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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smile, lips tugging upward, though her heart was far from

honey.

let her have all

things worked out, she could be expecting by spring and they’d have

him more than once, but each time, she swallowed the words

get out of town for the weekend? Just the

overtime today. I probably won’t be done until the afternoon.

had seemed to really enjoy it. So, with guilt still tugging at her, she instinctively wanted to

faint smile. “Sure.

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watch?”

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as he leaned in. “You pick.

darkened slightly.

up to you,” Kaia

left, Lucien sat down at his computer and started browsing through

for them to have a private VIP screening

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her DELF exam at five, Kaia swung by the bookstore and picked

cooking for Lucien in a few days, using the opportunity to talk to

meal herself would show she really

in the store, her

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

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office.”

B

skipped. “Uh… I’m not

brow furrowed. “Just

said, “Yeah…

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she had lied to him, and it made her

in Lucien’s eyes as he fell silent, lost in

was, he had spent an hour waiting for Kaia outside the building, only phoning at five so he wouldn’t get in her

why hadn’t

together, then asked,

now?”

replied.

realizing he’d probably been overthinking things. He pressed down on the accelerator and said, “Wait

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at the door with a bright smile, waiting for

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of the car, he moved to open

gave him a playful smile. “I couldn’t wait to see you. So I figured

her again, unable to hide the way her voice- soft, warm, just a little

bath I think you’ll like. Perfect for relaxing. And the place has its

little surprised. She hadn’t expected him to plan

said with a

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