The Yeah Baby Series(69)

“Go back to sleep,” I murmured, running my fingers through his hair. “You don’t need to wake up just because I am.”

“I don’t want to miss a minute of my time with you, not when you might up and disappear on me again come Monday.” I dropped my head to his chest and squeezed my eyes shut, trying not to cry. “I get why you’re fighting what’s happening between us. I really do.”

“I wouldn’t call it fighting, exactly,” I mumbled. “I meant it when I told you that I’m yours, Jax. But the timing is messed up. I’m brand new to the firm, representing my boss in a divorce case, and a relationship with you would be a clear conflict of interest that I would have to disclose to him. One I could lose my job over because of whatever happened when you left the firm.”

“You might have to disclose it to him anyway, regardless of how much time we spend together.”

I lifted my head to peer into his eyes. “What do you mean?”

One of his hands slid down to rest on my lower abdomen. “You could be carrying my baby already.”

“Am not.” Whoa, that was the best comeback I could think up?

“I’ve taken you bare each and every time, sweetheart. It’s a definite possibility.” He sounded damn smug about it, too.

I did some quick math in my head, counting backwards to when my last period started, and groaned. “My period isn’t even due until the middle of the week. What the hell am I going to do?”

“Take one of those early tests and see what it says.”

“I don’t think they work this soon.”

“They do,” he insisted. Then he shocked the crap out of me by climbing out of bed and tugging me with him to cross the room and pull a pink box out of the toiletry bag he’d set in the bathroom the night before. “You can take this one up to six days before your period.”

“Holy hell,” I breathed out. “I’m still asleep and dreaming this all up, right? You didn’t actually research pregnancy tests so you could go out and buy me one.”

“Being mine means that it’s my responsibility to take care of you.”

“This is going way above and beyond in your duties,” I cried out, waving the box around. “You’re a guy. You should be freaking out at the very idea of knocking me up.”

He chuckled as he nudged me towards the toilet. “Why would I freak out when you carrying my baby is exactly what I want?”

I was so befuddled, I didn’t even think about the fact that I was peeing in front of him. I just followed the directions before placing the test on the counter while I washed my hands. Then we waited for what seemed to be the longest three minutes of my life until time was up.

“I don’t think I can look,” I said nervously.

Jax pulled me into his arms, kissing the top of my head. “No matter what it says, everything will be okay. I’ll make sure of it. And, if it’s negative, I’ll double my efforts to make sure the next one is positive,” he finished with a wink.

I kept my face buried in his chest, holding my breath while I felt his arm reach around me to grab the test from the counter.

“Two pink lines,” he crowed, tossing the test back down to pick me up and twirl me around. “You’re pregnant, sweetheart.”

“I’m pregnant,” I repeated, my nerves suddenly settling as a sense of calmness filled me. There was no avoiding my conflict of interest anymore, not when I was carrying Jax’s baby. “I’ll meet with Mr. Warren first thing Monday morning to disclose my relationship with you.”

“And I’ll be right by your side when you do it.”

His tone made it clear there wasn’t any point in arguing, but I had to try anyway. “You can’t be there for this, Jax. Not if I have any hope of keeping my job.”

“You don’t know him like I do, sweetheart. There isn’t a chance in hell I’m going to let you face that asshole alone.”

“What happened between the two of you? This has to be more than sour grapes because he got a partnership before you.”

“Is that what the fucker told you happened?” His laughter held no humor as he tugged me into the sitting room of my suite and settled me on the couch, cuddled on his lap. “Warren isn’t the kind of lawyer who believes in professional courtesies. He’s always had a reputation for peppering his interactions with bullying and deception. To him, dirty tricks are the name of the game when it comes to unsettling opposing counsel in his attempt to win cases. His track record, combined with his bad reputation, should have been enough to get him fired from the firm. He knew it, and he took drastic measures to make sure it didn’t happen.”