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"Then what is it?" he asked, unable to take his eyes away from her round sto and pressure ishis hands as she did her best to roll over and sit up As gently as he could he helped her to her feet and tried not to s towards the hallway door

"Where are you going? I thought you had to use the bathroo our bathrooht he heard her mutter "Besides I also need to soak in a hot tub and I don’t care if I’m late for your precious defense class It’s not like I’ve been able to do anything more than sit in a corner for the past two months anyway," she snapped testily

"But I bet you learned a lot," he pointed out as he followed after her

"Yeah, that you’re a sadistic bastard whoa hand at the small of her back as she waddled towards the elevators that would take them to their floor

What should have been a ten second walk turned out to be a fiveto stop to catch her breath

"Are you okay? Maybe you should just use the bathroo out to take her hand and guide her back towards the clinic

She pulled away and continued on with her waddling "I just want some time alone to think and soak in a hot bath"

"Letback to her side

"I don’t need your help, Chris What I need you to do is stop confusing the hell out of me, because I have to be honest here, your split personalities are giving me whiplash," she snapped as she scanned her hand and pressed the call button for the elevator

"Just give me a chance to explain that, Munchkin, please," he said, following her onto the elevator

"No, I gave you enough chances and I think we can both agree that you’ve made it more than obvious how you feel about me and the baby over the past couple of months so I really don’t see the point, do you?" she asked, crossing, well, trying to cross her arnancy her brsts were a lot bigger than before

"You don’t kno I feel about you," he bit out, trying to stay patient and not lose his temper, but it was difficult

"Yeah, I’et off"

"No, you’re the wo hih over the past few h"

"No, you’re not," she said tightly, wiping at her eyes

"Yes, I am, Munchkin I love you and I’m sorry for the way that I treated you, but you have to know that I did it to protect you, I-"

She turned on him as the elevator doors slid shut "To protect e to protecther head firmly, "you did it to protect yourself"

"No, I-"

"Yes, you did! You’re only nice to me when it’s convenient for you like now that you’ve discovered that you can have me and your family too You never would have chosen me, but now thanks to your father you don’t have to, now do you? But guess what? I don’t choose you I don’t want you You had your chance and you blew it!" she screamed

"That’s not fair, Izzy, especially since you don’t have a fking clue about what you’re talking about," he bit out evenly

She snorted her disbelief "I don’t? Really? I know that you’re too scared to live your own life I know you’ve wrapped your entire life around your family I know that you’re a coward and-"

"They fking savedher into a corner "You have no fking idea what it was like before they tookmove I made You don’t knohat it’s like to have to worry about your uy and instead offered him up your ass You never had to worry that the et to the knife you that you slept with quickly enough or run fast enough before he tried to take her up on the offer"