Page 114 of Armor
I set her down on her feet and opened the door for her.
She climbed in, but not before she pressed a soft kiss to the underside of my jaw.
I closed the door and looked at my brothers.
Garret lifted his chin, “Where are you going?”
“Walmart. Better be stocked with pregnancy tests.”
His face paled.
Valerie rubbed his back.
I paid the rest no mind as I rounded the truck, climbed in, and then started it up.
Then I looked at my wife and winked.
“I love you,” she said.
“I love you too,” I told her.
Fifteen minutes later, I was helping her out of the truck and then, hand in hand, we headed into the store.
She, still in that beautiful dress, was a vision.
Me, in my black jeans, black button-up, motorcycle boots, and leather kutte.
Everyone we passed stopped to stare at us, but neither of us did anything about it.
We found the aisle in minutes, and then I started getting boxes off the shelves.
She giggled, “Alexander, we only need one test.”
I shook my head, “This world can be a piece of shit. It wasn’t when it brought you to me. It wasn’t when it returned me to you. It wasn’t when it brought you back to me. I won’t have it be that way with this. I want fucking proof.”
She laughed then.
Five minutes later, I dropped fifteen tests on the conveyor belt. The cashier eyed us and said, “Either you need to be really sure ‘cause you’re happy, or this is a shock, and you need to know she’s not.”
I looked at her and narrowed my eyes, “No fucking shock about it. She’s mine.”
Wisely, the cashier didn’t say anything more.
Once we were done, we loaded up in the truck, and then, without a thought, I drove us home.
“Where are we?” she asked.
I frowned and then looked up at the house and winced.
“Fuck me,” I muttered.
“Alexander?” she asked.
I looked at her and said, “This was supposed to be your surprise after we got back from our honeymoon.”
She looked at the Victorian house that was painted white with white columns and two levels with French doors and big bay windows—the house of her dreams—and gasped.
“You didn’t,” she said in wonder.
