Knocked Up by my Rival: An Enemies to Lovers Surprise Pregnancy Romance by Josie Hart

Author:Josie Hart [Hart, Josie]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: anonymous
Published: 2023-09-12T16:00:00+00:00

20

MACKENZIE

Getting the kids home and calmed down enough so they weren’t emotional all the time was a juggling act. If one of them started crying, they all got worked up, and I didn’t want that. Tammy was old enough to try to control her emotions. I didn’t want that for her—I always wanted them to know it was okay to feel whatever they felt—but she was trying for the sake of her siblings.

The oldest one always took the fall for the others, willing to carry them. A pang shot into my chest. Tammy was so much like Rachel in so many ways, doing what needed to be done for her brother and sister rather than putting herself first.

Benjamin was emotional, and Rory was just a mess all the time.

I ended up sitting with her on my lap for most of the afternoon while Troy kicked a ball back and forth on the lawn with Tammy and Benjamin.

I watched him as I cuddled Rory.

I didn’t know what I would have done without him. I was always on top of everything in my life, in control of my world. I managed my home, I got one promotion after the next, and I always knew what was coming and where I was headed.

Now, with Rachel in the hospital and no certainty that she was going to make it through, I felt like my control over everything was slipping. I hated not knowing what the future held; I hated not being able to keep a handle on things because they were just out of my control.

Without Troy here to help me with the kids, I would have been a blubbering mess, and the kids would have been even more upset.

I hadn’t known I would find such a kind and caring man in Troy. When we’d met that first night, he’d been nothing more than a source of pleasure and attraction for the night. After that, he’d become my enemy.

He was so much more than that now.

Troy looked at me watching them, and flashed me a grin. I blushed, feeling stupid that he caught me staring at him.

“When’s Mommy coming home?” Rory asked.

“I’m not sure, sweetheart,” I said, stroking her hair. “But she’ll be home soon. The doctors are just making sure she’s okay.”

“I don’t like it when she’s sick,” Rory said.

“Yeah,” I said. “I don’t like it, either. But Mommy is strong. She’ll always fight the hardest she can to get back to you guys. You know that, right?”

Rory nodded, satisfied by my answer, but a lump rose in my throat. Rachel would fight tooth and nail to get back to her kids, but what if something went wrong and she didn’t make it through? What if this thing was bigger than she was and she just couldn’t make it?

Terror clutched my heart with icy fingers, and I shivered.

Be positive, I told myself. It’s going to be okay.

I just wished I knew that for a fact rather than hoping for the best without knowing for sure that it would work out right.

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