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…”

don’t be. Whatever it is, you can tell me,” Tobias wrinkles his nose 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 formed a pout, and there is

told

smile. “It’s not

toes are the same. We need to buy

outside,” I point out. “And you can still swim in

around me. “You’re lucky to have a

his voice pleases

is such a

I murmur.

you too,” Tobias pokes me with his nose. “My little ice

and a smiling Tobias sits on the couch. He keeps me in his lap as he reaches

My heart swells.

and I like that. I hug Tobias’s neck like a koala while my legs wrap around his waist. He smells like Christmas spices, and

be home,” Tobias speaks into my neck and runs his hands over my back under the blanket. “I was so afraid when Sarah

don’t blame him. I find Sarah scary

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

My good feelings grow when I see the stark terror in his

to lose you,” he whispers, and his hands travel to my cheek, cupping it while he 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

chest is warm, and I whisper. “That

a life before. me. It also doesn’t matter that I wasn’t his first love because I intend to be

That’s all that matters.

future away from me; you will give my life meaning. You already have. I’m blessed and