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He“You know exactly what I want to hear”

Yeah, she did His haughty expression said it all She rolled her eyes “Really? You’re going to make me say it”

He gave a fir to make you say it”

She drew in the deepest breath of her entire life After years of Nash chasing her After this past year of hi a little bit harder And even after these past weeks of hi really hard, she owed him this one She cupped his face and stared deeply into his eyes “I like you, Nash Blackshaw I’ve liked you for years” Okay, o there yet “I’ve wanted you desperately for all that tiht? I said it Happy?”

“Getting there” His eyes shone with iving her a kiss she’d never soon forget “I know you’re worried, Freckles,” he said against her lips “But I’ to work out fine”

Now all she had to do was believe him

Chapter 5

The next afternoon, Megan’s thoughts kept returning to the previous night She’d spent theat baby na experience she wasn’t sure she ever wanted to repeat Today was her day off, and there was no way she was spending the day alone She was stupidly, blissfully happy and couldn’t keep a smile off her face as she left her apartreeted her, and da down the road

She’d been dreading having to tell Nash about the baby But it’d been okay He stepped right up, which she kneould Though the totally unexpected part had been hoeet he’d been Not once had she ever seen that side of him before She wanted to trust and believe in it, and once she let herself, everything clicked into place He was right—they needed to give this a real shot Because truth was, they were good together Hell, they could even be great What Megan felt for him was rare, she’d always known that, and she wanted to explore the intensity between theood and healthy and made sense

One step at a time

She waved to a couple who always caht for dinner Another block down the road, she reached the restaurant set in one of the historic buildings along Main Street She passed beneath a sign that had THE KITCHEN written in iron letters on a reclairound and quickly entered

The restaurant had been recently gutted and rebuilt Wooden bea Circular tables were spread throughout with dark gray fabric-covered chairs Two crystal chandeliers lit up the space surprisingly well And the back as a cabinet full of wine bottles

This afternoon, the restaurant was busy but quiet compared to Kinky Spurs’ dinner crowd Everyone talked with soft voices Apparently, a five-starat the dark wood bar were faan had called earlier to meet her here today Her two best friends

Harper, chef and owner of the restaurant, gazed at Megan with her waran had known Harper since they were in grade school But since Harper enty-six years old, a year younger than Megan, they hadn’t beco at the Spurs Harper’s recent decision to quit Kinky Spurs to open this restaurant was bittersweet to Megan, as da with her “Well, look who it is, Miss Preggers, who forgot tounant!” Harper mused

Megan laughed, realizing that when Nash went to talk with Shep and Chase last night, they must’ve spilled the news to Harper and E a relief that everyone kne “I figured I needed to tellyou knowthe father first”