Baby on Board: An Insta Love Secret Baby Second Chance Romantic Short by Reagan Phillips

Author:Reagan Phillips [Phillips, Reagan]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2020-01-06T16:00:00+00:00

Rafe

I’m so fucking confused I can’t think straight. Five minutes ago we were eating dinner and laughing at crazy baby name’s Jade had looked up online, and now she’s hyperventilating and looks scared to death I’ll touch her.

Over the last few weeks, Jade has become my world. My reason for living. My everything. I haven’t needed sleep or food or even beer to keep going day in and day out with extra shifts and putting in double time at the bar because I’ve been driven by her.

Did I miss something in the time I was away working? Did I fuck something up so royally she’s scared to be touched by me?

“Jade, Baby. Please talk to me. What’s making you so anxious?”

“I don’t know.” She puts the heel of her hand to her forehead and shakes her head. “Everything. Nothing. I just…”

My heart about rips through my ribcage when she doesn’t finish that statement. “Just what?”

She stands and turns her back to me. I let her. God, it fucking breaks my soul to watch her turn away from me, but I don’t move.

“It’s just...I saw what you did with the room and all and I…” She chokes on a sob, and I bite back a groan. I can’t watch her in this much pain and not offer support, but if I do, will it make this worse? Whatever this is.

“Come sit down,” I say. “Let me get you some water, and let’s just sit down and relax for a minute.”

“I don’t want to relax,” she turns back to me and says. There’s a fire in her eyes that makes my chest grip hard.

If she’s about to break things off with me... I’m not sure I can handle her walking out.

“What do you want, Jade? What can I do to help you?”

Her laugh is painful to my ears. It’s one beat and harsh. “I wish I knew. That’s part of the problem.” She takes a deep breath, and I watch her shoulders rise and drop. “I thought this was working. I really thought we could just go along playing house until the baby came, and everything would be fine. Like an instant family. But, I can’t do it, Rafe. I can’t pretend with you anymore?”

Her lashes are coated in tears, and her voice catches, but I don’t care about any of that. “I haven’t been pretending, Jade. I love you. I married you because I fucking love you and our child. I want you and our baby here with me. We are a real family. There’s no pretending here.”

She hears me, but I can tell by the glazed over look in her eyes she doesn’t believe a word of what I’ve said.

“You’re tired,” I add. “All those walks to the store and lunches out with Scarlett—”

“That’s not it.” She looks up to the ceiling and runs a finger under her eyes, brushing away her tears. “God, I wish that was all this is, but it’s more than being tired, or hormonal. Rafe, we don’t even know each other.

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