Just One Touch - Leo & Jasmine (Crossroads Book 16) by Melanie Shawn

Author:Melanie Shawn [Shawn, Melanie]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Fiction, romance, contemporary
Publisher: Red Hot Reads Publishing
Published: 2020-04-15T18:30:00+00:00

Chapter 16

Birds flew overhead as Jasmine sat on the bench on a walking path along the river, waiting for Corbin. She’d asked him to meet after her doctor’s appointment because she knew that she couldn’t put it off any longer. She’d heard the heartbeat today, and had her first ultrasound.

When she’d seen the blurry black and white image, everything shifted from abstract to reality. It’s not that she’d been in denial. It was just things had gotten very real, seeing the image.

She was ten weeks pregnant, which meant that she had about thirty more to go. She still wasn’t showing, well anywhere except in her bust. She was spilling out of her bra, and some of her scrubs were tight. She was about to make herself a note to order more when her phone vibrated in her purse. She pulled it out, expecting it to be her ex making some excuse as to why he couldn’t make it.

But it wasn’t a text from Corbin. It was from Leo.

Leo: How did everything go?

She couldn’t help the smile that lifted. She’d mentioned her fear of doctor’s appointments a few nights ago over dinner and he’d offered, several times, to go with her to the appointment. She refused, obviously. As much as she’d have loved the company, she didn’t feel like it was appropriate.

Since the night they’d spent together, they hadn’t had sex again, but they’d spent all of their free time together. He kept showing up at her door with food, DVDs, or games to play. She’d crushed him at checkers and he’d annihilated her at rummy.

As much as she’d enjoyed his company, she wasn’t sure if he was being so attentive and considerate because he felt bad about sleeping with her or if they really were friends.

Work had been a little…awkward. Or at least, it had been on her part. In fairness to Leo, he really hadn’t changed how he was treating her. But she’d definitely been hyperaware of him, and of how the people around them were acting.

When she heard footsteps coming down the path she looked up and saw Corbin walking toward her.

“Thanks for meeting me. I just wan—” Jasmine’s stopped mid-sentence when she saw that Corbin wasn’t alone. He was walking a dog. An adorable black lab that looked to be about three months old. “What are you…who is that?”

“This is Oreo,” Corbin announced proudly.

“Hi, Oreo.” Jasmine bent down and the dog greeted her by jumping up and covering her face in kisses. “What are you doing with Oreo?” she asked from her crouched position.

“It’s my dog. Well, mine and Jessica’s dog. I got it for her birthday.”

“What?” Jasmine couldn’t believe what she was hearing. “This is your dog?”

“Our dog. I got it for her birthday. Isn’t he cute?”

“But you can’t…you’re allergic…you said…”

“Turns out all I needed to do was take a Claritin and I’m fine.” Corbin grinned smugly.

Out of all the ways that Corbin could and had betrayed Jasmine, this one was by far the worst. To her, this was the ultimate betrayal.

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