Kai froze in the doorway.
For a second, he thought his eyes were betraying him. The studio was loud. Assistants scurried here and there carrying props, cameras snapping in quick bursts, children laughing as they were coaxed into poses. But the chaos dulled to nothing. Every sound dimmed, every detail blurred, until there was only her.
Abigail.
The name cracked through his mind like thunder that felt sharp and merciless.
She stood beneath the halo of lights with her hair neatly tucked behind her ear. Her hand was resting gently, protectively, against the curve of her stomach. A curve that hadn’t been there before. A curve that twisted his insides so violently he thought he might double over.
Pregnant.
The word detonated inside him. His pulse pounded in his ears, his throat tightened u
