Secret Daddy Next Door: An Enemies to Lovers Romance (The Hawthorns) by Callie Stevens

Author:Callie Stevens [Stevens, Callie]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2023-03-29T16:00:00+00:00

21

DARA

The ride home from work is grueling, not to mention it’s an unusually hot day for the beginning of June. At four and a half months, I shouldn’t feel as big as I am, but it’s becoming more and more obvious. Now, I’m opting for loose dresses rather than sweaters and sweatpants. Sometimes the fabric swings just so that I’m afraid someone is going to point and scream out that I’m pregnant.

Just being paranoid, though.

It takes me nearly an hour more than usual to get home after every mode of public transportation seems to fail inexplicably. By the time I get home, it’s dusk and I’m exhausted.

As I walk onto the cul-de-sac, I find myself smiling for the first time.

Now that Keifer knows, I don’t need to hide anymore. Even more than that, he’s willing to be a part of the baby’s life. That means we can share more than just practical jokes and bouts of angry fucking.

We have a future together. What it looks like, neither of us knows. But I don’t care. My baby is going to have a father. That makes me want to jump for joy.

Just as I’m thinking of Keifer, he comes out onto his front stoop and waves. “Hey. You’re home late.”

“Yeah. The train broke down like three times and then we got stuck on Lawrence behind a huge fender bender. It was…well, it’s not interesting. I’m exhausted. And starving. I ate a whole thing of tic-tac’s on the way home.”

“Nutritious!” he says, waggling his eyebrows.

“It’s all I had. Better than nothing.” I got to my front door and start to unlock it, the little blue apple catching my eye. I smile to myself.

“So, it sounds like you need some dinner.”

I glance at Keifer. “Oh, yeah. I’ve got some leftovers from yesterday I was about to heat up.”

He frowns. “After all of that trouble? No. You need a fresh, homecooked meal.”

“Do you have a suggestion?”

He beams. “I’ll be over in a minute.”

Keifer disappears into the house. I’m stunned. Is he…coming over to cook me dinner?

Sure enough, just a minute or two later, Keifer waltzes into my house with bags of groceries. Did he plan this?

He drops the bags on the counter with a thud and then rifles through them. “Alright, first things first. Chicken or fish?”

I stare at him. “Uh…”

“It’s not a hard question, Dara.”

“Sorry, I’m just confused?”

“Does it help if I say the fish is halibut?”

I smile in bewilderment. “Uh. Chicken, I guess.”

“Okay. Chicken. Now broccoli or brussel sprouts?”

“Ugh. Veggies?!”

“You’re pregnant, Dara. You need the iron and the fiber. You can’t just eat cookies and cupcakes all the time.”

“Hey!” I jab him in the side with my finger. “It’s part of my job!”

Keifer eyes me. “Yes, and now it’s part of my job to make sure you’re taking good care of yourself. Because regardless of what caused you to faint the other day, I am not taking any chances. So, A or B?”

I grunt. “Broccoli. Just no onions. They make me nauseous.”

Keifer’s eyebrows jump.

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