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.

like the change in me. Things are moving scarily

Michelle will put a tiny baby into my arms, and I will become a dad out of

There,

I said it.

I love her.

at home. On rare occasions, hé shows up during the holidays, but he never comes

Michelle?

delicate body is next to mine. She lights me on fire with every touch of her hand, and I don’t think these feelings will

wish for more. A person who just gets and understands me. Someone real.

looks like she is ready for rejection. “Yes?” I swallow thickly, whispering. “What if I will become

anything at first. Seconds pass, and then her voice breaks, and tears

smile that looks heartbreakingly insecure, whispering. “Are

her shoulder and down her delicate arm until I got her hooked. I then pull her to me, dragging her to my

be doing?” I murmur into her hair. Fuck she smells good. Like fruits and something else. “I’m terrified…

can’t seem to grasp enough air and hugs me back. Her face is pressed to my chest, brown hair

I’m breaking apart myself.

tighten my hold. My heart is violently pounding, and no matter what, I can’t hug Michelle enough to calm her down.

the sheer shock and panic is that I’m holding Michelle, She is my anchor. She

you okay?” Michelle asks me. “Your heart… It’s

a laugh.

and her palms flatten against my pecs, cheek leaning into it. “My

head, whispering. “It wouldn’t make sense if you

that… That

Calm?

done! I have to set up a room for Michelle and ask her

I will hire people to care for what needs

Shit!

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