#Chapter 484 – Baby Daddy Daddy Daddy

Marigold gives a little cry of distress, reaching for her dad, but Jesse holds her tight, whispering to her that dad’s fine, he’s just very, very surprised. I let Jesse handle our daughter for a moment, going to my knees before Jackson and taking his face in my hands. “Jacks,” I whisper, turning his glazed eyes to mine. “Baby, are you all right?” Something about this brings Jackson snapping back to me. “Ariel,” he says on a gasped intake of breath. “Are – are you fucking all right!?” “I’m fine,” I say, all in a rush, crawling into Jackson’s lap and opening the bond between us, letting him see and feel that I really am okay – that everything with me is fine. I mean, beyond the fact that our entire reality just came shattering down around us again…I really am okay. He groans, resting his head against me, his whole body shaking a little bit as he takes a deep sniff of my new scent. “Pregnant…” he whispers, barely audible. “You’re…you’re fucking…pregnant.” “Yeah,” I say, my voice