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“Thank your super sperm for knocking me up,” she jokes through the tears. I bring her hand up and place a kiss on it, before bending down to place one on her forehead.
“Look at her little face,” she says with a contented sigh. “It looks so cute.”
“She’s going to be a beauty like her mama,” I tell her. “Which means no dating until she’s fifty.”
“Don’t ruin it,” she grumbles with a roll of her eyes.
Our little girl moves again, and it looks like she’s stretching before her lips look like she just pursed them.
“Oh my God! Did you see that? That has got to be the cutest thing I’ve ever seen!” my woman says with excitement.
“I saw. That was pretty cute,” I murmur, with equal excitement.
“I’m going to print some photos for you,” the doc says a moment later.
“Yes, please. That would be amazing!” Aria murmurs absently, neither one of us paying much attention to him because we’re just focused on each other, sharing this special moment between us.
This moment is one I’ll never forget. The two of them are now the most important people in my life, my whole world, and I wouldn’t have it any other way. I can’t wait to love them for the rest of my life.
He then goes to clean the remaining gel from her stomach, but I stop him. “I’ll do it, Doc.” He nods.
He hands us the printed photos and leaves the room. We stare at them for a minute. Right now, it’s the two of us in our own little bubble, staring at the little life we created. Someone who will be and is already loved beyond words.
CHAPTER 23
ARIA
I’m still riding the high that today turned out to be as we make our way home from the appointment. It was definitely an unexpected surprise, and I had no idea that Enzo even made the arrangements to get us in to see the doctor.
Though I’m glad, because he gave me a thorough checkup that put my mind at ease. Our baby is developing nicely, and I’m glad that none of my earlier months of stress affected her well-being.
Gosh! This all still feels kind of surreal, even though my stomach is huge with the evidence of my little girl in there.I can’t wait to meet our little nugget.
Having a family of my own with someone I love is all I’ve ever dreamed of. I had almost given up on it ever happening, but as they say, miracles do happen.
“I have another surprise for you later,” Enzo says, my hand clasped in his as we make our way back home.
There are two SUVs with us. One in front of ours and one behind that are filled with his men, plus two in our vehicle.
I don’t think I’ll ever get used to having this much security around me. Yeah, I had a guard or two when I was living with myfather but Enzo has more, taking the whole security thing up a notch. He says it’s all for my protection though.
“What surprise?” I ask, excitedly.
“You’ll see later,” he teases.
“I hate surprises,” I grumble.
“Then why is your whole face lit up,Principessa?” he questions with a chuckle. “Trust me, you’re going to love this one.”
“How about a teeny tiny little clue then?” I ask with a pout.
“Nope.”
“Oh, alrighty. I guess I’ll just have to wait since you won’t even give me a clue,” I grumble.
“Good girl,” he winks, and damn, why did it feel like his words went straight to my core? I swear I’ve never been hornier in my life. But, being around this man has my hormones all over the place. Plus, with him looking the way he does, it doesn’t take long to get me all hot and bothered, which he notices as well. “Something wrong,Principessa?”
“Nope. Nothing’s wrong. All good over here,” I tell him.
