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She nodded softly “I’ve heard the heartbeat”
He cursed and shook his head, his lips set into a fired his voice “Why didn’t you tell me earlier?”
She drew in a long deep breath, ad the decision she’d nancy tests she’d taken weren’t wrong “For the first couple weeks, I was in shock” She glanced down to his hand over hers It suddenly occurred to her how much she liked that “After reality finally sank in, I didn’t kno to blow our worlds apart”
A long ers with his He finally lifted his unfah this together”
She sed back the sudden thick emotion in her throat She hadn’t kno much she needed to hear those words “I know this is all shocking and a big mess—”
He placed a hand on her belly “Not aa baby”
The world all but somersaulted around her She’d seen ant, cocky side that turned her on The strong, loyal side he showed to his family But this soft side was new and wonderful, and had the power of o fro with that question for weeks
“We cut the bullshit and give this a go”
Shocked by that answer, she slowly looked up at him
He pressed his hand tighter against her belly The single action felt like a proame between us has been fun,” he explained, voice thick with e you The chase, the hunt, and the ere all equally as fun” He paused to s you has been enjoyable, to a point” He leaned in closer and said, with total certainty, “But we both knew this is where anted to end up No ames You’re with me now”
Her mouth parted Oh, how it easy would be to say yes To believe that this sweet side of Nash could stay forever That she mattered above all else That the baby mattered But Nash was cocky and reckless, and history told her the reason Nash was so invested noas because she was having his baby When it came to family, Nash was loyal to the bone But where did she fit into in all that? “Our situation is not that easy, and you know it,” she re in our way”
“Oh, yeah, like what?”
“My father”
He snorted and slowly re between us He is an annoyance that I’ll deal with”
Nash’s clipped tone only proved her right The anger her father and Nash shared ran deep, on both sides “I don’t think dealing with him is that simple”