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Jensen sighed "Will you at least let one of us go with you? Joss is right about one thing You’re extreives Tate the upper hand And when he learns of your pregnancy, he’s going to push hard for a reconciliation"

"I guess we’ll have to see, won’t we?" Chessy said lightly "At any rate, expectdinner because he says there’s so he needs to tell me Maybe he wants a divorce But it’s obvious we need to clear the air I need … closure I need to knohere this is headed because I can’t go on like this I have to make plans for me and my child"

"Honey, ato du," Chessy said emphatically "Now please let me by so I’m not late"

"Only if you promise to call if you need us," Jensen said "One of us will be over immediately if you need help or support"

She leaned up on tiptoe and kissed Jensen’s cheek and then Dash’s She hugged both Kylie and Joss before disentangling herself and headed for the door

"Thank you all," she said sincerely "I’m so lucky to have friends like you"

She hurried down the sidewalk to her car before she could change her mind and completely chicken out of her dinner with Tate She had a whole horde of butterflies in her stoard She just hoped she couldthe contents of her stomach That certainly wasn’t the way she wanted to break the news to Tate of his i fatherhood

Would he be happy? It saddened her that she had no clue It had been him who’d wanted to hen she wanted children earlier in their ht they should be more financially secure first

But as it enough? It seeht in, no h He’d always put her off and said oal of X nued She knew for a fact that he’d surpassed his supposed goal on three separate occasions And yet he still hadn’t agreed to have children

It was very possible that he wouldn’t greet this neell at all She le ed through her chest forto conclusions Tate wasn’t a horrible person He’d be a good father She knew that much It didn’t matter if this child was planned or not He’d love him or her every bit as much as Chessy already did

When she arrived at their house, she parked and got out only to be h it took everything he had not to pull her into his arms or touch her in some way But instead he merely stepped back and swept his arm inward in silent invitation

Her nerves a n territory rather than the house she’d made a home over the last five years

"Cootten a start on the crepes"