A Reason to Stay by Lindsay Murray

Author:Lindsay Murray
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: age gap romance, second chance romance, accidental pregnancy, secret baby, pregnancy romance, college romance, grumpy sunshine, forced proximity
Publisher: Lindsay Murray
Published: 2022-12-09T00:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER TEN

The next few months passed in a blur. The boys got bigger and louder, and I continued taking them to church and coffee with the young mothers in the community. My evening ritual with Andrew continued as it had before. Time moved impossibly fast; I blinked, and one day they were crawling and sitting up on their own.

When I woke up on one Monday morning, something felt strange. There was a quiet weight in the air. I rolled over and looked at the little clock on the wall—

And jumped out of bed. It was nearly ten o’clock. Why haven’t the boys woken me up yet? I scrambled out of bed and nearly crashed into the twin’s bedroom, my brain instantly going to the worst possible scenario, but I stopped in the doorway to see the room was empty.

Had they climbed out of the crib? Impossible. They just started crawling, but weren’t standing up yet.

I hurried out of the nursery to the living room to find Andrew sitting in the middle of the floor, Jacob in his lap chewing on a plastic spoon, and Matthew on his back holding a small stuffed wolf. Andrew was attempting to read a picture book to the boys, who were pointedly ignoring him.

He paused in his recitation of the three little pigs when he saw me. His dark eyes slowly traveled up my body, his observation so intense I could almost feel it.

It also reminded me I was wearing panties and a long t-shirt, and nothing else. I refused to shift or hide myself under his scrutiny. I mean, he’d seen me naked and in all kinds of compromising positions, right?

His eyes met mine. “Good morning, Sugar.”

I swallowed and exhaled steadily as I tried to get my heart rate back under control. The way he was staring at me a minute ago did not help my adrenaline fade any.

“You scared me,” I said, and took a step closer. “You should have woken me up.”

“We were fine,” he answered. “They ate their cereal. I figured I’d let you sleep.”

“You’re staying home today?”

“We were supposed to pour cement today, but...” Outside, a crack of thunder illustrated his point.

The adrenaline started to fade, and I suddenly felt tired. I sat down beside Matthew, who grinned at me and threw his wolf at my face. I tried to catch it, but he had pretty bad aim considering he was barely six months old, and it flew over my shoulder.

“Be careful, son,” Andrew scolded quietly, and I turned and crawled over to get the wolf. “You respect your history and your namesake.”

“What do you mean by that?” I fetched the stuffed animal and handed it back to Matthew, who put the wolf’s nose in his mouth and chewed happily.

“We’re Wolf clan,” he said softly. “Leaders, protectors, alphas, and providers.”

“Wow,” I said, but wasn’t sure what else to say. I didn’t know anything about the tribe or the clans, or anything like that. I studied him as he watched Matthew chew his stuffed wolf.

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