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“We both threw out a couple of names, but we haven’t decided on anything definitive yet. We have a little bit of time.”
“Six months is going to go by faster than you think it is. Don’t wait too long to decide on a name and then when the baby comes, you have nothing. The baby will be called “baby” for another six months,” Jamie teased.
“I really don’t think that it will come to that,” Clara said.
Jamie was a little wistful as she thought about Clara and Dillon’s baby. She had always wanted a family with at least a couple of kids. She wondered what it would be like to have Luke’s child.
Will it be a dragon shifter, a bear shifter, or a chimera?
A chimera, where the baby could shift into either form, was rare, but it did happen.
She shook her head as though she was shaking the thoughts out of her brain. Jamie and Luke had only been dating for a few weeks and he hadn’t given any indication that he was in love with her.
He had saved her life, but he would have done that for anyone. They had sex three times, but he obviously had been with other women before her, so the act didn’t mean anything. As far as Jamie could tell, Luke liked her and enjoyed her company. However, the same could be said for any of his friends, like Josh. The only difference was Luke didn’t sleep with Josh.
The thoughts were a little depressing, so Jamie focused on the fact that she and Luke did seem to be getting a little closer and they did enjoy being together.
That was the first step to love, right?
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Luke
Luke looked at his watch again. He was pretty sure that the day was never going to end. He had called the fire chief and made an appointment to meet with him the following week, so that Luke could take the paper exams. Once he passed those, he would take the physical exam, which wouldn’t be a problem. He figured that he would wait until he passed the paper exam before telling his father that he wasn’t going to be working at the store anymore. It would be that much less time that he would have to deal with the pouting and guilt trips that his father would throw at him.
“You can get through a few more days,” Luke muttered under his breath.
“Get through what?” his father asked.
“Nothing. Just talking to myself.”
“Mmm-hmm,” Carl said.
Luke was tempted to tell him and then not bother coming to the store at all for a week, but decided to keep his mouth shut.
The doorbell chimed, letting them know that they had a customer. A tall blond man came up to the counter.
“Are you Luke?” the man asked.
“I am,” Luke said.
“My name is Ryan. I wanted to talk to you about Jamie,” he said.
Luke noticed that the man had a hard time looking him in the eyes.
“What about Jamie?” Luke asked.
“I wanted to ask you to break up with Jamie. I love her. She and I were engaged a long time ago, but I made a mistake and left her for another woman. I’ve regretted it ever since. I want to try to make it up to her and get her back,” Ryan said.
“Sorry, buddy, but that isn’t a me problem. Jamie is a big girl and old enough to make her own decisions. If she wants to be with you, then she will. If she wants to be with me, then she will,” Luke said.
He was waiting for Ryan, who was also a big, well-cut man, to posture for a fight. However, Ryan just stared at him for a minute, as though it would intimidate Luke. Shaking his head slightly, Luke crossed his arms and leaned against the counter.
“You should know that I do love her and I’m going to do everything that I possibly can to get her back.”
“You do what you gotta do,” Luke said.
He smirked at Ryan who looked as though he was trying to find something to say, but failed. Ryan simply left the store.
