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“My baby,” I say.
She nods. “I didn’t think I’d ever have you, but I knew I couldn’t go through life without a part of you.”
“It seems we have a lot of talking to do.”
Her chin quivers, and I know her well enough that she thinks something is wrong.
I cup her cheek and step in closer to her, pinning her to the side of my truck, but I think better of taking things any further while out in public.
Nerves has her reaching for the locket at her throat.
“I never knew I wanted kids until I found those brochures at your bakery. I knew then that if I had kids, it was going to be with you or nothing,” I confess, my fingers trailing along her skin until I meat the clasp of the necklace.
“You’re not mad?”
I give her a soft smile as I shake my head.
“This,” I say. “Has always been my confession.”
I run my thumbnail through the super glue I applied to it so many years ago.
“It opens?” she asks, sounding astonished.
When the glue releases, I turn the locket around so she can read the inscription.
“I never knew how to tell you. I didn’t want to risk losing you with my own selfishness.”
“You’re my ever after,” she reads out loud, her eyes beginning to glisten with tears. “Cash, you gave me this necklace years ago.”
“I need to get you home,” I tell her, my body responding in a way that might bring in those camera crews Madison mentioned, now that I understand the look in her pretty eyes.
I clench my hands into fists when she climbs up into my truck, wondering if I’ll ever stop watching her thighs with a hunger inside of me that I can barely contain.
God, I sure as hell hope I never do.
Chapter 40
Adalynn
Nerves make my hands tremble, but even pushing them between my knees on the drive back to his house doesn’t help.
Despite how I reacted, Madison helped me today.
As we turn on the road to Cash’s house, I try my best to not feel the regret that’s threatening. We have lost so much time. I can’t help but imagine what our lives would look like right now had either of us just spoken up about how we felt.
“Ads?”
I look over at him, realizing we’re parked outside of his house.
“I think it happened exactly how it was supposed to,” he says, his eyes soft and understanding.
“How can you know what I’m thinking now but you never did before?”
He takes a deep breath, but instead of responding, he climbs out and makes his way around the hood of the truck to open my door.
“Come inside with me,” he says, offering me his hand.
I don’t hesitate for a second, taking it in mine.
