'Mind?'
He looked totally shocked.
'Zach, for goodness' sake!' She stared at him anxiously. 'I know we didn't plan this, but...'
Finally he seemed to stir himself, his eyes clouded with worry.
'Are you all right? I mean, the fire—'
'Everything's fine, Zach,' she reassured him quickly. 'I talked to the doctor and he's examined me.'
'Thank God.' Zach let out a long breath and shook his head. 'A baby...'
'You're not angry?'
'Angry? It's the best thing that could have happened,' he said softly, leaning forward and kissing her gently on the mouth. 'I can't believe this. I was so carried away that night I wasn't even thinking straight.'
'Nor me. But I'm thinking straight now, and I don't want to start my GP rotation yet. I want to be at home for now, Zach, if that's all right with you. There's plenty of time to go back to work when they're older. What do you think?'
'What do I think?' He brushed her hair away from Keely's face with gentle fingers, everything he felt for her showing in his eyes. 'I think you are the most wonderful woman in the world. And I'm the luckiest man on the planet. All of a sudden I seem to have acquired another child and a wife. My perfect family.'
'And a mother for Phoebe,' Keely reminded him with a smile.
'Yes.' His mouth tilted into an answering smile and he nodded slowly. 'And a mother for Phoebe.'