Chapter 40

I stare pensively at the front of the plane, aware we’re already climbing in the air, so I unclick my belt and stretch out, taking a deep breath.

“I didn’t like her from the second I met her,” I shrug. “There’s something about her.”

“Most of that is show on her part; she can be okay sometimes. Used to be, anyway. We haven’t exactly been friends for a long time.” He pushes his arm further behind me, his other scooping my legs, and lifts me onto his lap with a quick, effortless movement. He sits me sideways across him, cradling me close so we’re nose to nose.

“I love you. I’m not hung up on my ex. I didn’t have sex with her because of any unfinished business, closure, or feelings that still lingered. It’s only you. It will always only be you. She’s only in my life now because of the circumstances, and she would be gone in a second if there was no baby.” He holds me close, forehead to forehead. I smile despite the pain in my chest and the niggles of insecurity within