Secret Wife, Real Billionaire

Chapter 233 Try for a Baby

Kaia did the math–if she went abroad for her studies, she wouldn’t be back for two years. By then, Lucien would be thirty–six.

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She also recalled the dinner at Graves Manor last week. Allen hadn’t been subtle at all when he brought up the idea of them having a baby.

The thought weighed on her more than she wanted to admit.

She dragged her feet until it was already ten.

Lucien had just come back from a business dinner. The sharp, heavy scent of alcohol clung to him the moment he walked through the door.

Kaia wrinkled her nose and gently pushed him away. “You’ve been drinking? How much did you have?”

He chuckled, a little off balance. “Yeah, drank a bit too much tonight. Can’t really avoid it sometimes,”

His face was flushed, his lips curved in that familiar smile. “But I’m thinking I’ll start handing these dinners off to someone else. Cut back on the drinking.”

Then his eyes softened, gaze turning warm despite the haze. “Honey… if I give up drinking, how about we try for a baby next

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year?”

Kaia’s breath caught.

Lucien wasn’t just saying it to tease her. He meant it.

He truly wanted a child–especially with her.

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He imagined a daughter who looked just like Kaia—someone he could dote on and protect.

With two princesses at home, he’d gladly spend the rest of his life loving and spoiling them both.

A son would be great too, though he imagined he’d be a little stricter with a boy.

But then a daughter after that–so the older brother could protect his little sister, even long after Lucien was gone.

The vision of that life–of a full, noisy, love–filled home–warmed him from the inside out. His gaze, hazy with alcohol, turned impossibly tender.

But Kaia… felt a knot tighten deep in her chest.

A baby? Now?

Lucien reached out and gently pinched her cheek. “It’s okay, Don’t be scared. If you’re not ready this year, we’ll try next year,

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Or the year after. No pressure.”

He meant it.

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a faint smile, lips tugging upward, though her

think about it, honey. Just… give me

resolved to let her have all

be expecting by spring and they’d have their baby

say something to him more than once, but each time, she swallowed the

get out of town

work overtime today. I probably won’t be done until the afternoon. Let’s go tomorrow instead. We can catch

enjoy it. So, with guilt

“Sure. What movie do

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watch?”

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pushed his face away as he leaned in. “You pick. Whatever

gaze darkened slightly. “Really? Whatever I

to you,” Kaia

left, Lucien sat down at his computer and

thought of the Myers family’s cinema chain and arranged for them to

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swung by the bookstore and picked

in a few days, using the opportunity to talk to

making the meal herself would show

she was still in the

Lucien. “Are you done? I’m downstairs, outside

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office.”

B

skipped. “Uh… I’m not at the office. I

furrowed.

“Yeah…

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time she had lied to him, and it

Lucien’s eyes as he fell silent, lost in

an hour waiting for Kaia outside the building, only phoning at

left right then, why hadn’t he caught a glimpse of

his lips together, then

now?”

the bookstore,” Kaia replied. “Do you wanna come

he’d probably been overthinking things. He pressed down on the

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car, he moved to open the door for her. “Why aren’t

a playful smile. “I couldn’t wait to see you. So I figured I’d come

her again, unable to hide the way her

hot springs tonight,” he said. “There’s a private bath I think you’ll like. Perfect for relaxing. And the

She hadn’t expected him

said with