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I just can’t have one with Brock.
Damn.
Damn it all to hell. I had to go and fall in love with Brock Steel, who doesn’t want a baby.
Correction—he doesn’t want a babynow.
But he does want a baby in the future, and he wants that baby with me.
Compromise.
Maybe it’s not like settling.
Maybe it’s like…
“Are you going to say anything?” Brock asks.
“Yeah, I am. Give me just a minute.”
My mind races. He doesn’t want a baby now. But he did ask me to marry him. I’m not ready to marry a man I’ve been with for less than a month. But my God, I’m ready for a baby. For the pitter-patter of little feet.
But moving in… That’s something I could do. It’s still too soon for marriage, but we could test the waters. See if we’re compatible. Get our dogs together and explore our parenting techniques.
Damn. I just compared Sammy and Zach to a baby.
I’ve gone completely bonkers.
“Let’s do it,” I say. “Let’s live together.”
A smile splits his face. “You mean it?”
“I do if you do.”
“I do, sweetheart. Sometimes I can’t even believe how much I do.”
“But there’s one thing I want…”
“Anything. You name it.”
“We need totalkabout a baby, Brock. If this is forever love, I don’t want to wait. I don’t want to be having babies in my late thirties.”
He kisses my cheek. “We can talk about babies all you want.” He kisses my lips. “And we can practice a lot too.”
“You mean like with the dogs?”
He lets out a guffaw. “I mean practice what it takes to make one.”
I can’t help it. I punch his upper arm. “I’m serious. You probably don’t want a kid until you’re forty. That’s not going to cut it with me. I’m willing to compromise, Brock, but I need you to compromise too.”
“Rory, don’t you know by now that I’d do anything for you?”
“Anything?” I tease.
“All you have to do is ask.”
“Then give me a baby. Now.”
He rolls his eyes. “You’re incorrigible.”
