Page 76 of Billionaire and the Barista

I looked up at him, and then down at the papers in my hands. “You’re doing this for Robbie, your son.”

“And for you,” he said.

“Well, will you be able to change things when you have more than one child?”

Nathan shrugged. “Sure, we can add language and caveats for additional children. But…”

He stopped talking and moving. His jaw dropped open and he looked at me.

I nodded.

Nathan didn’t move at all. Suddenly with the swiftness of a viper strike, he had me out of the chair and in his arms. The chair tipped over in his speed. His hands ran over my hair, down my arms.

“Are you serious? Gabs, don’t tease me.”

“I’m not teasing. We’re going to have a baby.”

With a whoop, Nathan scooped me into his arms and spun me. I was laughing and crying all at the same time.

The alarm on my phone went off. “I have to get Robbie. Put me down.”

“Does he know about the baby?” Nathan asked. He was still holding me.

“Not yet. He’s still flying high on having met his father and wondering why you don’t live with us. I don’t know how he’ll take to being a big brother right now.”

He dropped my legs and let me slide down his body until my feet hit the ground.

“That’s a very good question, you know. Why don’t we live together?”

“There are a lot of reasons Nathan, but—”

“But nothing. Marry me, we can figure the rest of everything out as we go like other people do. I’ll move in here until we decide if we want to get a house or stay here. Marry me, live with me. Let’s be the family we were meant to be.”

I was speechless. I was all ready with my list and he made them all vanish.

“You want to marry me and live here? Here, in this apartment?” I knew the kinds of places Nathan was used to living. My little above the café apartment was not what I would have put on his shortlist of preferences.

“I want to be with you. Where you live, I will be.”

I placed my hands on his cheeks. I couldn’t imagine my life without him, and then I had to endure years of it. I never wanted that loneliness and hollow feeling again. “I love you. Yes. Yes.”

The kiss Nathan gave me seared me to the core. I was forever his.

My phone alarm buzzed again. “Okay, okay, we have to get Robbie, or they’ll get mad at me for being late.”

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