Chapter 31

Maddox

Michelle and I are sitting on the couch. I couldn’t speak for the entire car ride home due to the heart attack I almost suffered in traffic. Not a literal one, albeit it still felt like one. Michelle is pregnant.

Pregnant.

There is a baby on the way. I stare into the wall while Michelle talks fast. “I-I know this must come as a shock to you, but… I-I want to keep the baby, and you don’t have to stay with me if you don’t want to! I’m not f-forcing you into anything. Though, I really think we can do this. You and I could become good parents, Maddox… Even if I realize it’s early.”

She whispers the last part, shutting her eyes to prevent tears from running down her face. I stare at her, opening and closing my mouth like a goldfish, and Michelle laughs in misery. “Y-You don’t have to say anything now. I’m just… I’m just grateful you haven’t gotten angry at me. Shit… My heart won’t stop racing,” she nervously laughs. “You’re a beautiful person for not having yelled at me, Maddox… I expected a fight…”

My eyes travel to hers, and my heart squeezes.

When Michelle calls me beautiful, she doesn’t just mean my outer appearance. No. Her eyes are bottomless, seeming to see underneath my bones and into my soul.

She is different.

Plenty of girls have called me hot. My teammates have nicknamed me the pretty heartbreaker, and the random women who have texted me after our victory games usually call me sexy.

But calling me beautiful while looking at me? That’s a first.

It sounds deeper.

Jesus

What am I even on about?

Michelle has turned me into some sort of poet. I used to be an I-don’t-give-a-shit hard ass, but in the few weeks I’ve known Michelle, she has turned me into a softie.

The weird part is that I don’t mind. In fact, I want it.

in me. Things are

into my arms, and I will become a dad out of nowhere, but I don’t fucking mind because

There,

I said it.

I love her.

because I never had one. Mine is never at home. On rare occasions, hé shows

Michelle?

when her small, delicate body is next to mine. She lights me on fire with every touch of her

It’s more. Michelle makes me wish for more. A person who just gets

like she is ready for

Seconds pass, and then her voice breaks,

gives me a smile that looks heartbreakingly insecure,

arm until I got

good. Like fruits and

are running down her face. She can’t seem to grasp enough air and hugs me back. Her face is pressed to my chest, brown hair messy

I’m breaking apart myself.

and no matter what, I can’t hug Michelle enough to calm her down.

I’m holding Michelle, She is my anchor. She makes it possible for me to stop and realize that some

asks me. “Your heart…

a laugh. “Yours

against my chest. I can feel her lips move, and her palms flatten against my pecs, cheek leaning into it.

softly kiss her head, whispering. “It wouldn’t make

can’t believe that… That you’re the calm one in all

Calm?

breathing! There are so many things that need to be done! I have to set up a room for Michelle and ask her to

plan! I will hire people to care for what needs to be

Shit!

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