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“Did you know that the night you got pregnant with his baby?”
“Yes.”
“Sophie Marie Hayes, why on earth would you sleep with him then?”
I shrugged, feeling like a little girl. Talking to my dad about casual sex wasn’t a conversation I ever thought I’d have with him.
“I want the truth. Now!”
I jolted from his sharp tone. “Because he’d broke my heart, and I just wanted to get back at him.”
“Oh, Sophie…”
I bowed my head, feeling ashamed. “I know it’s so stupid. I’m so stupid. I never thought I’d get pregnant though. We used protection. I was on the pill. He has like super sperm or something.”
He grabbed the bridge of his nose. “I really didn’t need to know that last part, and the press is going to destroy you for this, baby.”
“Is there anything you can do? Can’t you threaten to bench him or something if he makes me go through with this?”
“You know I can’t do that.”
“Why? Why can’t you do this for me?”
“Sophie…”
“Why does football always have to come first? This is exactly why I didn’t tell Jax about Ben. I didn’t want my son to become me.”
“I thought we were past this, baby. You know I love you more than anything in this world.”
“Not more than your team.”
“That’s not fair.”
“None of this is. Please tell me you can do something.”
He deeply sighed. “I’m sorry, baby. My hands are tied. I have to do what’s in the best interest of my team, and as much as I hate to admit it, the redhead’s right.” Reaching up, he grabbed ahold of the back of my neck in a comforting gesture. “I wish you would have told me the truth about Ben, Sophie. We wouldn’t be in this situation if you had. You’ve backed yourself into this corner, baby, and the only thing I can do to help you is to agree that you need to marry Jax.”
I grimaced. “You can’t be serious?”
“It’s only for a season.”
My whole life was imploding, and now my only ally was turning on me.
“Besides, think about Ben. He’s going to want to know his father, and at least this way you’re there with him.”
“Us getting married is just going to confuse him. He’s going to think we love each other.”
“There are worse things he could think, and if the press hears the truth, he will hear all sorts of awful things about his mother. Do you want that for him?”
“Of course not.”
In a stern voice, he repeated, “It’s only for a season.”
I backed away, my blood boiling with an endless stream of conflicting emotions soaring through my mind and tearing at my heart. Confusing me even more when it came to him, but in a much different way than before.
It wasn’t just about my career anymore. It was about his life and how I’d fit in it. How we’d fit in it. When everything in my mind was telling me, screaming at me, that I needed to stay away from Jax. That I needed to keep Ben away from him.
For years I’d tried, and now I’d failed.
