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“Hm?”
“Can I ask you a question?”
“Of course.”
The words don’t want to come out of my throat, but I drag them out, anyway. “Do youwantto have any more kids?”
His hand in my hair stills.
My heart drops into my stomach, but the question is out there now. There’s no taking it back.
“I hadn’t planned on having more children,” he says carefully.
I look down at his chest to avoid his gaze. “I don’t even just mean if I’m…” It’s too unpleasant to repeat, so I don’t bother. He knows what I’m thinking. “But in the future, if we live happily ever after or whatever.”
Milo smirks. “Happily ever after or whatever?”
I roll my eyes. “I never got the impression you were eager to get married again since you don’t even have serious relationships. And it’sfineif you don’t want to get married again, I don’t care about that. But suppose we did want to spend our lives together. What would that look like?”
At least he doesn’t sound like he wants to throw me off him and run away because I’m asking big scary questions. His tone remains calm, and he resumes playing with my hair. “Well, I imagine it would look however we wanted it to look. If wedidhave a child, I would prefer to wait a little while. You’re young, and I know you come from a long line of young mothers, but when you have a baby very young, there are a lot of experiences you miss out on. I had my first baby very young, and there’s plenty Edie and I didn’t get to do because of it. I don’t regret it, obviously, but now that my boys are old enough to take care of themselves, I’d like to enjoy some alone time with you for a while before we have dirty diapers and sleep schedules to contend with.”
I grin. “So youwouldhave a baby with me.”
“If that’s what we decide together, yes. But I would prefer you be at least a high school graduate first,” he adds dryly.
“Cradle robber,” I tease.
“Hey,” he says, giving me a playful squeeze.
I grin up at him and give him a kiss. I circle back, though, because there’s still more we need to talk about. “What if the worst-case scenario happened and Iampregnant now?”
“Then it’s up to you how you want to proceed.”
“But…” I look down, unsure how to word it. “If it’s Jonathan’s, then it isn’tyours. I mean, I know I can be a single mom, but—”
“You’re not going to be a single mom,” he interrupts, sounding annoyed by the notion. “Obviously, it wouldn’t be ideal, but if you’re having my son’s baby, that’s still my family. I will be right there beside you every step of the way as if it were my baby. The situation would be a little more complicated because we would have to talk to Jonathan about it and figure things out with him, but as far as I’m concerned, it wouldn’t change anything between us.”
“Really?”
He nods, stroking my jaw as he gazes into my eyes. “Really.”
My heart fills up and I lean in, needing to kiss him and show my gratitude. Both of his strong arms slide around my waist to hold me tight against him, and I slide a hand around his neck.
“You two really need to get a room.”
I break away from Milo’s mouth to look over at my potential baby daddy as he saunters into the room and drops onto the other couch facing the television.
“Oh, sure. Just have a seat. We weren’t busy or anything,” I mutter.
Jonathan cocks an eyebrow. “This is communal space,” he informs me. “If you don’t want an audience, take your shit to the bedroom.”
“I thought you were doing homework.”
“Finished.”
I frown. “You seem grumpy.”
He stares at me. “Why the fuck do you care?”
