A LADY FOR A DUKE
“What’s wrong?”
“I got a call. State police. It was Lexi, Tyler. She hydroplaned and hit the embankment not far from her house.”
His gut knotted, his lungs refusing to work. “Is she okay? The baby?”
Silence, then Lily said, “Lexi's fine.”
Lexi. But not the baby.
“I’m sorry, Tyler. EMS was pretty clear about that, I don’t think there’s any mistake.”
Tyler closed his eyes against the burn and fought the vise closing around his chest. He hadn’t seen it, hadn’t held it, but he’d loved his baby. Now it was gone? The pain was there, sharp and deep. But it would have to wait.