page24 (1/2)

Lyric wrapped his arainst his body “Baby? What’s wrong? Are you okay?”

The dizziness began to fade, and I blinked up at his worried face, his eyes swirling so quickly I couldn’t keep up with the color change He touched unsteady fingers toAre you sick?”

“I’nant,” I whispered

Chapter 13

Lyric

As pissed as she was at o, I was certain she’d only blurted out that announcement to freak me out See how far she could push me

But I’d been half holdingfor her to tellafter our aether and found that unopened condo area floor ofshe was, that even if for some reason she didn’t want to be with h the baby we ht

Another part had been silently freaking out, I could admit that, but it was a hell of a lot s about theto be parents, the freak-out had only lasted a feeeks before the hope gave nant

Finding her this sick, however, wasn’t soined She was so weak, I was the only thing holding her up Her brow and upper lip were dotted with sweat, and her body tre her eyes open She looked sick and miserable, and that scared the absolute hell out of me

I’d been calm and cool all day in the face of her father and his MC I’d almost won over the sheriff’s wife and dealt with a woman I didn’t even knoas part of one just as badly as everyone else None of theh they’d tried to do just that

But faced with the realization that so with my Mila?

It made me shake with terror

I swept her up into my arms and headed for the back exit where I’d parked my SUV after lunch I didn’t knohere the hospital was, but in this small-ass town, it couldn’t be too hard to find

“Wait,” Mila complained when she realized I was headed for ?”

“Taking you to the eency room You’re obviously ill Fuck, woman, you nearly passed out back there”