Going Down Easy (Boys of the Big Easy #1)(77)

“Yeah, you know, since two is so easy. Maybe we should have three.”

Gabe stopped at the red light a little harder than he’d intended. He looked at her. “You want to have another one?” His heart was pounding.

Addison took a deep breath. “Honestly? Not one hundred percent, no.”

Oh, okay. He squeezed her hand. “Still hoping to change your mind about that.”

“Well, if you could work on that over the next seven months or so, that would be great,” she told him.

It took him a second to process that, but when he did, he slammed the car into “Park” and turned in his seat. “You’re”—he glanced over his shoulder at the kids, who were discussing the difference between jungle animals and safari animals—“p-r-e-g-n-a-n-t?”

She nodded. “I was going to tell you all later. After the courthouse.”

Slowly, Gabe felt a smile stretching his mouth. “Holy—s-h-i-t, Addison!”

She rolled her eyes but smiled. “You’re so not in charge of the c-o-n-d-o-m-s anymore.”

He laughed, feeling a wave of happiness unlike anything he’d felt before. And that was saying something. “Not sorry, babe.” She had stopped using her IUD after they’d gotten married, but they’d been using condoms until after the adoptions were finalized.

“I know.” She sighed, but it was a happy sound. “It will all be okay, since it’s the two of us now.”

“Always.” He lifted her hand to his lips for a kiss.

“But don’t worry, Cooper,” he heard Stella say. “If there are any lions eating giraffes, I promise I won’t let you look.”

Gabe glanced up quickly, waiting for Cooper’s reaction to the information that lions eat giraffes.

Cooper took a deep breath, then he looked over at Stella. “You’re going to be a really good sister, Stell Bell.”

His heart full, Gabe looked at Addison, who was wiping a tear from her cheek. “It will definitely be okay, Ad. Since it’s the four of us now.”