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I knew it! 😁 Teddy bear.

“How’s she doing?” Brent asked. “She’s a tough little thing, tougher than some of my SEAL teammates. Bleeding has stopped from the gunshot wound. Bullet just kissed her. Sophie will have a battle scar to go along with the stretch marks. Just think, Sophie. You’ll have the best birthing story of any mother.”

“I’m fine. The contraction is already gone. No regular pattern. If that changes, you’ll be the first person I tell.” Micah pressed his sweaty forehead to hers and dragged in a steadying breath. “I’ve faced snipers, terrorists, and home-grown thugs without much rise in my heart rate. But this father business might do me in.”

Micah didn’t want another man in Sophie’s life, period. He wanted to be the only man in her life from now until one of them passed from this life. How ironic was that? A federal cop and a cat burglar. Never thought he’d fall this hard and fast for Sophia Valero. Didn’t make sense, though he supposed falling in love defied logic.

“No more info, sweetheart, in the interest of protecting the innocent.” “Who are you talking about, Winter? You or the baby?” “I’m not joining you in the pokey, babe. Somebody has to take care of Junior while you languish behind bars.” “You’re all heart.” “Yeah, sure. That’s what all the criminals say.”

“Look, Sophie, you might as well get used to accepting help from me. We’re going to be in this together from now on.” “I don’t need you.” “That baby says otherwise. He’s my responsibility, too. I will be part of his life. I’m not abandoning you or him.” “You didn’t plan on being a parent. Neither one of us did.”

Six months since David and her sister’s deaths in that fiery plunge off the mountainside and the pain had yet to ease. Sophie’s only solace was the growing baby she carried. In a bittersweet moment two days after the funeral and ugly confrontation with David’s brother, she learned the in vitro fertilization had been successful and she carried Sierra and David’s child.