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“No, of course not. I have nothing to hide. I mean…” She laughed and pointed to her belly. “I couldn’t hide it even if I wanted to now.”
“How badly do you care what he thinks?”
“I don’t give ashitwhat he thinks.”
“You trust me?”
She raised her eyebrows. “Should I?”
“Let’s switch places for a minute.” I moved to her chair. “Come sit on my lap.”
She did, and I reached up to cup her face as I brought her mouth to mine, rubbing her stomach slowly and intentionally. I checked a few times to confirm whether he was watching. And eventually he was.
When a waitress approached, Abby hopped off of me and returned to her seat. We’d made a brief spectacle of ourselves, but if her ex had seen us, it was worth it.
We managed to enjoy our meal without focusing on him. Abby seemed relaxed throughout dinner and didn’t appear to care about the presence of her ex in the room, which pleased me. At one point, though, her eyes veered off to the side again, and a look of discomfort crossed her face. “He’s coming over here.” She wiped her mouth.
The next thing I knew, he was standing in front of us.
“Hey…I thought that was you,” he said.
She cleared her throat. “Asher, how are you?”
“Good.” His eyes darted to me. “You look nice.”
“Thank you.” She gestured my way. “This is Sig, my—”
“Baby daddy,” I finished.
He looked down at her stomach. “Yeah, I noticed you were… Wow. Congratulations.”
“Thank you.”
He turned to me again. “You’re English.”
“How keen of you to notice.”
“We met in England, actually,” Abby said.
“I didn’t realize you were over there.” His eyes dropped to her stomach. “I guess there’s a lot I didn’t realize.”
“Yeah. Life is unexpected. Thank you, I guess, for breaking up with me so I could experience it.”
Nice.
He nodded. “I’m glad you’re happy.”
Abby sat straighter. “I am.”
“Well, I’ll let you get back to your dinner. Good seeing you and good luck with everything.”
“Thanks,” she said.
He walked away, and after a moment of silence, I smiled. “Well, that was brilliant.”
“Yeah…” She looked a bit sullen.
My chest tightened.Does she still have feelings for that bloke?“Are you okay?”
