ログインChapter 120.Morning came, but Skye hadn't slept enough.She'd lain awake long after Kai fell asleep, and when she finally drifted off, her rest was shallow and restless. By the time the alarm went off she'd already spent the better part of an hour staring at the ceiling, replaying the photograph in her mind until the reflection seemed clearer than the image on her phone.Beside her, Kai stirred, reached for her waist, and drew her closer before pressing a sleepy kiss to her shoulder. "Good morning, beautiful.""Morning," she murmured.He lifted his head. "You were awake early?""A little."Kai studied her face, and the sleepy softness slowly left his expression. He'd learned to read Skye's moods, sometimes before she understood them herself, and the way she avoided his eyes, the tension in her shoulders, and the distance she kept even while lying in his arms told him something was wrong. He wondered whether she was having secon
Chapter 119.The apartment was quiet when Skye opened her eyes.Kai had fallen asleep beside her with one arm draped across her waist, his breathing slow and even. Earlier that evening he'd insisted on cooking dinner himself, despite her protests that she could manage perfectly well. He'd watched her eat, asked whether she felt nauseous again, and reminded her twice that their appointment for the next stage of prenatal care was already in his calendar.When she teased him about turning into an overprotective father before the baby was even the size of a grape, he'd kissed her forehead and told her she was welcome to submit a formal complaint. She'd laughed and kissed him back and let him pull her close and talk about the future as though it were something they could reach just by walking toward it together.And she hadn't told him about the photograph.Now, with the bedroom dark and Kai's warmth pressed against her back, Skye slipped ca
Chapter 118.By nine that evening, Lena had claimed a corner of the security office floor, crossed her legs, and opened a family-sized bag of crisps as though she'd come to watch a film rather than help investigate a murder.Axel glanced down at her while adjusting the laptop balanced on his knees. "You know there are chairs in this room, right? And you deliberately chose the floor?""Correct.""Interesting. Should I ask why, or will the answer damage my remaining faith in humanity?"Lena popped a crisp into her mouth. "The chairs are uncomfortable, and you talk too much. On the floor, I can kick you when you ann
Chapter 117.Kai had been awake for nearly an hour before Skye opened her eyes. She found him sitting on the edge of the bed, fully dressed, with his phone in one hand and a cup of water on the bedside table, and the moment she stirred he turned toward her and smiled so immediately that she couldn't help smiling back."Good morning, Schatz."Skye rubbed her eyes. "Why are you looking at me like that? Like you've won something.""Maybe I have."She threw a pillow at him, but he caught it before it reached his face and set it neatly beside her, then leaned down to kiss her forehead. "I've made an appointment with a
Chapter 116.For several seconds Kai couldn't seem to breathe.He stood in the middle of the kitchen, staring at Skye as though she'd just told him the world was about to end. His hands were still wrapped around her arms, but his grip had loosened, and his eyes kept moving between her face and the hands she had pressed against her stomach.Pregnant?The word echoed in his mind, carrying more possibilities than he'd ever let himself picture in any detail. A child. Their child.A tiny person with Skye's eyes, maybe, or her stubbornness, or his own unfortunate habit of scowling at everything, someone who would call him Daddy one day. He'd never thought that far ahead, and not because he didn't want a family. He just wasn't the kind of man who planned his happiness around things he couldn't control. He'd spent years building walls and protecting what was his and convincing himself the life he had was enough, and then Skye had walked into it
Chapter 115.The door closed behind Lena and Axel, leaving a silence that seemed to swallow the whole apartment.Skye stood beside the dining table, staring at the empty doorway. She could still see Lena's hurt expression, the way her eyes had filled before she turned away, and the words Skye had thrown at her kept replaying in her head, each repetition making her feel worse.She hadn't meant it. Not really.Lena had been there long before Kai, before VISION, before any of the chaos that had turned Skye's life upside down. She was the person Skye called when things went wrong, the one who could make her laugh when she wanted to cry, and accusing her of jealousy had been cruel. Skye knew that.But Lena's suspicion about Elise had frightened her too, because she couldn't bear the thought of losing another person she trusted, not while Greta's death was still an open wound."Baby?"Kai's voice pulled her out of her thoughts.







