Fixed by Magdalin Laine
Author:Magdalin Laine [Laine, Magdalin]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9798607808259
Published: 2020-02-07T05:00:00+00:00
Nine
I tried not to think about it too much. Hayden brought it up once, a day later while we were cuddling. He said, âFinleyâ¦â then he took a moment trying to find words. I waited, tensing slightly, sensing what it was going to be. âI donât know how to say thisâ¦â
âDonât,â I said.
âNo, I have toââ
âYou donât.â
âBut I do,â he said. His fingers combing through my hair, he lifted his head forward to try to see my face. I hid it in his chest. âYou might be pregnant.â
I breathed out harshly, because that was the first time it was said out loud, and it made it feel so much more real now. âDonât jinx it,â I told him. At that point I was still hoping Iâd get my period and then none of it would matter.
He wouldnât leave it alone though. He pushed himself up on his pillow and cupped my face in his hands so that I had to look him in the eyes. âFinley,â he tried again. But I couldnât hold myself together. I was a mess more than Iâd ever been before. âHey, baby no, donât cry. Please donât cry,â he hushed, using his thumbs to wipe at my cheeks. âIâm going to take care of you. Okay? Everything is going to be okay. Iâm going to get better, and weâre going to have a nice quiet winter, and no oneâs going to bother us. Itâll just be you and me, and everythingâs going to be perfect. And soon, if weâre lucky, by the end of next summer weâll have our own little family.â He had a smile on his face like his dreams were coming true.
I couldnât control my breathing, my nose clogged up, and I squeezed my lips in all different ways, but nothing felt right.
âDonât you want that?â he asked, touching his nose to mine. âPlease donât cry. Everythingâs going to be okay. Weâre going to figure it out, okay?â
âIâm scared,â I managed to get out.
âDonât be. Iâm here for you, okay? Weâre going to do this together.â He wrapped his arms around my head, pressing my cheek into his chest, scratching against the duct tape. âYouâre going to be a great mother.â His steady breathing was calming. âFinley, I love you, you know that, right? Do you know how much I love you? Because the moment I laid eyes on you⦠It was in that dim basement that we had practice in, Amir had been bragging about you for weeks, and he finally brought you around to meet us. You probably donât remember. Itâs okay. You didnât look at me once. But I knew, since the very first time I saw you, that you were going to be the rest of my life.â
I sniffled, wiping my tears onto him, listening to his voice, soft and reassuring. His words were exactly what I needed to hear, and they lifted a heavy weight from my chest. We were good, and this is what I needed, and life was going to be better.
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