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His eyes narrowed on h for you, is it?”

My heart beat wildly inany younger, Nash What’s to say you consider it for too long before agreeing to it and then it’s too late for me?”

He conteether and he rubbed the back of his neck “A?”

I hated putting this to him, but I couldn’t take it back now I took a step towards him, but the way his body tensed at my approach made me halt My mouth went dry and worry crept over , Nash,” I answered, having to force the words out

His heavy breaths caused his chest to rise and fall with force Silence circled us, claustrophobic almost, while he processed what I’d said Finally, he replied, “Fuck, Velvet, I don’t knohat I’ I’ve ever thought about Losing Aaron alain and le with i

t every day; some days all I wanna do is take a fuckin’ bottle of whiskey and wipe that shit fro onna stick around if I don’t want a kid with youfuck, baby, I don’t want to lose you” His eyes desperately clung to ing me to fix this for us, but I wasn’t sure I could

My words stuck in my throat and all I wanted to do was take my man into my arms and hold him until his hurt fled, but I knew it never would This was so that would stay with him until his last breath, and while I could help him live with it, and be there for him when he needed me, I could never take his pain froht “I don’t want to lose you either, and I know this is awful for you, and I hate that I’ain and I sed a few tihback the tears, I continued in a shaky voice, “But I can’t help itI want a baby” And with that, the tears rushed forward and strea desires

Nash’s ar over my hair while he tried to console me “You’re not the bitch in this situation, sweetheart The fuckin’ bitch is life and the way she gives and then fuckin’ takes”

I buried my face in his chest and let the tears flow freely His arood wrapped around me, as if I was safe and protected, but who knehere this would all end up now

Eventually, I lifted my head and looked up into his eyes I took in his torive you an answer tonight” As his words swirled throughaway a little, he graspedI continue to listen “Proive me some time to work this shit out into an e to extract a commitment he desperately needed from me

I nodded “Yes, I promise,’ I said softly, because when all was said and done, I wasn’t sure I could ever walk away froive ht scared me, too I’d always proain where I couldn’t have what I wanted, and here I was conte just that

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Chapter Three

Layla

I closed ers into the bed as Donovan licked his tongue along , satisfied moan