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Holy Mother Of God

Gavin blinked, sed hard, and slowly dragged his hand from her nape He’d always kno to handle Emily Shit, he was placed on the earth to do just that But the wo fast, he tossed his hand through his hair and took a shot at the only thing he thought ht calm her "Sit down on the floor with me"

Teary eyes wide, Emily furrowed her brows "What? You want me to sit on the floor with you in a store?"

Gavin sat cross-legged on the maple floor and motioned her down "Emily, we almost had sex on the hood of my car on the side of a road in Mexico Sit"

Shocked, Eh he’d lost it But she’d always known he was a tad bit crazy After a few seconds, she sank to the floor, sitting cross-legged in front of hih hers With caring eyes and a warm smile, he softly kissed her lips "Hey," he whispered

A weak smile lifted her oing to school you on babies, okay?"

Eet aze back to his, her heart"Aren’t you?"

"I am, and I will Giveon his eyes "Okay"

Pulling her hands into his lap, Gavin sighed in relief She was already co down a notch "First: Babies are easy to hold They… trust right away They know you’re there to take care of them The moment you see him, Emily, you won’t be able to help it Your aruarantee you’ll never want to put hi It’ll come naturally to you" He leaned over and placed another slow kiss on her lips "Okay?"

She nodded, trusting hi for a few reasons Either he’s hungry, tired, sick, colicky, needs to be burped, needs to be changed, or wants to be held Or in your case, you’ve dropped hie hi in a pissy, shitty diaper all day"

E to calm me down?"

He chuckled and stroked her cheek "My point is, you’ll knohy You’re going to knohy because you’re histo learn how to burp and bathe hiht amount He’ll never starve, because you won’t be able to take his crying any too many bottles in his led

Gavin leaned in inches from her face, his eyes focused on hers "And he’ll never hate you He couldn’t You love everything around you so easily, whichto feel that Believe me, he will"

Emily sed "You think so?"

"I know so, doll It’s impossible not to fall in love with you"

And there, sitting on the floor with the man she couldn’t live without, the man who showed her what it felt like to really be loved, E a mother Instead, she drowned in the fact that not only did the ths and was in love with her every weakness, but another little man would soon be equally as in love with her

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