Carrying His Secret Baby; My Stepbrother's Forbidden Claim
I said nothing, because I had no idea what to do with that information, only that it settled somewhere deep and uneasy in my chest.
By the time we'd checked three more rooms with no luck, her steps had slowed considerably, her small feet dragging against the tile.
"Can you carry me?" she asked, lifting her arms up toward me with the same total lack of hesitation she'd shown from the very first moment. "I'm tired."
I picked her up before I'd consciously agreed to it, settling her against my hip like I'd done this a thousand times before, though I never once had.
She looped one arm around my neck and rested her head against my shoulder with a contented little sigh, entirely unguarded, entirely