care of business. Once
Yvonne's POVI laughed. “Does he look like me?” I joked.The tech laughed. Cynthia was holding my hand, squeezing it now and then with excitement.“I can’t believe you are pregnant!”I looked at her and rolled my eyes. “You thought I would make something like that up?”“No, but, I don’t know, I cannot believe there is a real human inside of you! Look, he’s waving!”The tech laughed at Cynthia’s enthusiasm. “Five fingers there. All good.”I watched the baby float and stretch its legs. It was the most amazing thing I had ever seen. I could have watched him or her in there all day. My earlier discomfort was forgotten as I stared at what Kylian and I created.The tech quickly finished the exam before exiting the room with the promise to be right back. I cleaned up my belly and pulled my shirt down, waiting for her to return.“That was awesome,” Cynthia said with awe.“It was. I cannot believe technology these days. It is crazy!”“Thank you for letting me be here. You’re giving me a little
Kylian's POVIt felt good to work out. My feet cradled in a new pair of running shoes slammed against the belt of the treadmill as I got into the rhythm of a steady clip that had my heartbeat up and my body sweating as I burned calories. I had let myself go the first few weeks after Yvonne had kicked me out of her apartment. I had known in that moment it was over. I had gone home and signed the divorce papers and then crawled inside a bottle. I drank until I passed out, got up went to work and went home to repeat the whole process once again. I didn’t want to think about her.Instead of getting on the treadmill or working out, I had drunk like a fish. I wanted to stay numb. The urge to call her had been strong those first few weeks, but I never did. I wasn’t the kind of man who went after anyone who didn’t want me. I had too much pride for that. I had been a fool to believe there was a chance with us. It had been over before it started.The self-imposed misery threatened to take me do