A Chance Encounter: a Single Mom, Surprise Pregnancy Romance by Nikki Ash

Author:Nikki Ash [Ash, Nikki]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2022-04-20T16:00:00+00:00

It shows she’s read my text and then the bubbles start. A few seconds later, her text comes through.

Dash: I saw the interview. I know you would…I just need some time to think.

Her lack of response has my heart sinking in my chest. She’s scared, for whatever reason, and is pushing me away, and in a few hours I’m going to be back on a tour bus traveling for the next month. Whatever wall she’s put up will only have time to rise higher and become more impenetrable. But I don’t know what to do, how to stop this from happening.

“It’s almost midnight,” a man says on the radio, catching my attention.

“When I was growing up, my parents used to tell me whoever you’re with at midnight is who you’ll be with all year,” a female says in response.

The guy laughs. “Well, then, looks like we’ll be seeing a lot of each other next year.”

I glance at the clock—it’s nine minutes until twelve. “Change of plans,” I tell the driver. “I need you to take me to Lennox Hills.” I give him the address of Sophia’s apartment and he inputs it into his GPS. It shows seven minutes. I’ll be cutting it close.

When he pulls up, I yell for him to wait and run up the stairs to her apartment. Not wanting to wake Kendall up, I knock softly, but hard enough Sophia will hear it. A second later, the door opens. Sophia’s dressed in my gray sweats and LOST hoodie I left here, and my heart swells. She might be pushing me away, but she’s wearing my clothes. That has to count for something, right?

“Easton,” she breathes. Her hair is up in a messy bun and her face is splotchy. She’s been crying. Whatever is going on with her, she’s struggling. I don’t like to see her upset, but I would be lying if I said I wasn’t glad on some level to see that she’s upset. It means she’s struggling with her decision to push me away. Unless…

“Are you and the baby okay?”

She nods.

“And Kendall’s okay?”

“Yes,” she says. “Everyone is…okay. What are you doing here?”

“The person you’re with at midnight is the person you’ll spend the year with,” I tell her, stepping into her space. “The odds are already against me, so I figured this might help tip the scale in my favor.”

Without asking for permission, I entwine my fingers in her hair and kiss her hard. In the background, the man on the television announces that it is midnight, officially the new year.

I expect Sophia to resist, but she doesn’t. Her body sinks against mine and she kisses me back. Her lips are soft and plump, and she smells intoxicating. She must’ve showered recently because I can smell her signature body wash she uses. I keep my mouth pressed to hers, inhaling her scent, trying to memorize the way she smells, the way she feels, the way she tastes. I’m going to need this memory to get me through the next month, until I can come back and somehow beg her to be with me.

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