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I frowned “I a to you”
Shaking his head, he said, “No, words are co out of your mouth, but I can tell they’re not the words you should be saying There’s so from me, and I want to knohat it is”
I sighed “Trust me, Nash, you don’t want to hear this Not today Please just let it go, and I pro him, but I kneouldn’t accept what I’d said However, I held
Detero, so start talking,” he demanded
I stared at hi ti a deep breath, I opened up “I want kids,” I said softly, fearful of where this admission would lead us
His eyes didn’t leaveslowed “I didn’t think you could have kids,” he said slowly, and I sensed his hesitation to continue the conversation
“I struggle to carry a baby to term and the doctor said I may never be able to have a child, but he didn’t say it was i for his reaction, not sure of what it would be
His forehead creased in a frown “So you’re saying you want kids now? As in soon?”
Oh hell, I’d opened a can of worms now “No, I’ers throughdown at hiht now, but I need you to know that I do want them eventually I don’t knohere you and I will end up, but if kids isn’t so you want, we need to have that out on the table noe both knohere we stand” Shit, was I really ready for this conversation? It could mean the end of Nash and me if he didn’t want kids because I wasn’t sure I could compromise on this
He stood and carip was firm and his eyes demanded my complete attention “I’ll tell you where you and I will end up – together This isn’t a short-ter for me and I sure as hell hope it isn’t for you either” He stopped talking, clearly waiting for confirmation from me on that
“It’s not short-term for me,” I said, and his relief ritten across his face
“So we’re in this together for the long haul, and although I hadn’t thought about it, I guess we do need to talk about kids” He stopped for a moment and took a breath, and in thatwith this Butanother child scares the absolute fuck outtathis”
Consider it
That didn’t mean he would do it
I sed back ave him a smile “Okay,” I said softly, not sure what else to say He hadn’t givenfor, but at the same time, he hadn’t taken it off the table