Page 83 of Man Seeking Woman

“I don't know, I guess it's possible. But I couldn't tell you, my parents were divorced and I haven't had a relationship that lasted long enough to know.”

“Same here.” Ella took my hand, slipping her fingers between mine and laying it in her lap.

Glancing at her from the corner of my eye, I couldn't stop the smile that spread easily across my face. Ella was looking out the window, unaware that I was watching her. Her thumb kept gliding over my knuckles, touching me softly, lovingly.

And as we drove hand in hand back toourhome, I couldn't stop thinking about what our future would look like.

We were planning a baby around ourselves, around what we thought we needed to survive.

But someplace deep inside, a place I hadn't ever visited and didn't know existed, I knew this baby had a purpose that went beyond our selfishness.

This baby had brought Ella to me.

Maybe the sick old man had done something he never could have foreseen. . .

Maybe he sent me the one woman I could actually love?

I wasn't going to think about it too much, for now, I was just going to enjoy whatever it was we had found for the moment.

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