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"She's worried you're going to go to Florida and hit on everything in a bikini," I yell at his back. "You know because she's a fucking woman. A woman who's pregnant with a baby that belongs to one of us. And she's fucking self-conscious."
Dexter pauses in the doorway before shaking his head and continuing down the hallway. I hear a door slam closed shortly after.
I guess we'll see who turns out to be more stubborn.
Chapter One
A Month Later
Baby Love McKinley
"Are you listening to me?" Issac asks. His deep, raspy tone sends a shiver down my spine. My eyes fly to his. Dark eyes shimmer back at me, filled with amusement. Issac gives me a full-faced smile, his white teeth on full display. "Were you checking me out, Baby Love?"
Totally busted. Might as well own up to it.
I nod.
"Come on over here," Issac says, patting his lap.
I'm far too pregnant for all that noise.I might be six months along, but I feel huge.
I shake my head, but Issac grins and nods. His massive six-foot-five frame takes up the majority of his side of the booth. He looks more like a tight end in football than a musician. I waddle over and he pulls me into his strong arms.
Issac's scent fills my nose with Irish Spring body wash. I shake my head, grinning. It's hard to tell if the soap enhances his natural scent or if he really does smell exactly like it.
Music plays loudly in the background of the country-western bar. There's a mechanical bull in the corner and a huge dance-floor with a few people dancing. It's not packed, but it is loud with people talking and the music.
"As I was saying," Issac says into my ear as I lean my head back against his firm chest. "It doesn't matter to me. I'm going to be a dad either way. You're my girl and you're pregnant. Nothing. Else. Matters."
"I love you," I whisper, tipping my head at an angle to catch his eyes.
My hand squeezes his where it rests over my belly.
"I think Dex is eventually going to get his shit together, but even if he doesn't," Issac says softly against my ear, "I swear to you, Love, it doesn't change anything. You won't be doing this alone."
I nod, trying to get my emotions under control. I'm petrified. I don't know how to do this whole raising a baby thing. I'm so lost. I didn't grow up in a happy home. I have no idea how to provide the things a child needs to succeed.
I take a ragged breath, trying to settle my nerves.
Glancing across the room, my eyes catch on Dexter. He's busy chatting up a blond guy. I'd almost guarantee Dex has already mentioned the fact he's in a band to the baby-faced guy in cowboy boots. Dexter leans in close, laying on his signature charm. I've seen a lot of people fall victim to that easy smile and sexy swagger.
This is exactly why I was afraid to love him, but those thoughts are useless. I knew it was coming, so I can't act shocked when it happens. I glance away, trying to find anything else to focus on.
Jude Walker stares at me with a frown on his unbelievably gorgeous face. Walker kind of reminds me of a surfer. He's hot enough that he could be an actor, instead he's private security for famous people. It kind of boggles my mind, but he's good at his job and Kitten seems to like him.
Vince Riggs sits at Walker's side. They're both nursing a beer they won't finish, since they're on the clock tonight.
Riggs is busy glaring in the direction, the one I won't look at anymore. Except I can't help myself as my eyes slip back to Dexter.
He's a terrible flirt; playful and energetic, at full blast, all the time.
It never got to me, not until he told me he loved me. I've regretted a lot of things in my life. Never one quite so quickly as that. A tight fist wrapped around my chest and a hollow pit formed in my stomach.
A pit I haven't been able to get rid of since, but the words were out and I couldn't take them back.
Dex has played it off like it's nothing and reverted right back to the old him.
I've buried any hopes I had of being more than whatever we were… and that's that.
