A CEO's Revenge Marriage Accidentally in Love

Chapter 38

Hannah

I’m warming my cold hands on my coffee cup. It’s a nice morning, but I’m one of those who freeze even when it’s warm.

A growl from the carpet makes me smile. The puppy is fighting a toy on the floor, and Tobias is shaving inside the bathroom. But I don’t hear his machine going anymore, so maybe he is done.

“What do you think?”

I look up at Tobias when he walks into the kitchen. He is wearing all casual clothing: a black hoodie and a pair of jeans. Everything sits tight on his tall body. It looks good, and he smiles on top of the cherry while his fingers touch his smooth, shaven jaw.

“It looks good,” his eyes lit up at the compliment. Butterflies bite me at that, and I tap the seat beside me, already nervous about what I’m about to tell him. “Come here. I have something I need to tell you.”

Curiosity glimmers in his eyes. It makes my heart pound even faster. I’m slightly afraid to give the news, but I know I’m being silly. I have nothing to fear. Announcing my pregnancy will make my husband happy. Tobias will be thrilled. Because this is what he wants… right?

I hope?

He sits beside me, his palms resting on his muscular thighs while he looks at me all expectantly. “Yes?”

“So, I’m…” I trail off, and Tobias seems to be holding back a laugh. His eyes are amused as if he finds it. entertaining that I’m speechless. And he looks so beautiful it’s dizzying thinking he will be my child’s daddy.

“Are you nervous about something?” Tobias asks and reaches out his hand, placing it over my colder

one.

“Yeah…”

then. “And gosh, you’re so cold!” Before I can object, he rises from his chair, and I’m scooped up from mine. A giggle slips out of my lips, but not because I’m shocked to be carried. It’s just that Tobias looks so grumpy. His lips have

told me

smile. “It’s not

the same. We need to buy you warmer clothes for the

I point out. “And you can still swim in the ocean… it’s just me

“You’re lucky to have a husband

in his voice

is such a

you,” I murmur. “Love

you too,” Tobias pokes me with his

Tobias sits on the couch. He keeps

My heart swells.

my legs wrap around his

to be home,” Tobias speaks into my neck and runs his hands over

her?” I don’t blame him. I

Tobias rasps. “Sarah makes me anxious. And when she visited me, I dreamt nightmares about these unlikely scenarios of her somehow managing to break us apart.

bend back to meet his eyes. My good feelings grow when I see the stark terror

gazes into my eyes. “I want to rip the marriage contract apart, Hannah. I want to become your real husband. My only fear is that I’m older than you. I don’t want

chest is warm, and

the one that I want. I don’t care that he comes with baggage and that he has lived a life before. me. It also

That’s all that matters.

determined tone. “You won’t be stealing my future away from me; you