Painted Scars (Perfectly Imperfect, #1)(60)
I love when she plays with my hair. Of course, I would never admit it. It’s not something that would be considered pakhan-ish, as Nina likes to say.
“I think I’ll have to reschedule the fitting,” she says and continues running her fingers through my hair. “We are three hours late, and I’m sure they are fully booked up. There is no way they’ll be able to squeeze me in.”
“Of course, they will.” I crack one eyelid open and look at her. “No one says no to my wife.”
“Well, technically, I’m not your wife, yet. Or should I say anymore-yet?” Her hand stills and I growl with displeasure. “I guess we are between marriages. This situation is bizarre.”
“We will correct it soon enough.” I shrug and close my eyes again.
“Roman?”
“Mhm?”
“I have some news to share. I don’t know how you’ll react, but please don’t freak out. Do you promise not to freak out?”
“Nina, milaya, I never freak out. I am an extremely composed person. You know that. What is it?”
I feel her hair tingling my shoulder as she bends and whispers in my ear. “I’m pregnant.”
My eyes snap open. It feels like I’ve been hit with a train, and there is this weight pressing on my chest, making it difficult to breathe. I grab her around her back and plaster her body to mine, tucking her head under my chin. “Are you sure? Please tell me you are sure.”
“I’m sure. I did a test this morning because I’ve been vomiting up breakfast for a week or so. And my boobs are killing me, as well. I haven’t been on the pill since I came back.”
I shut my eyes and hold her for a few moments, processing.
“I’m not letting you out of my sight,” I whisper in her ear. “You are not to leave the house without me. I’m telling the maids to transfer my stuff from the office. I’ll be working from the living room from now on.”
“Roman! Are you fucking insane?”
“I might be. I am crazy with happiness and scared shitless at the same time. And you do not want to agitate a crazy person, Nina. Believe that.”
“What the hell happened to that extremely composed man you claimed to be?”
“Gone, malysh.” I kiss the crown of her head . “We’re canceling the fitting and going to a doctor for a check-up right away.”
“I knew you’d freak out,” she sighs into my neck. “God, I hope it will be a boy.”
“Why?” I ask. “I would love to have a girl.”
“She’ll never have a boyfriend with your crazy self around, Roman.”
“Of course, she will. When she is fifty.” I move my hand behind our bodies to place my palm over Nina’s stomach. “I love you so much.”
“I love you too, my dangerous kotik.”
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