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I’m tied to him for the rest of my life.
Is this what it’s always going to be like, him standing at my side dictating how I raise our child, or will he allow me to parent the way I want?
Hell, I don’t even know if he actually wants to be involved. Maybe this is something he’s doing because Dominic asked, not from his own choices. If he had a choice, he’d probably choose to ignore it all altogether until I left and the situation went away.
The idea of going through all this alone has a heaviness seeping into my lungs, and I can’t get control of my breathing. My eyes widen the more I try taking deep breaths, only for them to come in short pants. Hannah grows concerned and rushes over to me, leading me over to the barstools behind me, and places a hand on the small of my back.
“Casey, are you okay?”
I nod, not trusting that I can speak right now. Before I can tell her not to, she lifts from the chair and heads toward the phone on the wall. It only takes minutes for Emmett to come rushing through the room, worry the only emotion shining in his gaze as he gets closer, and his hands come against my face.
“What’s wrong?”
Doesn’t he get it?
He’s ruining me.
Making me want things I shouldn’t be and wishing that our situation could be different.
I only stare at him, trying to convey my thoughts through silence as if he can read my damn mind, but the last thing I want to do is spill everything about our lives in front of Hannah.
All I want is to figure out what the hell to do. How do I make these feelings go away?
Chapter Ten
Emmett
Itwon’tstop.Nomatter how many times I push it down, the way I feel around Casey won’t go away. The way she charged into my office lit a fire in me that seems to only ignite when she’s around and if she hadn’t pulled away from me I wouldn’t have been able to stop where my head was going.
Her anger was so palpable, it made my spine tingle with the need to show her exactly who’s the boss in this place. If she had let me, I would’ve bent her over this cherry wood desk of mine and had my way with her. I would’ve listened to her muffled cries as she came all over me, basking in her walls clenching around me.
That’s not where my mind should be though, so it’s a good thing she got away before things could go further. I need to focus on making sure everything is okay with her and, more importantly, our child. Does she not trust that I’m trying to do the right thing here?
If I was her, I’d assume everything I’m doing isn’t from my own choices and more about pleasing Dominic. Not that he hasn’t asked me to watch over her, to make sure everything goes well at work when he can’t be here, but that’s not why I’m doing it. Casey is a grown woman and can take care of herself, something I wish Dominic would learn to understand, she doesn’t need me to look out for her.
That much was proven by the way she stormed in here.
I was angry at first, wondering what gave her the right to walk in here like she owns the place, but that quickly turned into pure lust.
Lust that I shouldn’t be feeling for her, but it’s only getting worse and worse the more I’m around her. Which sucks, since I’m going to have to spend a lot of time around her. What happens if she finds someone who won’t care that she has a child with someone else? I’ll just have to sit back and watch that, wondering where the hell I went wrong.
My blood runs hot at the image, her hand threaded through another man’s, our child walking alongside him with a smile. It angers me to think that someone else could fill a role that should be mine.
***
It’s been weeks since Casey stormed into my office and I’ve done my best to lay low, not get in her way too much at work, but now I’m standing in front of the doctor’s office waiting for her. She reluctantly let me know when her next appointment was and probably assumed I wouldn’t show up, but she’ll get the surprise of her life when she finally pulls into the parking lot.
I would’ve picked her up, but thought it would be best if I didn’t. She’s already angry with me enough, steering clear of me any chance she gets, so forcing her to get in a car with me wouldn’t have been my brightest idea. Though, the image of her body against my leather seats makes my dick twitch in my pants.
Now isn’t the time for all that though.
The car I lent to her pulls slowly into the lot, finding an empty parking space on the other side from me, and I watch as she stumbles out of the car. When her gaze meets mine, it widens and I give her a small wave. “Thought I got the time wrong for a minute.”
She blinks a few times and shakes her head. “Uh, no. What are you doing here?”
I chuckle. “I asked you when the appointment was. Did you think it was for nothing?”
“Whatever,” she mutters, walking ahead of me. “Let’s just get this over with.”
