Page 87 of Amor Prohibido

I glanced up at J and did my best not to chuckle at the glare she seared me with. My focus shifted down as she pushed again; it was both mortifying and intriguing. Part of me grew sickened. The other, captivated.

“Push, darlin’, you need to push with all you’ve got on the next contraction,” Ursula urged.

Jax cried out and threw her head back as she rode out the last contraction, then shook her head adamantly. “I can’t. I’m done. I can’t fucking do this anymore. I’m…”

I was at her side in an instant. “Babe, c’mon,yesyou can. You’re almost there.”

“I can’t, Jace. I just can’t. I’m done.” She closed her eyes and focused on regaining her breath.

Cupping her hot cheeks in my hands, I leaned in so close our noses touched. I spoke low with as much authority and passion as I could muster.

“Sweetheart, youcando this. You’re in the home stretch. Ten more minutes and I promise you’ll be done. You’re strong, you’re determined, and you’re not alone, so show me that fighting spirit we both know you have and score that home run for me, babe.”

J barely nodded and breathed out, “Okay,” against my lips. Her agreement morphed into a groan as the next contraction began to build. With a quick kiss to her forehead and a final squeeze of her hand, I moved back down by Ursula.

Ursula and I raised our voices and encouraged Jax to push hard. She growled with purpose and pushed with everything she had. In the next moment, a pudgy, slimy, alien slid out onto my awaiting hands, and I didn’t know what to do with it.

Jax lay panting as Ursula plucked up our new baby and turned it over to inspect it.

“Congratulations, Mummy and Daddy, you have a little Romeo here.”

I gaped at Ursula, not believing my ears. “It’s a boy?”

“Romeo?” Jax questioned, dazed and slurred.

“Yes, you have a son. And it’s now Valentine’s Day darlin’,” Ursula explained as she placed our tiny boy onto J’s chest.

That sight alone made my chest spasm with pride. A torrent of overwhelming emotions hit me and blurred everything else in the room.

A son…

We have a son!

Without a doubt, this was the greatest moment in my life. Resting a careful hand over J’s that cupped our son’s little bum, I smiled down at her and kissed away her happy tears.

“You did fucking awesome, J. You have no idea how proud I am of you. One down, one more to go, sweetheart.”

Ursula weighed and measured our little man, then wrapped him in a blanket and nestled him into the awaiting bassinet. No sooner had this been done than J’s stomach convulsed again, and she gripped the bed.

“Oh,¡mierda!”

“Two good pushes darlin’ and you’ll be home and hosed,” Ursula assured her.

And she was right. The next baby slid into my hands much quicker than the first. I couldn’t stand to wait a moment longer; Ihadto know. “What is it?”

Ursula plucked up the baby just like before and turned it over. “A beautiful girl. Welcome to the world, little one.”

“A girl?”J’s voice pitched.

A tear-choked hiccup snagged in my throat.

Adaughter.

Fuck. Me. Sideways.

Seeing my girls together was too much. I hadn’t anticipated how love like this could take my breath away. It filled my body, consumed my soul, and filled my eyes with tears.

I was so fucking proud of J. She had given me the most precious gifts in the entire world, and there were no words to describe it. Just a whirlwind of overwhelming affection and happiness, a squeezing heart, and joyful tears that combined with J’s as I leaned over and kissed her. What we created together was beyond beautiful. They were perfect.

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