Bride in a Gilded Cage (17 page)

Rafael quirked an amused brow. ‘Oh? So you think it’s going to be a
he
?’

‘Silly Papa. Of course he’s going to be a he. We already have a girl—
me.’

Rafael smiled and figured he couldn’t argue with that logic. He hugged his daughter close, all the while keeping a protective and loving eye on his beautiful, glowing and heavily pregnant wife. She sent him a dry look through the door, and he sent one right back that said,
Look all you want. I’m not going anywhere.
She sometimes protested that he was too overprotective, but Rafael wasn’t about to have it any other way.

And one month later Beatriz’s prediction came true—her baby brother Luis was born…

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