Cherish by Allie York

Author:Allie York
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Allie York

Beck

I paid the check and watched Meredith pick at her nails, not wanting to talk. The further into our date we got, the more she closed off. After her friend showed up, she shut down completely. I took her hand, leading her outside and backed her into the wall next to the restaurant, “We need to talk,” She nodded once and looked away from me, “I want this, Doll. I know it’s not normal, but I do. You can go on not believing me, or you can accept it, up to you.”

“You want me now, Beck, but what about when I’m the size of a house, or when I’m getting up every two hours with a newborn. That’s the reality. I’m having a baby and my priorities are going to change. Everything is going to change. Will you still want me then?” Tears welled in her eyes and I stopped one with my thumb, unsure of my answer. My brain knew the logistics. She’d have a baby that wasn’t mine, and if I wanted her, I’d have to be okay with it. I changed my life for her, and would try like hell to keep it up, but what if I couldn’t? What if I slipped? Failure wasn’t an option if a child came into the picture.

“Can we worry about that when we get there?” It was the best I had for her at that moment, “I know I want you, Doll. I know the baby doesn’t change that, and I know I could fall in love with you. You make me a better person and I need to hang on to that, but I’m not going to make promises. I just want to see where this goes.” Meredith threw her arms around my neck and kissed me. I caught her around the waist and kissed her back, glad my answer was what she wanted to hear. I had no idea how I’d handle the future, but I was handling the now well. The baby just made me more possessive, if something happened, there was more at stake. I never wanted kids, ever, but felt possessive as hell over her and that baby.

Meredith pulled away, “I think I can accept that answer.”

“Good, now let’s go before we’re late.” I took her hand and pulled her back up to Main Street, toward the second part of our date. The Tennessee Theater had always been an East Tennessee landmark, but I’d never been. As soon as I asked Meredith to dinner, I used trusty google to look up any type of music in the area and got lucky as hell. We stopped at the will-call and Meredith squeezed my arm, obviously excited for what was going on.

“The Symphony? You brought me to the symphony?” I took the tickets from the woman at the window and Meredith hugged me, kissing my cheek excitedly. I froze. No wonder Briggs was so fucking happy. Harriet was always in his lap, kissing his cheek, swatting his ass as he walked by.

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