close my eyes and tip my head back just for a second. When I open my eyes again, Caroline is staring at me. She takes my actions as relief. And it is relief. Relief that I finally know the answer. That I don’t need to guess about my future anymore.
“I’m going to be a father,” I say handing her the paper and smiling at her the best I can, even though inside, my heart is breaking for Alex.
CHAPTER THIRTEEN
Caroline
I look at him with lust in my eyes. I don’t know why I want him. He’s not Landon. He’s not what I want. Except he is.
I take the piece of paper out his hands and stare down at it for myself. My eyes widen when I see the number 99.998% chance that Landon is the father. I’m not sure I believe it even still. I never thought it was really true. I just hoped because I know, despite what he thinks about his past, he will make the best father.
Better than any other man I have ever met.
A happy tear falls down my face as Landon pulls me into a hug. He’s going to be in my life forever whether he marries that skank or me. He’s mine forever.
When he finally pulls away from me, he is still smiling to my surprise.
“What are we going to do now?” I ask.
He sucks in a breath. “We are going to take care of you and our baby.” He reaches out and touches my stomach. It feels amazing to have his hand touching me there, but it’s not what I want an answer to.
“What about Alexa?”
A frown forms on his face at the mention of her. “I’m going to tell her the truth and then see what she wants to do.”
I frown. I don’t like it. It’s not enough. She could forgive him for this. After all, they weren’t together when it happened.
“I see,” is all I say.
“Don’t,” he says lifting my chin to look up at him. “Don’t feel like I don’t care about you. Like I don’t love you in your own way. I do. I just love her too. I’m just trying to do right by both of you.”
“What if that isn’t possible?”
He looks down at my stomach. “Then I’ll do right by our baby.”
I smile.
“I have to go, though. I have a meeting with my choreographer this afternoon. I’m going to call Drew, though. He can make sure you have whatever you need. You should probably start looking for a new place soon. He can help you do that. And I’ll make sure he arranges to have a chef and maid to help take care of you when one of us can’t be here.”
“You aren’t going to look for a house with me?”
He freezes as he looks at me. “No.”
I nod in understanding because it’s a hard line for him. He walks back to me and gives me a soft kiss on the cheek. “I’ll call you soon. Call me if anything happens with the baby, and I’ll send Drew over soon.”
I nod again as he walks to the door. He pauses as he opens it and looks back at me. “It’s all going to be okay.”
I smile as he leaves. It is all going to be okay. It’s going to be better than okay. I just need to make sure Alex is out of his life. I rub my stomach as I think about it. I’m such a bitch for ruining another woman’s life, but I have to. I will do whatever to protect this baby inside me. I will not let the same fate come to this baby as what happened to me. I will be strong. I will be a mother.
***
“We need to stop for lunch,” Drew says.
“But we have three more houses to look at.”
He frowns as his eyes glares at me. “Lunch.”
I sigh. “Fine, but I’m really excited to look at the next house. It might be the one.”
“You said that about the last six. I don’t know what you are looking for, Caroline, but any of them seem fine to me.”
Drew parks his Mercedes in front of one of my favorite restaurants, despite the fact that I never go here. It has pasta and carbs and fat and everything an actress despises. I don’t know if I will be able to turn it down today, though. I’m starving, and the baby is hungry.
I watch
“I’m going to be a father,” I say handing her the paper and smiling at her the best I can, even though inside, my heart is breaking for Alex.
CHAPTER THIRTEEN
Caroline
I look at him with lust in my eyes. I don’t know why I want him. He’s not Landon. He’s not what I want. Except he is.
I take the piece of paper out his hands and stare down at it for myself. My eyes widen when I see the number 99.998% chance that Landon is the father. I’m not sure I believe it even still. I never thought it was really true. I just hoped because I know, despite what he thinks about his past, he will make the best father.
Better than any other man I have ever met.
A happy tear falls down my face as Landon pulls me into a hug. He’s going to be in my life forever whether he marries that skank or me. He’s mine forever.
When he finally pulls away from me, he is still smiling to my surprise.
“What are we going to do now?” I ask.
He sucks in a breath. “We are going to take care of you and our baby.” He reaches out and touches my stomach. It feels amazing to have his hand touching me there, but it’s not what I want an answer to.
“What about Alexa?”
A frown forms on his face at the mention of her. “I’m going to tell her the truth and then see what she wants to do.”
I frown. I don’t like it. It’s not enough. She could forgive him for this. After all, they weren’t together when it happened.
“I see,” is all I say.
“Don’t,” he says lifting my chin to look up at him. “Don’t feel like I don’t care about you. Like I don’t love you in your own way. I do. I just love her too. I’m just trying to do right by both of you.”
“What if that isn’t possible?”
He looks down at my stomach. “Then I’ll do right by our baby.”
I smile.
“I have to go, though. I have a meeting with my choreographer this afternoon. I’m going to call Drew, though. He can make sure you have whatever you need. You should probably start looking for a new place soon. He can help you do that. And I’ll make sure he arranges to have a chef and maid to help take care of you when one of us can’t be here.”
“You aren’t going to look for a house with me?”
He freezes as he looks at me. “No.”
I nod in understanding because it’s a hard line for him. He walks back to me and gives me a soft kiss on the cheek. “I’ll call you soon. Call me if anything happens with the baby, and I’ll send Drew over soon.”
I nod again as he walks to the door. He pauses as he opens it and looks back at me. “It’s all going to be okay.”
I smile as he leaves. It is all going to be okay. It’s going to be better than okay. I just need to make sure Alex is out of his life. I rub my stomach as I think about it. I’m such a bitch for ruining another woman’s life, but I have to. I will do whatever to protect this baby inside me. I will not let the same fate come to this baby as what happened to me. I will be strong. I will be a mother.
***
“We need to stop for lunch,” Drew says.
“But we have three more houses to look at.”
He frowns as his eyes glares at me. “Lunch.”
I sigh. “Fine, but I’m really excited to look at the next house. It might be the one.”
“You said that about the last six. I don’t know what you are looking for, Caroline, but any of them seem fine to me.”
Drew parks his Mercedes in front of one of my favorite restaurants, despite the fact that I never go here. It has pasta and carbs and fat and everything an actress despises. I don’t know if I will be able to turn it down today, though. I’m starving, and the baby is hungry.
I watch
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