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She shook her head in confusion "I don’t get it Why now? If you could have done this sooner, why didn’t you?"
His eyes darkened with regret And they grew suspiciously hich hast She’d never seen Tate cry Ever He was always the strong one while she was the emotional wreck She cried over sad movies, happy movies, those sappy Hallmark commercials at Christmas She cried over news stories Hell, she cried when she was happy But Tate?
"I should have done it a long tio," he adranted I took your love for granted I wanted it all The perfect wife, the perfect career It was never enough No matter how successfulleft
"Seeing what I did to you, what e wake-up call for me I stood by and let another man abuse you Do you have any idea what that did to me? I can’t even look at myself in the mirror any All I can reo to bed, that entire night plays over and over in et over, Chessy I have to live with that for the rest of my life"
"I wish I could believe you," she said wistfully
He reached across the table and captured her hand "Just give me a chance, Chessy One ain, I’ll leave The house and everything in it will be yours You’ll never want for a single thing I’ll make sure of it"
She closed her eyes and paused "There’s so I only just found out It’s why I ca and I don’t knohat to do"
Concern blazed over his face His grip tightened around her hand She took a deep breath and put it out there
"I’nant with your child"
TWENTY-SIX
TATE stared back at Chessy in shock, sure he hadn’t heard her correctly But the fear and apprehension in her eyes told him he had Close on the heels of shock came unfettered joy--and relief He’d been so afraid of what it was Chessy had to tell him It’s why he’d pulled out all the stops in his bid to win her back because he didn’t want her to tell hi for divorce
He squeezed her hand, temporarily incapable of speech Tears burned his eyelids and she stared at him, stunned, when one trickled down his cheek He didn’t bother wiping it away He wanted her to realize the nitude of this moment for him
"Chessy, that’s wonderful," he whispered
"But you didn’t want children," she said, her voice thick with eht it up, you said maybe next year And I want you to know I didn’t do this on purpose The very last thing I would have done is bring a child into an unstable e It ot to take my birth control pills"
Unable to bear the distance between them one more second, Tate stood and walked around to her chair and pulled her up and into his ar with emotion So much love welled up in his heart and soul He closed his eyes and prayed for another chance to ht He had a family now More than just hi rooed
She allowed hiether He pulled her into his ar her in his ar able to see her, talk to her, touch her And yet he saw her every single day when he entered his house Her stale item in the house It was i her reflection
"First of all, it never crossed nant on purpose But even if you had, I’d be overjoyed Secondly, we’ve already established what a dumbass I am I kne much you wanted children I wanted them too But there were two reasons I wanted to hold off One was er and I knew once we had a child that I’d have to share you with our son or daughter It shames me to say that, but I won’t lie to you The other reason was because I wanted to be sure I could provide for my fanant Is that why you haven’t been feeling well?" he asked anxiously "Is everything okay with the pregnancy? Have you seen a doctor yet?"
"I haven’t seen an obstetrician yet," she adeneral practitioner to ask for medication for nancy test when they drew blood and it was then he told ht away so here I a this from me," he said "I want to be able to share in every aspect of your pregnancy I want to go to every doctor’s appointrow inside you Feel hirow rounder and h ," Chessy said quietly "It doesn’t, Tate We still have soback and forth with myself over whether to see a divorce attorney or not"