Dare to Breathe by S.B. Alexander

Author:S.B. Alexander [Alexander, S.B.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Raven Wing Publishing
Published: 2018-02-05T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter 12

Kade

I made love to the one woman I wanted forever with. She moaned and cried and moaned and cried, but each time she whimpered, my chest tightened.

I stopped moving and gently dragged my hand down her warm, wet cheek, staring into her eyes. So much sadness lived in her cloudy green irises that I almost started bawling. I locked my jaw tight. I’d done enough crying before I’d gotten there. I had to be strong. I had to think positive thoughts. Besides, the stats were in my favor, or at least I had to believe they were.

She flattened her palms on my jaw. “We’ll get through this.” Her voice wasn’t that convincing.

I got up and dressed. As much as I wanted our intimate prelude to continue, I couldn’t bear to see the despair written all over her pretty face no matter how much I wanted to feel every part of her. And some part of me said that this wasn’t the last time I would make love to her. This wasn’t it for me.

I buckled my belt as she sat naked with her hair messy, looking like a fucking angel. Nope, I couldn’t leave this earth or her. I wouldn’t.

She rose and snaked her arms around my waist. “I will be strong for you, for us.”

A noise in the kitchen made me flinch. Then I realized her old man could be home. I checked behind me.

She sniffled. “My dad isn’t home.” Then she began to dress.

I lowered myself to the edge of the couch, threw my head in my hands, and sighed.

She pressed a hand to my back. “Let’s go to Vegas and elope.”

I jolted up. “Seriously?”

She blinked away tears as she gleaned the wedding magazines. “It’s too overwhelming to plan a wedding. We can get married now, and when things settle, we can have a party.”

“But what about baseball?”

She buttoned her jeans. “Baseball has consumed me. It’s time to let loose and build that family you want.”

I raked my gaze over her, my eyes landing on her stomach as a bolt of hope zapped me. “Isn’t today the day you’re supposed to get your period?”

She gathered her long hair and twisted it up on her head. “Let’s not worry about that. I just want to get married.”

I couldn’t help but wonder if she wanted to rush to get married because of my news. I would like to say it didn’t matter. After all, I’d wanted to jet off to Las Vegas only a few days ago. But I got the feeling I was somehow forcing her hand to tie the knot sooner than she wanted.

“Did the Dodgers not sign you?” When I’d left her in Oklahoma, they still hadn’t given her an answer.

She sat on the coffee table in front of me. Then she slid her hands up my thighs. “Whether they do or not, my life is about us, not baseball.”

Her words were music to my ears, but I couldn’t help but remember the conversation we’d had right before I’d proposed.

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