Page 126 of Her Duke's Second Chance

“Am I too heavy?” Robert asked.

“No,” she whispered, running her hand up his back as he braced himself on his elbows.

He eventually rolled off her and curled up at her side, pulling her close to him and folding her in his arms.

“That was the best poem I have ever heard.” He grinned.

She threw back her head and laughed. The room reverberated with their joy.

She decided that she had waited long enough. She had wanted to be sure about it before she told him, but she had not seen her courses for two months now.

“Robert?”

He opened one eye and looked at her. “Yes?”

“I have something to tell you.”

He lifted his head up, supporting it with his palm on a bent elbow. “Go ahead.”

“I am with child.”

“I…thought that you might be.”

“You did?” she said in surprise. “How come?”

“Well, you have not had your courses for more than a month.”

“Two months, actually.”

He smiled. “Yes, well, I did not want to presume.”

She leaned in and kissed him. “Are you happy?”

“Happy? No, my dear; I am ecstatic.”

She stopped smiling. “Are you afraid?”

He gave her a somber look. “I am terrified.”

She nodded. “Me too.”

He took her hand and squeezed it. “Well, whatever comes, we will face it together.”

She nodded, swallowing the lump in her throat. “Yes. Together.”

They became lost in each other’s gazes, each imagining their life with their new child.

“I love you, Georgiana. Very much.”

He reached for her, hugging her tightly.

“I love you too, Robert.”

The End?

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