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Ellis flew backward and slaain On instinct, I went over and checked his pulse He was alive but out cold As though on cue, the police arrived

Chapter Sixteen

Chris

I tried to be stoic for Shae’s sake, but inside ood about the whole thing Shae quickly explained what had happened and exactly as the bad guy in the scenario

In a lovely bit of poetic justice, Ellis had woken up just as the police were cuffing hi, he was hauled all the way out of the apart silent In the end, it took four officers, one carrying hiet him out

Shae seeenerally coiven the circumstances It wasn’t every day, or ideally any day, that her crazy ex broke into her apart it in stride

“Are you okay?” I asked again

“Yeah, a bit shaken but okay At least the only one to get hurt was Ellis”

As soon as the words left hertoward the bathrooht away and started rubbing up against her legs He seemed to be okay despite the scary situation

After rubbing up against Shae for a while, the kitten ju up on my lap as Shae ca and content

“I kno he feels,” Shae said, scratching his little head

“How’s that?”

“I’ot kind of real, and I didn’t know if I was ready to deal with it”

“Deal hat?”

She took a deep breath “Well, for starters, I actually ah it is true I a your baby Wow, it is still surreal to say”

“When —”

“When I was on top, and you didn’t have time to pull out”

“Oh Is that why you let me come in you at the lake house?”

“Yeah, I figured I couldn’t get pregnant twice” She shrugged

I looked at Shae Her pink hair had pulled out a bit from the bun she usually kept it in for work Her cheeks were pink Her eyes drooped, appearing tired But she wasI knew part of that was the pregnancy, but there was another aspect to the glow It was like the heavens telling me that this was the woman as meant for me

“I love you so

“I love you, too For real Ifor real, but it iswe talked about ere just et married if you don’t want to, but I do want to be with you For the rest of my life”