"Are you one hundred percent sure it was nothing?" Adrian asked for the fourth time.
Ariana tilted her head and replied softly, "Were you…hoping for nothing to come up?"
Her words caught him off guard, and his startled expression made her laugh. "Relax, I'm just teasing."
The test results had come back negative. The nausea wasn't what they feared—it was just her allergy to pumpkin seeds.
Adrian exhaled heavily, his shoulders loosening. "I know how it must have looked, Ariana…but believe me, I love kids."
Ariana nodded, wrapping her arms around his neck. "I know."
He hesitated, then admitted, "It's just…my life is always on the move. I keep throwing myself into dangerous situations, and you end up getting dragged into them too. The thought of you carrying our baby… it made me feel like the most irresponsible man alive."
