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“Just makin’ sure you’re you,” Colm states with a smirk.
“How’s she been doin’?”
“I don’t want to be you right now. I’ll tell you that.”
I walk into the house and see Cassie on the couch. She’s laying on a pillow with her phone in her face and a blanket around her body.
“Cass,” I greet her. “Look-”
“I only have one thing to say to you because I think you should know. I’m pregnant.”
She hands me an ultrasound and I feel the world drop at my feet. “Are you serious?”
I look at the ultrasound closer and see something on it that gets my attention even more.
“Your pregnant with twins?”
Chapter Seventeen
Cassie
I had to tell him the truth. He deserves to know that I’m pregnant with twins.
My whole body is shivering from being in the same room as Dale. My heart has shattered into a million pieces and I’m feeling every bit of being this close to him. I want him to pull me into his arms and make everything go away but I can’t. He has lied to me this whole time and I can’t stand to think about the fact that I have loved him all of these years and he didn’t love me enough to tell me the truth.
“Fuck,” Dale mutters and strides over to me.
He’s looking at the ultrasound with wonder and then back at me.
“Baby, I’m so fuckin’ sorry about everything.”
I hold my hand up to stop him from saying anything more. “Just because we are having babies, that doesn’t mean we have to be together.”
My heart cracks a little more than I thought was possible. Dale’s eyes narrow at the pictures and then looks up at me. “Cass, let me explain something to you. Please.”
Hearing him actually saypleaseis enough for me to stop what I’m doing and listen to him. I don’t think the man has ever begged me for something before.
“Please hurry. I’m not feeling good,” I admit. My stomach is in knots at the thought of him leaving me. He’s eventually going to get back together with his wife and it is only a matter of time before I’m at home with two babies.
“What’s going on?”
“Morning sickness,” I shrug.
“Nat and I got married because our dads wanted to create some alliance between our clubs. It was nothing more than that. We didn’t even meet before the wedding and it was nothing more than that. I thought I was fallin’ for her but she left before anything else happened. Her comin’ back pregnant doesn’t change the fact that I don’t love her.”
My chest feels like it is constricting. “Then why are you still married to her? Why didn’t you tell me? Why didn’t anyone tell me at the clubhouse?”
The fact that I have drank beers and bonded with these guys is too much for me. I can’t believe that none of them would have told me this.
“Baby, I didn’t tell you I was married because I didn’t want to admit to you that I was married. I didn’t want to tell you that my wife left me and I didn’t know where she was.”
Tears form in my eyes and begin to fall down my cheeks. “I want to believe you. I feel so betrayed right now. After being together for so long, I always wondered why you didn’t want to commit to me. Why you didn’t want to be with me like I wanted to be with you. I loved you so much. I love these babies so much already.”
“Please don’t give up on us,” he deplores.
“I need time,” I whisper. “Please leave.”
Dale falters a little in front of me but then he stands. “I need you to hear me when I say this. If you think you’re gonna have these babies without me around, you’re fuckin’ nuts. I’m not gonna let another person keep me away from my babies.”
