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I twirl around so that I can see him. “Seriously, who would it have been if not you?”
“Hayden’s,” he says casually, as if he’s not studying my reaction. I know damn well he is though.
I laugh. “Hayden and I never even kissed,” I remark, then I pause to clarify when Cash looks far too excited. “Well, not like that at least.”
“I’m not sure what that means but I don’t care. We were broken up. I have no right to be upset for what you did or didn’t do when we weren’t together.”
“Oh God,” I hear Cat mutter under her breath.
I try to ignore her. “I’m not sure what that means, Cash, and as you said it’s not like it’s your business, but I’d like to be very clear.I don’t sleep around.”
Cash’s face falls. “I didn’t mean to insinuate you did.”
“And in case you forgot, I was withyoueven when we were broken up.”
Cash pulls me closer to him and walks me away from Jay and Cat. “Gracie, I’m sorry. None of this is coming out right. I’m just saying I’m not judging you for what you did or didn’t do during the last few months. It’s a fresh start. For both of us.”
I roll my eyes. “Oh, how convenient. It sounds like you’re feeling shitty about what you did when we were broken up, and you’re trying to act all magnanimous by saying it’s okay.”
Cash grabs my chin and forces me to meet his eyes. “Angel, I could barely get out of bed daily. Looking at other women was painful, and believe me I tried,” he says bitterly. “I swear to you, I haven’t slept with anyone else since I met you. I haven’tkissedanyone else since I laid eyes on you. I think Jerry Maguire said it best—you had me at hello.”
“That was Renée Zellweger,” I say, rolling my eyes, and his whiskey ones light up.
I’d been raring for the fight. I have no idea why. Only moments earlier in the car we were happy. I think I’m so prepared for the other shoe to drop that I’ve kept my boxing gloves on, afraid to get caught without protection. It’s no way to live and definitely not the way to enter a relationship with the man who is the father of my child.
My defenses fall. “Like I said earlier, it’s only been you. I never had to wonder whose baby this was. I always knew it was yours.”
Cash’s arms pull me in, and I inhale him.
“I’m not very good at this,” I admit.
He laughs from above. “Yeah, I think we both need some work. But that’s okay, Gracie, I’ll put in the work with you. What do you say we start a fire, and I’ll grab you something to drink? Eggnog?”
I make a face.
“Okay, no eggnog.”
Cat calls from the living room. “I made a punch just for Grace.”
So much for them not listening to our conversation. Cash winks at me and gives me a soft kiss before walking us back to the living room.
“Sorry about that,” Cat says as she hands me punch.
“It’s okay,” I reply. “We needed to have the conversation at some point. Probably should have had it before, but this whole thing has been a whirlwind.”
“A good one though, right?” she asks hopefully. I’m surprised when I follow her eyes to see Jay and Cash are actually standing by the fire working together to get it started…and not fighting. It’s like a Christmas miracle.
“Yeah. A really good one. How’re things with Jay?”
Cat beams. “So good. We’re thinking a summer wedding. But uh, I kinda wanted to ask if you would be in the wedding. So, we’ll wait until you feel comfortable. When is the baby due again?”
I smile. It’s insane how far we’ve all come. “I would be honored to be in your wedding.” Cat pulls me in for another hug. “And we actually found out the baby is due a lot sooner than we thought.”
“Oh my gosh!” Cat screeches. “When?”
“End of May.”
“Wow, okay. So if we do August?” she asks, peering back at Jay and then looking at me again.
