Page 79 of Daniil
“Should I not be trying to convince you?”he asks slowly, his gaze slightly shrouded.“Do you want to just go home and forget what’s happening between us?I never want to pressure you, Courtney.”
“You know I don’t want to leave like that.But we have to think about Micah.And put his needs before our own.”
“Can’t they be the same?”he asks slowly.“He needs me as much as I need him.Obviously, he’s a baby, so there are separate needs that don’t apply to me, but emotionally?I couldn’t walk away from him at this point if I tried.Just like I don’t think I can walk away from you.”
Our fingers are laced between us, and I like the way it looks when we’re linked together this way.If I’m honest, I can’t imagine going back to my life in Vegas and never seeing him again.Never touching him again.Pretending that we didn’t just spend the most magical month together.
“It’s been a long time since I’ve had my heart broken,” I say after a moment.“And I’d really like to keep it that way.”
“I have no plans to do that.”
“Just don’t break our son’s heart.I can forgive you almost anything—but if you break Micah’s heart, there’s no coming back from that.”
“And there’s no universe where I do anything to hurt my son.Or you.Ever.”He leans over and kisses the side of my face.“That’s a promise.”
“Don’t make promises you can’t keep.”
“I never do.”There’s a sincerity in his blue eyes that he’s never shown me before and I can’t help but melt.
“We need to go relieve Eddie,” I whisper after a moment.“Micah’s never woken up without me before, except the first couple of weeks when Landon was there giving me a hand.”
“We should go then because I want to see him before I head to the gym.”
I reluctantly get off his lap, amused to see him adjust his gym shorts to hide his erection.
“There’s no hiding that thing,” I tease, nudging him with my hip.“It’s loud and proud.”
“He already misses you,” he says, hauling me against his chest.
“There will be plenty of time later tonight.”I pause.“Won’t there?I don’t know your schedule today.”
“I have to deal with that fucking pipeline bill.”He shakes his head.“Parliament asked for more changes, so we’ll see what the day brings, but I’ll be back in time for dinner.”
“Okay.”
“And don’t worry about Jesper, okay?I’m going to talk to him, find out what’s going on.”
“I’m not worried abouthim,” I reply, “but I am a little worried about you.You seemed…upset.And I’m not sure what that means.”
“The only thing it means is that I’m annoyed.It’s been years since the divorce, and he waits until now to deal with the end of our relationship?”
“Wasn’t he upset back then?”
“He was but…” He sighs, scowling.“I guess you’re right.We were distracted by the rebellion.Taking back what was ours.Then he met Joe, and I thought—hell, I don’t know what I thought.I guess I thought I dodged a bullet.That I got through the divorce unscathed.Maybe that was naïve.But I won’t let this impact us.”
“It already is,” I point out gently.
He looks startled but then nods.“Like I said, I’m going to talk to him.He’s always been very reasonable, so he probably just wants me to apologize or something.”
Somehow, I don’t think it’s going to be that easy, but I don’t know the guy so I could be wrong.
“What are your plans today?”he asks as we walk down to my suite.
“Probably just mommy duty.”
“Do you want me to take him to the gym with me so you can have a little time to yourself?”
I hesitate.“I’d love to work out too.”
