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Or maybe next week.

Or maybe after the baby is born.

For now, I’m throwing my arms in the air and enjoying the ride.

Chapter 26

Touchdown – when Hudson finally makes it to the endzone

Hudson

“Did you have fun?” I ask Nova as we enter our chalet.

“It was the best. Thank you for getting tickets. I loved how involved the audience was.”

I chuckle. “I don’t think anyone expected you to throw bread at the police.”

She shrugs. “Weston deserved it.”

I frown. “What did he do?”

“What didn’t he do? When we were in high school, he was always torturing Sophia and the rest of us somehow.”

I relax. She’s not referring to the present day.

I pull her into my arms. “I’m glad you had a good time.”

She smiles up at me and my entire body warms. Her smile can warm the darkest corners of my soul. I should probably let her go. She deserves someone who’s as happy as she is, but I’m not going to. She’s the only person who can make me happy. Her and the baby.

“Did you have fun?” she asks.

“I was with you.”

She rolls her eyes. “That’s not an answer, caveman.”

I tuck her hair behind her ear. “Yes, it is.” I kiss her forehead. “Being with you is the only thing that matters.”

“Does this mean you’re removing the no sex rule?”

“There wasn’t a no sex rule.”

“Sure felt like there was a no sex rule when you tucked me into bed like a five-year-old last night.”

“I don’t want you to think this relationship is only about the sex.”

“I don’t. But I do think I’m sexually frustrated.”

“Sexually frustrated?”

“Pregnancy increases a woman’s libido.” She pouts. “You’re not going to deny me again, are you? I thought you wanted to take care of me.”

I growl. “I do want to take care of you.”

“There’s more ways to take care of me than making me chicken noodle soup.”

She bats her eyelashes at me and I’m lost. How can I deny the woman I’m falling in love with?

“If we have sex—”

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