Just a Little More (425 Madison Avenue Book 10) by Allie York

Author:Allie York [York, Allie]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2020-01-12T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter 8

Derek

I leave apartment 315 in a daze and wait until I’m alone in the elevator to freak out. Once the button is pressed, I lean back into the railing and look up at the weak lighting on the ceiling as it pulls me up seven floors to Murphy’s place. How the fuck did this happen? Why did it happen now, when Nicole decides to show up and make me question every decision I’ve ever made? Why is she still showing up to remind me about everything I went through? I’ve had them since I was down on one knee, ring in hand, while the woman I loved told me she was fucking someone else. I pretended it was all okay when she came back saying she was pregnant and needed me. Now here I am in the same situation, but without the manipulative bitch part. I want to believe that Piper and I have both been faithful, but it’s hard to think straight with all of my emotions in upheaval.

Nicole showing up right as this news is dropped on me has me all messed up, but I take a deep breath and relax. I can’t help but smile. I get to be a dad. For that, I can forget what happened before and focus on the future. I can pretend that I don’t have that fear in the back of my mind that all of this could be taken from me until I really feel it. Nicole and I wouldn’t have worked anyway because she was a manipulative bitch, but I would have fought for my kid no matter what. I don’t even know if I’m in love with Piper yet. I’ve not let myself have feelings in so long that I’m not sure I could tell if I was. She causes me to love life. Being with her makes me feel like I’ve found a missing piece. But this is a massive undertaking for two people still trying to get their footing with each other. I don’t know much about her yet, and I’m terrified nine months isn’t enough to sort it all out.

On the tenth floor, I stop staring at the lights in the ceiling to get off the elevator and go take the dogs out for what I hope is the last time. Murphy said they’d be home in the morning, but we all know that flights never go as planned. “Let’s go, doggos!” In two seconds flat the big white dog is at my feet and an ugly black pug is right behind them. We do the usual path down the elevator, across the lobby and outside. The two of them mark every tree on the way to the lot, each trying to cover up the other’s scent. At the lot, the two dogs do their business and I clean it up before we head back. I get an Uber to pick me up for a trip home and a quick change before dinner. I

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