“Hell no. No child of mine is being born outside of this marriage, baby.”

We both pause as Jake realizes what he’s said, and I frown at him.

“Except …” I sigh back at him with a rather sad expression, and Jake rubs a hand across his face as he realizes what he just said.

“I know. This shit with her … I know. Fuck, baby. I’m sorry, I just totally ruined this.” He sounds so gutted and remorseful that his swearing self has returned …

Well, he ...