Scandalously Expecting His Child(81)

                His heart convulsed at yet another proof of her total love for                     him. “You suffered worse. Why didn’t you direct your efforts toward girls who                     suffer the same as you did?”

                “Because I love you more than I love myself. Way more.” And he                     believed her. For he loved her way beyond how he loved himself or anything else.                     “Imagining your pain hurt me more than remembering experiencing my own. But once                     this shelter project is up and running, I’ll do what you suggest, too, in my                     original region. But there, I won’t be up against natural disasters, but                     organized crime.” She sank kneading fingers in his arm. “I’ll need your muscle                     there.”

                Body going rigid with arousal all over again, he groaned. “My                     every muscle is at your disposal. And my brothers’, too.”

                She giggled. “Are you sure they’d be open to that? Antonio                     called me when you were on your way and begged me to get you off his back. The                     poor man is entering chronic sleep deprivation because you’re obsessing about my                     pregnancy.”

                “So what? That man can operate in his sleep. He actually did                     yesterday.” She chuckled again, and he melted a caress down the delightful curve                     of her cheek. “So how do you feel about adoption?”

                After a moment’s surprise at his abrupt change of subject, she                     smiled widely. “I feel that now that I’m going to have a billionaire ninja                     husband, I’d like to adopt four children.”

                His eyebrows shot up. “Why four?”

                “Because I have my eye on two girls and two boys in the                     shelter. And they have their eye on me. Ages two to six. I was thinking how I                     would be able to adopt them alone, but now...”

                “We’ll adopt them together. And our baby will be born to find                     she or he already has a huge family waiting to love her or him.”

                “Uh...why don’t you think about it some more? Adoption is a                     huge decision, even bigger than deciding to have a biological child.”

                “I know that. And I’ve already thought. Why do you think I                     asked you what you feel about it?” A consideration suddenly hit him. “Or did you                     only consider adoption when you thought you wouldn’t have a child of your                     own?”