The Mute and The Menace by A.R. Breck

Author:A.R. Breck [Breck, A.R.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2020-06-06T23:00:00+00:00

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Jackson

I wake up to the scent of Cara surrounding me. I lift my head and look down at her, seeing her sleeping form with a frown line still creased between her eyes. Even in sleep, the struggles she carries with her weigh her down. I so wish I could relieve her of her stresses and allow her to live her life carefree.

But she’s not, because it’s Cara. She carries the entire weight of the world on her shoulders and then tries to relieve the burden of those around her. She’s selfless and bottles things up when she hurts the most. When others hurt her. She strong as steel on the outside but tries to hide her cracks on the inside.

When she sleeps like this, it’s like she becomes transparent and I can see what she keeps buried deep. I feel her emotions as if they are my own, and it makes me furious the pain she’s endured in this lifetime. In this life that she hasn’t even experienced half of yet, she’s gone through more pain than someone double, or even triple her age.

She deserves worlds more than what she has.

I brush her hair out of her face and rub my thumb down the line. Slowly, it fades out and she looks relaxed. I press a kiss to her temple and slide out of bed. I’m such a dick for how I treated her earlier. This whole baby adoption predicament has turned me upside down.

I selfishly want to make her change her mind and do what I want, but I know it’s wrong. I need to sit back and let her make her own decisions and cross my fingers that she makes the right one.

I understand her concerns. I have worries about being a dad. Shit, when I first found out I was fucking livid because I never thought I’d ever want to be a father. Not after the piece of shit dad I have—never. But my entire outlook turned the moment I saw the tiny bump on her belly. I couldn’t stop the rapid pace my heart was beating at or the shakiness in my hands when I felt the human growing inside of her. I was in awe.

I look down at her sleeping form and wish I could stay, but I can’t. I came back because I knew what happened earlier was wrong, but I need to take a step back from her because I’ve been feeling… something when it comes to Cara. More than the usual lust I’ve been feeling around her. The bad thing is that when I look at her, sometimes I see the grief of Logan in her eyes. Don’t get me wrong, it might be there forever, and I’d be okay with that.

But I can never compete with him. I can never compete with the good guy who doubles up as one of my best friends. And I don’t want to.

Don’t forget about the hesitancy that the baby she’s carrying also belongs to my best friend.

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