Hunter's Baby Girl by Samantha Morgan

Author:Samantha Morgan [Morgan, Samantha]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2019-04-11T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter 9

It was three days before I called Hunter. It took me that long to get up the courage to face him again.

To be honest, it was a long and miserable three days. Somehow, I’d come to rely on our little get-togethers more than I realized. They were like a release valve, almost. I could just forget about the world and its stresses and the fact that I felt like my life was slipping away as I worked at a meaningless job. I could escape and blow off some steam.

I realized by the third day of having no contact with him that I had looked forward to our evenings. Now, I was back to having nothing to look forward to. That revelation alone was enough to make me take stock of my life.

I didn’t want to rely too much on Hunter or anybody else. I’d been hurt too many times before when I gave my heart or attention or energy toward a person, only to find out that they weren’t interested, or that they were only interested in using me for what I could give them.

I thought about that on Saturday night while I was making dinner for myself. So many times, I dove headfirst into another person and made my whole world about them. I would meet a guy and become friends with him and would inevitably develop a crush in no-time flat. I’d be supportive and caring, hoping that they would somehow realize I was the perfect woman for them.

Only it never worked out that way. You can’t make a person love you, no matter how good you are to them. Eventually, our friendship would end, and I would be heartbroken. I didn’t want to have my heart broken again, by Hunter or anybody else. I had to be smarter this time.

After all my soul searching was finished and I had eaten my solitary dinner, I gave Hunter a call. I decided I wanted us to continue along the course we’d started, but there needed to be complete honesty. Otherwise, how could this end well?

We agreed to meet for coffee on Sunday, just as we had when we first made our arrangement. This time, he was the one who arrived early, and he had a latte and muffin waiting for me. As I walked over to the table, I was taken aback all over again by his good looks. Steady, girl, I told myself.

“A latte,” I murmured as I took a seat, and I couldn’t help the rueful smile that spread across my face. He realized what I meant, and his face turned a deep shade of crimson.

“Don’t worry about it, I’m just teasing,” I assured him.

“At least you’re teasing me,” he said. “I wasn’t sure you’d ever want to talk to me again, much less tease me over our safe word.”

I looked around to be sure there was no one in the vicinity who could easily overhear us, then turned back to him. “So like I said on Wednesday night, I needed time to think.

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