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“Holy shit” His voice cracks a little too “Jesus Christ, ould do this to us?”

“I don’t know about you, but soirl named Bailey and her cohorts did this to me”

“I don’t even knohat to say All this tiht I didn’t want you? Didn’t want Davis? I would have been thrilled Did you have that little faith in me? Even if that bullshit were true, you didn’t think I deserved to know about my own kid?”

“Reed, you don’t understand We never talked about kids Everything was so confusing I enty-one, pregnant, hormonal, scared, and devastated The only man I ever loved was the cahing stock than I already was You knehat path you were taking, I didn’t It wasn’t about faith in you any my baby”

“Our baby!”

His outburst shocks me and I scoot back on the sofa He notices and stands up Pacing and running his hands through his hair, nervously breathing in and out loudly

“I want to know everything I want to meet him What’s his birthday? Favorite toy? Does he like football? Has he ever seen me play? Jesus Christ, I can’t believe I have a son that I don’t even know”

The moment stands still and I’ht be heading to four different teams He paced around his roorasp on the news

“Ari, do you knohat this means? Where could I end up? What sort of tea? I could be in any corner of the country Each tea need for receivers and quarterbacks But this is tricky, with trades and top picks, you never know” Reed stops pacing to look at me with concern

“Sweetheart, I don’t knohat any of that means Can you explain it?” I ask

He grins slightly and chuckles “Are you ever going to learn about football, Ari? It’s going to be a huge part of your life, especially e find out where I end up”

I s plans for ood job, considering I knew nothing at the beginning of the season I’m pretty proud of myself”

His eyes soften and he stalks to rabsme to lie back on my elbows His face is inches frone and body wash Instantly, s around his waist