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I’d known for a couple of weeks now that whatever was happening between us was different, and I strongly started suspecting about a week or so ago that I was in love with her. We were at my place at the time, and the sun was just starting to set over the Lake outside, casting the room in a soft, orange glow.
Sophia was naked in my bed, a light sheet covering her body while she napped. We’d spent the afternoon making love, not getting enough of each other. She’d come five times, not that I was counting.
Okay, I was counting, but it was because I cared about her, and she made me feel like the superhero she told me she used to think of me as.
I had some work to get done, so I let her nap while I worked in my home office, then went to wake her because she’d told me that she needed to be home that night. Once I’d reached my bedroom, I paused in the doorway to admire her in my bed, and something inside me just clicked.
Having women at my house wasn’t usually something that I was a fan of, but with Sophia, it was kind of right. I hadn’t wanted her to leave. In that moment, I realized that what I felt for her was infinitely more than what I’d ever felt before.
It felt good to finally have it out there, to have said it to each other. The road ahead of us wasn’t going to be easy, but we’d get through it. I knew it in my heart and in my gut. And I trusted both.
To get through it, though, we actually had to start facing it.
“You heard from Mark yet?” I asked.
Sophia shook her head sadly. “Not a word. He’s still not reading my messages or taking my calls. You?”
“Nada. Complete radio silence.”
“Has he ever ignored you like this before?” she asked quietly.
“No, not like this.”
“I’m sorry, Brett. This is all my fault.” It sounded like her heart was breaking, which made me want to leap from tall buildings or save a tree full of kittens or something. Anything. Her heart belonged to me, and she should never be feeling what she was.
I set my mug down and gently took hers, setting it down beside mine. Wrapping my arms around her waist, I tugged her to my chest and leaned my forehead against hers.
“Listen to me, Soph. You have nothing to be sorry about. It’s not your fault. None of this is. I knew exactly how Mark would feel if he ever found out, and I did it anyway because I couldn’t stay away from you. I’ll try him again. We’ll deal with him together.”
She breathed out a rattled sigh, her arms winding around my hips. “Okay.”
I pressed a kiss to the tip of her nose. “In the meantime, we should probably get this ball rolling. We need to talk to your parents, to my mom, and we probably need to get you a doctor’s appointment. I’ll give Mark one more try now. If he still doesn’t answer, he goes on the back burner for now.”
“Look at you, all alpha male and in control.” Her lips hitched into a small smile. “Can’t call a doctor on a Sunday, so should we start with the parents?”
I was far from in control, but if it was making Sophia smile to think that I was, then so be it. “Sure, go get showered, and we’ll leave after. Okay?”
“You’ve got yourself a deal, Mr. Kelly. I love you.”
God, I loved hearing her say that. I placed a kiss on the corner of her mouth. “Always a pleasure doing business with you. Love you, too.”
Sophia gave me a squeeze, resting her ear over my heart for a couple of beats. Then, she smiled up at me and skipped from the room.
I dug my phone out of my pocket and gave Mark one last try. No surprise there. The call went straight to voicemail.
“This is Mark Love. I’m not available at the moment. Please leave me a message or try again later.”
I’d been trying to get him to change his generic message for ages, but he didn’t want to listen.
“Mark, it’s me. Again. You really need to pick up or call me back. We’re gonna have to sit down and talk about this sometime. We’re officially family now. You can’t ignore that forever. Call me.”
I knew that Mark was upset and that he had every reason to be, but I wanted to talk to him. Or at least have him listen. He needed to know that I loved her and that I wasn’t walking away from Sophia or from our baby. I wanted him to accept our relationship, but I wasn’t expecting it to happen overnight.
While he still thought that I was simply fucking his sister behind his back, though, he would never accept it. Soph and I were so much more than that, so much deeper. If I could make him see that, he would come around. I was sure of it.
Until he did, I had to focus all my energy on Sophia and stop placing so much of it on her brother. She was carrying my child, and I was going to take care of both of them. No matter what.
Fuck whatever Mark had to say about that.
