‘Alex, wake up,’ Leah urged. ‘What is it? What’s wrong?’ Taking his hand, she placed it over her swollen abdomen and watched as a look of amazement spread over his face. ‘Our baby’s kicking!’ he exclaimed with delight. She nodded, too choked up to speak. He put his head down on her stomach. ‘Hello, little one.’ His lips trailed a pathway of worship over her skin. ‘Ah, my darling wife, there’s something even more beautifully alluring about you now that you’re carrying our child.’ With his head supported on one hand, he caressed her with the other. ‘You look happy.’ ‘You know, I am. A year ago I wouldn’t have believed things would turn out this way. That we would be together.’ His hand moved up from her abdomen to the tender curve of her breasts. ‘It’s been the best year of my life.’ She smiled. ‘Two weddings in the family, and the third scheduled for tomorrow.’ ‘Mmm.’ He brushed his thumb back and forward across one of her dusky nipples.
