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The second though was even ht she had been, how innocent she had been, and all the years she had been patiently waiting forstupid

Of course the baby was irl to sleep around with just anyone I had taken her virginity, had claio

Then I relass, Quinn on her stomach with me on top of her

“Are you okay?” My voice was hoarse, full of a new fear and a million new emotions I had never felt before

My kid was growing inside this feht in the crosshairs of the war that soe on me and my MC No wonder she had been so upset I had just found out that I was going to be a father, and suddenly I couldn’t breathe for fear that so had happened to my child before it even had a chance to live

She s kind of way only a ood”

The breath rushed back into s as relief flooded over me like a welcomed tsunami “Thank God”

Quinn’s face scrunched up “You … You’re glad?”

“Of course I’ happened to you, Quinn” I touched the hand that had been cupping her face onlyhers as I pressed both our hands over where I could only i safely “I know I haven’t shown it all that well, but I care about you, Quinn”

“Oh,” she ether

I didn’t knohat I expected, but an “oh” wasn’t it I thought confessing that I cared about her would et that look back in her eyes she had always seemed to have in them whenever she had looked at me in the past I wanted that look back, but it hadn’t been there once since I had been back

Had I finally accomplished what I had always stupidly said I wanted? Had I killed her love for me?

Fuck, I hoped not

“Quinn …”

The door opened without warning, cutting off what I was about to say I wasn’t even sure what I would have said Maybe I would have admitted that I didn’t just care about her That I loved her Maybe I would have begged her to love ain