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“Hey, it’s not funny. I’m not sure what the hell I’m going to do, but I know that Carol wanted me to raise our son, and that’s what I’m going to do. This might be the only chance I ever have at being a father, so I might as well make the best of it.”
“Trev, no offense, but I never pictured you as a father.”
“Yeah, well, neither did I, but I am.”
“You know that Lexi and I will help any way that we can.”
“I appreciate that, but to be honest, I think I need to figure most of this out on my own.”
“You think you can do that?”
“Do I have a choice?”
“No, probably not, but you do have Davina. Will she help you?”
“I hope so. I know this isn’t her kid, but she was really close to Carol. I hope that she is willing to remain in Devon’s life.”
“Is that the only reason?”
I stared at him, confused. “What other reason would there be?”
Alex started to laugh. “You are really clueless sometimes, you know that, Trev?”
Chapter Ten
Davina
As Trevor went down to get the door, I fretted. I didn’t want to like him, but I did. Over lunch, I’d enjoyed telling him about my job and my friendship with Carol. On both subjects, he had seemed genuinely interested, and when he had reached out to me and told me how sorry he was about Carol and that I could blame him, I realized that I didn’t want to.
I didn’t want to blame anyone, least of all him.
I remember when Carol had told me that she had met someone. She said he was sweet, funny, intelligent, and very masculine. She’d told me that even I would have liked him, but I’d laughed it off. I had never been a fan of who she dated; it was the one thing we never agreed on, but this was different. For once, I did agree, well, mostly. I hadn’t seen the funny side of him, but he could be sweet, and he was very smart. As for masculine, well, my hormones had been in overdrive since I’d walked in the door.
What would it be like to kiss him?
That thought quickly departed my brain as a woman stepped up on the landing. I held Devon a little tighter, wondering if this was one of Trevor’s lady friends. Was this his current weekend retreat woman?
“Hi, I’m Lexi. I think you met my fiancé yesterday at the office, Alex?” She smiled kindly at me, and I was more relieved than I should be that she was engaged to someone else.
“Davina,” I responded.
“Can I hold him, please?” she asked softly and clasped her hands to her chest as if begging me to say yes.
“Of course.” I held him out to her, and she quickly curled him to her breast as the men came up the stairs.
I was surprised when Trevor came to my side and even more surprised when he put his hand on my shoulder. I turned to look at him and found myself staring into bright-blue eyes that looked much more relaxed than they had a few minutes ago. Man, he had gorgeous eyes.
No, no, no!I told myself as I turned away.You are not going there, Davina!
He disappeared into his room to get dressed, and Alex followed him and closed the door. Lexi was smiling at the door and shook her head before putting her attention back on Devon.
“You are such a handsome boy. Yes, you are,” Lexi cooed toward him, and I found myself smiling. “I hope my baby is half as handsome as you are.”
“Are you pregnant?”
She grinned at me. “Yes, I am. Almost three months along.”
“That’s wonderful,” I said with a smile. “You mentioned you were engaged. Are you and Alex going to wait until after the baby is born to tie the knot?”
