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She shook her head.
Then she finally admitted something truthful.
“I’d rather go home with you, Atlas.”
It was veryrare I called Tucker and demanded my agent do something not hockey related for me.
And after what he had done with the ownership of theSola Empireand roping me into that wholeWin a Date With a Hockey Playerthing, he owed me one.
All I had to do was tell him where Hazel’s car waited and that was it.
He was going to take care of the rest of it.
I found Hazel standing at one of the windows in the living room, hugging herself, looking out to the ocean.
I hadn’t really had a chance to take in the view yet.
I wasn’t sure if I even cared to do so.
Everything in my life had always been temporary.
Until I got Hazel pregnant.
I stepped up behind her and touched her shoulders.
“Tucker is taking care of it,” I whispered. “Nothing to worry about. I know that’s easier said than done. I know you hate the idea of me showing up and helping you. I know you think somewhere in your head and heart that I’m the kind of guy who will think I’m a hero and use that against you. That’s not who I am, Hazel. I think we have to live in a sense of reality here, love. Of who we are. At what we’re doing. And just because it’s not all figured out doesn’t mean it won’t work. I also want you to know I’m not going to abandon you. Or our baby.”
“I’m not so sure that’s what you meant before…”
“I think everyone is entitled to say something stupid, Hazel. And do something stupid. It’s just human nature.”
“Something stupid…” She slowly turned around to face me. Her pregnant belly pushing up against me. “Doesn’t this feel like something stupid? Us standing here like this?”
“Not if nothing happens,” I smirked.
“Like that’s even possible…”
Hazel jumped up to her toes as I lowered my mouth down to hers.
She could hate it all she wanted, but we had a connection.
And it wasn’t just the pregnancy either.
The connection we had led to Hazel getting pregnant.
It kept us meeting up like this.
My lips touching hers.
Our tongues greeting one another.
Her hands grabbing at my shirt, pulling me closer.
My hands grabbing at her hips, pulling her closer.
That wild connection. That instant connection.
Then again, we just had some time to kill while we waited for her car to get towed and fixed.
