Chapter 91

Rhodes POV

“You didn’t trap me with Sophia,” I said, my voice rising despite my efforts to stay calm.

“Troy, I showed up at that clinic because I wanted to. Because the thought of you going through an abortion alone, scared and hurting—it was unbearable. Not because I felt obligated, but because even then, after one night, I knew you were special. I knew I wanted to know you, to be part of your life, to see where things could go.”

“But if I hadn’t been pregnant—”

“If you hadn’t been pregnant, maybe we would have taken longer to figure things out,” I conceded. “Maybe we would have dated like normal people, taken time to get to know each other without the pressure of impending parenthood. But Troy, we would have gotten here eventually. Because what we have—it’s not built on accidents or obligations. It’s built on love.”

He was crying harder now, his whole body shaking with sobs. “I don’t know how to believe you. I want to, Rhodes. I want to so badl