“Where were you?” Alessandro didn’t even look up.
She stuck her tongue out at his bent head. “Book store. Did you know my baby is the size of a lima bean?” She saw his eyes snap in her direction. “Oh, I’ve met my new muscle. Send him away. I can protect my own lima bean thank you.”
He stood up from the table and extended his hand for her bag. “You bought books?”
“Yeah, and then I spent the afternoon quietly reading about the size of my baby and how you may feel inadequate and unimportant as I start to put the child’s needs ahead of yours.” She held his gaze. “I’m supposed to do stuff to make sure you don’t feel this way, but I have a feeling even if I wanted you to have a taste of being second-rate, you’re so full of yourself you’d never notice anyway.”
She stepped past him and lifted
