“He shouldn’t have touched her in the first place. He’s been with hundreds of women, and she’s just a baby.”
“She’s the same age as me,” she reminded him. “And we’ve been having sex since I was seventeen.”
“It’s not the same,” he growled.
“How?” she demanded. “Your sister had sex with a guy she loves, and don’t you fucking say she doesn’t love him. A blind man could see how much she cares about Gray, though God only knows why.”
Fuck, I asked myself that question all the time and thanked God that she did no matter what her reasons for loving me were.
“Stop saying that, Kin.”
“What? That your sister had sex?”
He blanched and backed up a step.
“She did, Jace. Face it, she’s grown now. You can’t do shit about that. She’s with Gray, she loves him, and he loves her.”
“Why does it have to be him?” he muttered, and I clenched my hands into fists but kept quiet.
“Uh, my question is: Why not him?” She shot me a glance over her shoulder, her lips twitching. “I mean, he’s always watched over her. Hell, he’s more overprotective than
you are. He’s already proven that he can and will take care of her.”
Jace muttered something under his breath, his face clenched so hard that I figured he was causing some real damage to his teeth. “You’re supposed to be on my side, babe.”
Kin rolled her eyes at him. “I’m not taking sides, idiot. I’m just trying to make you see the reality of this. Gray being with Kassa is a good thing. He will take care of her and love her, just like he’s always done.”
“I will,” I vowed to him. “I will spend my life making sure she’s happy.”
He blew out a harsh breath and glared up at me but shook his head. “I don’t like it, but Kin is right. You’re probably the only fucker I would ever trust with Kassa’s heart.”
“I’m going to marry her.”
Four sets of shocked eyes turned on me.
“You’ve already asked her?” Kin asked, the lesser shocked of the four.
“Not yet, but I have the ring.” I glanced at the doors the surgeon had disappeared through again, my heart in my throat as I thought of Kassa back there without me. “Fuck, I just hope she’s okay.”
Kin touched my arm. “She’s a strong chick. She’s going to be fine.”
“She’s losing our baby.” I closed my eyes, the full impact of those words hitting me dead center in the chest. “We didn’t even know she was pregnant, and now, our baby is being taken from us.”
A strong hand fell on my shoulder. Sin gave it a tight squeeze, a rare sign of comfort from a man who was normally an emotionless robot to the outside world. Tears stung my eyes and my nose, but I didn’t care who saw them. Kassa, my world, my life, my everything, was fighting for her own life even as we were losing the life we had created together.
TWENTY NINE
Kassa
The lightest brush of lips over mine had me stirring into wakefulness. I moaned from the discomfort low in my stomach even as I tried to kiss Gray back. I felt his fingers trace over my brow and slowly lifted my lashes. Opening my eyes, I saw him leaning over me, tears flowing freely down his cheeks as he touched his lips to my forehead.
“How are you feeling, baby?” he asked in a voice choked with his tears.
Hearing how emotional his voice was pulled me completely out of the sleepy daze I was in and everything came flooding back to me. The pain, the blood, the realization that I had lost something priceless.
A small sob escaped me. “Gray.”
“Shh,” he murmured, kissing me so tenderly that the tears fell faster. “It’s okay. Don’t cry. Please, baby, don’t cry.” But he was crying even harder now, which broke my heart even more.