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She hesitated but then chided herself for doing so “I want this life for our child”

“What life is that?” he asked softly

“A quiet life” She turned to take in the vast Colorado beauty It was really endless out there Mountains, a creek, and so row tired of this view “A happy life”

“You doubted our child would have

a happy life?”

“I think” She drew in a deep breath, knowing she had to get this right When things made sense in her head, she turned to hiive our child a life where the Harrison and Blackshaw feud doesn’t exist” She rubbed her belly at that flutter again “We grew up surrounded by so er I don’t want that for our little one”

Nash’s head tilted in obvious confusion

“Don’t you reht years old, I never understood why I was supposed to hate your fa between our fa in the way of all our friendships” She paused Then she unleashed her truth “I don’t want our child to know that hatred”

Nash’s eyes searched hers for a long moment before he replied, “Blackshaw men are proud Your father is also that way too Whether you understand it or not, there is going to be some tension between men like that”

“Oh, I know,” she agreed with a soft nod “But that doesn’t change the fact that I wish I could rerow up in the sae to heart

Nash looked away “We turned out fine”

“Did we?”

His hard gaze returned to hers, his working jaw the only sign the conversation bothered him

“We went through high school trying to ignore the e felt about each other,” she continued, needing to get this out “I’one by that we’ve ignored anted Now that we’ve opened that door, I can’t help but see all the time we’ve wasted e could have been happy”

That made him smile “You’re happy?”