Right Where We Belong by Brenda Novak

Author:Brenda Novak
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Harlequin (UK) Ltd
Published: 2017-11-03T04:00:00+00:00

17

Heather studied Scott, trying to gauge whether or not her ex-boyfriend was simply trying to upset her. After staying late at school with another teacher to get ready for a joint project they were planning to do between classes, she’d stopped by his place to pick up the last of her things.

“You’re lying,” she said as they glared at each other in the middle of his living room.

His smug expression undermined her confidence, despite the conviction with which she’d spoken. “You think so? Because I wasn’t the only one at the park. Ask Johnny Coontz. He saw Gavin with those kids, too.”

Johnny worked with Scott and often went to the same park to have lunch, so it made sense. But...

“It couldn’t have been Gavin,” she said. “He was at New Horizons all day.” He’d called her when he was driving home and told her as much. She’d asked how his day had gone, and he’d indicated that it had been nothing out of the ordinary.

“I know who Gavin is!” Scott snapped, incredulous that she’d continue to deny what she’d heard. But he’d misinterpreted her reaction. It wasn’t that she didn’t believe what he said; it was that she didn’t want it to be true. “I spoke to him,” he added. “Saw him and the kids up close.”

“So...what was he doing there?” And why hadn’t he told her about babysitting when she’d asked him what his day had been like?

“I told you! He was helping his new neighbor.” He arched his eyebrows to give his next statement more meaning. “A divorcée who just moved in. He tried to act like it wasn’t anything. But that’s what made me feel like it was. I saw him playing with that little boy and girl, got the impression they mattered to him.”

Heather curled her fingernails into her palms. “Of course they matter to him. Gavin’s good with kids. All kids,” she clarified. But it was difficult not to allow her hand to go to her stomach. She felt nauseous. She’d fought so long and hard to win Gavin’s love, and every time it seemed as though she was finally getting somewhere with him, he slipped through her fingertips again. She couldn’t allow that to happen this time. She was carrying a child, for God’s sake. She did not want to become a strapped and lonely single mother, another cliché. Without someone around to help, she’d hardly be able to leave the house. That wasn’t the future she anticipated for herself.

“If it was completely innocent, why’d he act so weird?” Scott asked.

“For all I know, he didn’t. Anyway, you can quit trying to scare me. It’s not as though Gavin’s up to anything. We’re already back together.”

Scott propped his hands on his hips as he loomed over her. “Does he know that?”

“Of course he does! He said as much,” she insisted. But that wasn’t entirely true. Gavin had said he was willing to try again. He’d also said he wanted to start from the beginning, and he wanted to take it slow.

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