When she spoke he had an inability to do anything other than listen to her. The way she held herself, she gave everything to the people around her and it was truly awe inspiring for the older man to see. It was what had drawn him to her all those years ago on set, the genuine woman that just radiated happiness and an ease that in turn put Chris at ease. So when she said she missed him, he believed her. There was no doubt in his mind, even if he knew she had been avoiding him. For what reason, he wasn't sure but if there was one thing about Chris, for him, there was no reason to beat around the bush. Communication issues were one of the big reasons relationships failed, and if he had to have the hard conversations to show her that he was in this, that he wasn't going anywhere, so be it.
"Did I do something? Have you changed your mind?" A breath holding in his chest for a moment before releasing. Chris hadn't divorced Alba for Elizabeth, he wanted her to know that nothing she did had cause it, it had been swirling for months even prior to her coming back into his life as much as she had. Even gossip columns had picked up on it months after the wedding, it hadn't been surprising. But he couldn't pretend that he knew that deep down this was where he was supposed to end. "Is it Robby?" He knew enough of the soon to be ex husband to know he didn't like him. Not because he had been married to her, okay, maybe a small bit, but there was something about him that he didn't like, didn't trust.
Glancing back as they moved through his home when she said that she had come here for a reason, he felt like ice was running through his veins. The part where in two seconds she'd say something wasn't working and he'd have to let her go. Not because he was too proud to fight for her, but because he respected her as a person. If she said no, then it was no. Still he steeled himself, not wanting to show emotion in that moment.
"That's a -- okay, yeah. I won't get mad, or upset." Giving a short nod, because he knew it was wrong to make a promise that no human could keep not knowing what the woman was about to say but he agreed, "Whatever it is, I'm good." Nodding as he turned back just as she spoke the words ringing in his ears. Elizabeth was pregnant. If he hadn't had been leaning against something he probably would have fallen over. "You're.. wait.. You're pregnant." His heart starting to hammer in his chest. Chris had always wanted children, he had been vocal about it for years that he hoped it'd happen for him someday. "Wow... um, okay." He swallowed, doing the timeline in his head not sure when she had last been with her ex husband or if the only possibility was that she was carrying his child. "How far along? Have you been to the doctor?"