She didn't need to know that part at all, really. Really, not at all. He might find it funny, but he's not the one who's spent half her life stifling maternal instincts she knows she can never, ever indulge.

When the shock starts to wear off and she can breathe again, the first thing she does is grab a pillow to throw at him. "Don't even joke about that. Just don't." They could have had such a nice day. But now she's getting mad. That was needlessly cruel, Matthew.