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He steps back and says, “Of course, come in.”
I walk inside and he nods toward the living room. I take a seat on the couch, and he sits across from me.
He studies me for a moment and then says, “Are you ready for a truce?”
“Something like that.”
He frowns and then I continue. “I’m ready to negotiate.”
His frown grows. “Negotiate? Like custody and...”
I cut him off before he can go any further. “I’m not ready to talk about after the baby’s born. I just want to talk about before.”
“Okay.”
“I have something I need from you.”
He arches his eyebrow. “What is it? Money?”
I cough. “What? No.”
He shrugs. “Then what?”
I shift in my seat. God, this is uncomfortable. I wouldn’t be here if I wasn’t desperate though. Before I can chicken out, I say, “Sex.”
A smug grin grows over his face. “You want my dick.”
“Yes,” I mutter, darting my eyes away.
He laughs and runs his hands through his hair. “I read inWhat to Expectthat increased libido is normal.”
“Increased is putting it mildly. Dramatic increase is more like it.”
His eye twitches slightly. We’ve always been evenly matched in that department, so I’m sure he’s trying to figure out what a dramatic increase might look like. Well, he’s going to find out soon enough.
“Can we make a trade?” I say.
“A trade?” he laughs loudly. “God, Maggie. Now I’m your whore.”
I flush. “Stop being a pain in the ass, Declan. What do you want in exchange?”
“I want to be at the birth.”
“Done.”
“All the doctor’s appointments.”
I hesitate.
“I don’t have to come back but I want to take you and bring you home. I want to be there if something is wrong. You can choose which ones I can actually attend.”
I nod. “I can live with that.”
After a beat, I say, “Anything else?”
“Dates.”
I furrow my brow. “What?”
