If I'd Only Known (Milan Women Series Book 1) by Johnson C.A

Author:Johnson, C.A. [Johnson, C.A.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2015-04-05T07:00:00+00:00

Chapter Eighteen

At approximately 1:45, bright and sunny the following afternoon, Barrington rang Perri's doorbell. Unable to contain the grin permanently attached to his face, he hoped like no other time in his life that the woman of his dreams was about to make his one and only dream come true. His grin grew wider when the object of his affection greeted him upon opening the door.

“What's up, baby?”

Perri grunted. “The red flags where you’re concerned.”

Barrington only chuckled, knowing that today not even the great in-your-face Perri could shake his confidence. And confident that before the day was over she'd be his wife for life, he most certainly was.

“Well?”

Perri knew the moment of truth had arrived. “Well, what?” Walking toward the living room, she stalled trying to borrow, beg, or at this point, even steal some more time before the dreaded moment forced itself upon her.

Barrington followed her, thinking she was crazy if she thought he was going be put off so easy. And she'd better think again if she thought he even half-way believed she didn't recall why he was there and what he'd hoped to gain by the end of his visit which, if he had his way, would become permanent. After a glance around, he asked, “Where's my baby?”

“At Madear's house, and before you even think about starting in on me, you didn't call to say you were coming for a visit with her,” she waved him off with a flick of her wrist.

“I'm not gonna start.”

“Good.”

“But,” he chuckled when she threw her hands in the air, “I am gonna say that, if we were all three under the same roof, this wouldn't even be an issue.”

“It's not an issue now, Barrington, and we don't reside under the same roof.”

“It would be if I really had my heart set on spending time with my daughter.”

Unfazed, she said, “Well, that being the case, you would have called ahead, wouldn't you?”

Barrington laughed out loud. He just couldn't sneak one by her for nothing. “At any rate, Perri, I'm here to see you.”

“What else is new?” she complained, ignoring the butterflies in her tummy.

“Well, I'm hoping for a new marriage to consummate . . . I mean celebrate.”

“Once again, Barrington, I have to remind you that you hope for too much.”

“Well, my hope springs eternal, anyway.”

She folded her arms. “And just why is that?”

“Because I need a family; Cupcake needs a family. And, believe it or not, Perri, you need a family, too.”

Shaking her head, she declared, “I don't believe it, Barrington.”

“What's that, baby?”

“That you only want to marry me in order to give Imani a complete family.”

He tilted his head to the left. “Why can't you believe it?”

“Because that's too simple for you; you always want more.”

This is true, he confirmed to himself. To her he said, “Not so much more; just better you know.”

“No, Barrington, I don't know. Why don't you tell me in no uncertain terms what you expect out of me?”

I expect an honest lover, he wanted to shout.

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