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Was he taking us to his bedroom?
But instead of his bedroom, he stopped by a spare room and pushed the door open.
“Liam, what is—” My eyes caught the figure in the room and my heart lurched. “Dad!”
He stared at me.
I whisked my hand out of Liam’s and pressed myself to the door jamb to hold myself up.
“Dad, hi. What are you—” I looked at Liam, then back to my dad. “It’s not what you think. I just—” My brows pulled together. “Wait, what are you doing here? I thought you were angry at us, at Liam. What’s happening?”
A slow smile tugged at my father’s face, his brown eyes shining behind his glasses. He stepped forward. “I asked Liam to invite you over.”
“Is this a test?”
“No.” He pushed his glasses up his nose.
He only did that when he was nervous.
“Dad, what is it?”
“Well.” He cleared his throat. “We put this together and we wanted to show you.”
Put what together?I followed his gesture and took in the room.
“Oh!” I took a step inside and my mouth hung open. “What—what did you do?”
“It’s a nursery for the baby,” Liam answered from behind me. “What do you think?”
Tears filled my eyes. I spun in a circle, seeing everything in one sweep.
“It’s gorgeous! But how?”
Liam placed firm hands on my shoulders, grounding me. “Your dad helped bring it all together.”
“Dad.” My voice broke.
I ran across the room and jumped into his arms. He held me against him.
“I’m sorry, Ava. I’m so sorry.”
Tears leaked out of the corners of my eyes. “I should have told you about me and Liam. But I was so scared.”
“And I proved you right. I should never have acted that way.” He pulled back and cupped my cheeks, wiping my face with his thumbs. “You know I only want what’s best for you, don’t you?”
I nodded, fighting back a fresh batch of tears.
“I was just afraid Liam was using you.”
“And now?”
Dad looked past me. “I’m willing to believe otherwise.”
“Oh, Dad.” I wrapped my arms around his neck. “Thank you.”
“No, thank you for not being mad at me.”
“Oh no.” I pulled back. “I’m still mad at you.”
