Fire and Foreplay by Melanie Shawn

Author:Melanie Shawn
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Romance, Contemporary
Publisher: Red Hot Reads Publishing
Published: 2017-10-03T04:00:00+00:00

Chapter 11

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As Gabe held the picture strip of himself and Emily, his mind was transported back to the weekend that could turn out to be the biggest of his life. He only remembered flashes of that weekend, but she was seared into every one he had.

What stood out to Gabe was that Emily was bold and fearless. She’d convinced him to break into a restricted area of a casino which might have been where Jonah was conceived and she’d also been the one to dare him to go into the hotel fountain. Naked. If he hadn’t been there with his brother who was headlining the fight, he would’ve probably gotten in some pretty serious trouble.

Emily was a force to be reckoned with. She’d made an impression on him and he’d only spent ten hours with her. From the brief interaction they’d had, he’d seen that she was so full of life.

He couldn’t imagine what it would be like for Jonah to lose that woman as a mom or Adriana to lose her as “her person.”

And she could be the mother of his child. He could have a son. Jonah could be his.

Gabe was struggling to process that information but he wasn’t sure it would truly sink in until the test results came back. This week was going to be the longest of his life and he was no stranger to playing the waiting game. He’d thought that waiting for blood count test results were torture, but he had a feeling this was going to blow that out of the water. Just like then, there was nothing he could do about the results. They would be what they would be. There was nothing he could do to change the outcome to be what he wanted.

And he wanted Jonah to be his.

His phone dinged and he saw a text from Adriana. He’d messaged her thirty minutes ago to let her know that the samples were ready and she could pick them up anytime. He’d also asked her if she could send him pictures of Jonah.

Her response read:

Of course, here you go.

And it had a link.

His hand trembled as he held the phone. He knew that being Jonah’s father wasn’t a done deal. He’d slept with Emily, but he remembered wearing protection. Still, protection wasn’t one hundred percent. He’d also been inebriated when he’d put it on, so there may have been some user error involved.

Since they’d met in Vegas, he’d say the odds were fifty-fifty. He might not know if he was, but he knew that he wanted to be.

Now, as his finger hovered over the blue highlighted link he took in a deep breath. This could be the first time he ever saw a picture of his son. The significance of the moment weighed on him. He felt it in his chest and on his shoulders.

He took one more deep breath, tapped the screen and a picture of a scrawny boy with big brown eyes and a toothy grin filled his screen.

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