Accidental Baby Daddy: A Single Dad Runaway Bride Romance by Mia Mara

Author:Mia Mara [Mara, Mia]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2024-10-28T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter 18

Oliver

Ileft Lexie’s cabin feeling disheartened, but at the same time, I knew she was right. I was definitely falling back in love with her, and that was something I couldn’t afford to do. It’d nearly killed me the first time.

Instead of going straight home like I’d planned, letting Trent stay over at my mother’s house, I headed over to pick him up, feeling lonely. I didn’t examine why. I felt like I was in shock, and if I allowed too much awareness of what had just happened to permeate the numbness, I would have a full-on panic attack.

I knew Trent would be asleep, but at least I wouldn’t have to be in my big house all by myself. I didn’t think I could handle that, not tonight.

My mother came to the door, sleepy and surprised.

“Ollie? What are you doing here so late? I thought you were going to let him sleep over.”

“Just missed him, I guess,” I muttered. “I’ve been working so much lately.”

My mother looked at me curiously, and I knew she could tell something was wrong.

“Ollie,” she said firmly. “Let’s talk and have some tea.”

I knew that I wasn’t getting out of this easily, so I sighed and followed her as she put on the tea kettle. We stood in the kitchen, staring at each other for a few minutes.

“Tell me what’s wrong,” she demanded, and I huffed out a breath.

“No.” She blinked at me in surprise. “Not until you tell me why you left Dad.”

I guess I wanted to change the subject so badly that I brought up something I knew she wouldn’t want to talk about. Or maybe I truly wanted to know the answer. I thought at first that my parents’ separation wouldn’t bother me, after all, I’m a grown man. Yet here I was asking my mother for an explanation.

After seeing Dad the other night, I really wanted to know.

She took in a deep breath. “That’s none of your business, Oliver.”

“Isn't it?” I asked, stepping forward to pour our tea into cups. “It seems like something I should know, Mom.”

“It just wasn’t working,” she said flatly, heading to the table with her tea. She sat down heavily into a chair. I followed and sat across from her. “Your father... he can be a very critical man, you know.”

“I do know,” I said softly. My father had pushed me to be the man I was today, going out on the rigs and working hard. Now that he was retired, he nitpicked me relentlessly. I guess I never knew that he did it to Mom, too.

“It just got to be too much. There was always something wrong with my cooking or the way I cleaned the house, or the plans I made. I grew tired, Ollie. You shouldn’t be constantly tired when you are in love.”

I drew in a sharp breath. Tired was precisely how I felt right now. Tired of fighting my feelings. Tired of pretending I wasn’t in love with Lexie. If my

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