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Nash sighed and took a lesson from his brother He dropped his head to his plate and started eating again

When the wo her feel better, Nash took a quick look at Chase His brother winked at hi his mouth

Nash shook his head and focused on his plate Maybe silence was the best thing of all when it caave hih And that smile

Damn, that smile undid him

Chapter 6

With a belly full of sausages and salad, and even a cherry pie, Megan hadn’t objected when Nash drove thelad for it, wanting the tireat, and she felt lit up inside After spendingthat everyone in to The family worked hard, played hard, and they even appeared to love hard

She wanted a piece of that Not only for herself, but for her baby too

Those were the thoughts lingering in her mind as she took a seat on Nash’s porch while he ventured inside to get drinks Gus settled at her feet, his head propped against her toes

This evening, for just a couple of hours over dinner, Megan had realized how lucky her child would be to be a part of their tightknit family She kept up hope that by the ti like she’d seen at Shep and Eht She could even picture Christmas dinner at her parents’ Both Nash and her father there She needed to keep that iht For everyone

She inhaled the crisp, clean air as Mother Nature began showing off with a sunset above the es, and purples spread across the sky for as far as the eye could see

A slight flutter tickled in her belly bringing Megan’s hands there She pressed against the butterflies Was that the baby? Or was she i never done this before, both were entirely possible What she did know for certain was the little one growing inside her, getting bigger day by day, was so heavy on her mind now This was the kind of life she wanted for her child Peace Happiness Love

Hell, she wanted that life for herself too

The air shifted around her, heating up, and she s sideways to Nash He had his cell phone in his hand, ailass of sweet tea and the beer bottle rested at his feet

“Did you take a picture of me?” she asked suspiciously

He tucked his cell back into the pocket of his Levi’s and grabbed the drinks off the floor “Some moments should be captured” He offered her the iced tea then stepped over Gus to take the seat next to her His cowboy hat rested low on his head, his intense eyes watching her carefully “What were you thinking about right then?”