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“I’m having his baby.” Her voice is quiet and muffled against my chest. I have to strain to hear it. But her words make fire blaze through my veins. I’m running on adrenaline. And I know shit will hit the fan when it wears off. But right now, I have to concentrate on Sophie. This is a shock for her too. She needs me.
“Forget about him. Forget about anyone else and tell me whatyouwant.”
She sucks in a shaky breath. “I want to rewind two hours to where I was happy about havingourbabies together.”
Her hand slides down the small gap between our bodies and she flattens it over her stomach. I place mine over the top.
“They’re still our babies. They’re still a fucking miracle. And I’ll still be a father who fights for them until the last breath leaves my body. And that includes fighting for you, too.”
I drop my forehead to hers.
“Do I wish your ex was anyone other than my worthless, cheating father? Yes, of course I fucking do. I can’t even allowmyself to think about you and him together. I’ll unpack that shit later.”
Sophie winces.
“But he’s right. I don’t deserve you. I allowed myself to be baited by him. It’s what he does. It’s what he will try and do. I know him. He won’t make this easy for any of us if he isn’t getting his own way. It’s how he’s always been.” I close my eyes and let out a deep breath, lifting my lips to Sophie’s forehead. “He’ll destroy us if we let him. And the idea scares the shit out of me. We have to communicate, Sophie. Promise me that above all else, we’ll talk to each other? We’ll always come to each other first?”
“I promise.”
Relief flows through my veins like warm honey. My father stripped me of the life I dreamed of when I was a teenager and he gave up on me. But he’s not going to strip me of this. I will not end up like him, whatever it costs me.
“I’ll trade my life to save yours. All three of you. And I’ll love you so hard that you choose to stay with me, no matter how messed up this all gets, okay?”
She nods, leaning close to me.
“Because it will get fucking messy, Sophie.”
“I know,” she whispers. “They never said it would be easy, only that it would be worth it.”
I smile at the saying, praying that she truly believes every single word of it as much as I do. Because she’s going to need every ounce of that strength.
Chapter 19
Drew
“What the hell washe thinking, going out alone to deal with this? Why didn’t he call one of us?”
I can hear familiar voices in the distance. I know who it is. And I didn’t call them because after what went down last night I just needed to blow off some steam.
Alone.
“Fucking hell. I found him!”
My head pounds like it’s being beaten with a steel pipe as the voices come nearer.
“Jesus. I hope the other guy came off worse.”
A hand grips my chin, angling my face up to inspect it. The movement makes the metallic taste in my mouth stronger until I can no longer resist the urge to swallow. I wince as my stomach receives a mouthful of my own blood.
“Two,” I croak. “Two other guys.”
“You got a fucking death wish? Idiot.”
That’s when I recognize the two voices.Logan and Dax.
They take an arm each, hauling me up off the concrete floor and supporting me around the waist as they sling my arms around each of their shoulders. My head lolls side to side.
“God, you stink.”Logan.
