Chapter 231

Cecilia's pov "Just like that ?" I whispered, voice strangled. "You're suggesting we... team up to make a baby ? Like it's some kind of weekend project ?" He 'd said it so casually—like suggesting we grab coffee or repaint the guest room. Just tossed it out there with all the chill of discussing the weather. Team up ? For a baby ? A BABY. Did he think babies happened through sheer mutual agreement, like signing up for a gym membership ? Sebastian lowered his newspaper, one brow arched. "Team up for what ?" he asked, as if he genuinely hadn 't been listening. Tang beamed. "To make a baby!" I choked on air. Oh my God. Sawyer, who 'd only just recovered from his spoon-dropping episode, reached for his orange juice—only to splutter violently when Tang 's words registered. He looked like he was trying to calculate how much therapy this conversation would require. Sebastian, meanwhile, went quiet. Not because it was absurd. But because it... wasn 't. Not to him. Like he was actually weighing