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Everything he’d said made sense

Of course she wanted a different life for her child For their child But—but—

She sank down on the sofa

This was all happening too fast It was all too new She’d only just got used to being pregnant and now there was aht, which onderful, it was a …

Except, what she wanted from him as—

“Sage” He squatted down beside her “Sage, look at me”

She shook her head

She didn’t want to look at him, not

when his voice was suddenly so soft, when he was taking her hands in his and bringing them to his lips

“Sweetheart,” he said, and she looked into his eyes and saw all the things a woo depths

“Caleb” Her voice broke “it’s—it’s tooon what’s supposed to be an easy ride at the aest, baddest, fastest roller coaster”

He laughed softly

“I’ve been called a lot of things, honey, but the biggest, baddest, fastest roller coaster is a first”

She laughed, too, but he knew she was trying not to cry, and it tore him in pieces to see it

“I’ive you more time In the best of all worlds, we’d do this slowly Get to know each other Go out to dinner Take in a couple ofyour eyes while Tom Cruise risks his neck in the hundredth version of Mission Impossible”