Kisses and Warfare: A Enemies to Lovers Standalone Romance. by T.L. Smith

Author:T.L. Smith [Smith, T.L.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2020-05-04T18:30:00+00:00

Chapter Sixteen

Kat

My hands shake as I wait for Mitchell. My leg bounces and I have to hold it to contain it. Why on earth did I agree to this? I see him before he sees me. He’s dressed in a suit, and he looks good. Asshole. Mitchell spots me and turns my way where I’m sitting on the park bench. I don’t get up when he reaches me, being too nervous and afraid of what I will actually say or do. You know, like kill him for one. He is Annabelle’s father, after all, even if he is the shittiest one on God’s earth.

“I didn’t think you would come. I mean, I saw that night when you were out for dinner that you love Annabelle, but you were so self-centered before her I didn’t really believe what I was seeing.”

He isn’t wrong. Before Annabelle, I didn’t care for anyone or anything but my own well-being. She changed a lot for me, and I see the world completely differently now, and I want to be a better person so Annabelle grows up knowing she can be her best self, no matter what.

“I’m here,” I say, my hands still on my leg to stop it from bouncing.

He sits next to me. “You didn’t bring her.” He doesn’t ask in a question, more of a statement.

“No.”

“I want to know her, Kat.”

There he goes again.

I look up at the kids playing soccer on the oval in front of us and sink back, my legs stopping any sort of bouncing now, my nerves gone.

“Why? Why do you really want to know her, Mitchell? I told you about her when I was pregnant. You sent me money to get rid of her.” I shake my head at the thought. I love Annabelle so much, and imagining my life without her in it literally kills me.

Mitchell rubs his hands through his blond hair. “Because I was fucked-up. You saw who I was. Drugs, women. I had no care. I just wanted what I wanted. No consequences.”

“Annabelle isn’t someone you can walk away from. You can’t just know her when it suits you.”

“I’ve purchased a house here. My job is here. I did all that before I planned to come see you, but then I saw you both at that restaurant and couldn’t stay away.” Mitchell turns, his eyes so blue, just like mine, stare at me. “What do you need me to do to be able to prove to you that I will try? I will take things at your pace. I was harsh yesterday. Too harsh. But I know that’s not the way I should be. You’ve raised her. You are raising her. I just want to help. Somehow be a part of that.”

I don’t ever want to hinder Annabelle from getting to know her father. I want her to know I did everything possible for her to try and know him. And I hope he proves me right. I don’t know Mitchell all that well, but what I do know of him is that he isn’t reliable.

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