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Yrene angled her head. “Know what?”
Chaol interlaced their fingers. And then
laid their hands atop her still-flat abdomen.
“Oh,” was all Yrene said, her mouth
popping open. “I—How?”
Chaol’s heart thundered. “It’s true, then.”
Her golden eyes scanned his. “Do you want
it to be?”
Chaol slid a hand against her cheek. “More
than I ever realized.”
Yrene’s smile was wide and lovely enough
to fracture his heart. “It’s true,” she breathed.
“How far along?”
“Almost two months.”
He studied her stomach, the place that
would soon swell with the child growing
inside her. Their child. “You didn’t tell me,
I’m assuming, because you didn’t want me to
worry.”
Yrene bit her lip. “Something like that.”