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
become a dad out of nowhere, but I don’t fucking mind because I love
There,
I said it.
I love her.
at home.
Michelle?
is next to mine. She lights me on fire with every touch of her hand, and I don’t think these feelings
a crush. It’s more. Michelle makes me wish for more. A person who just gets and understands me. Someone real. Someone who doesn’t let me down like
looks like she is ready for
at me without saying anything at first. Seconds pass, and then
Her voice breaks, and she gives me a smile that looks
sliding over her shoulder and down her delicate arm until I got
I murmur into her hair. Fuck she smells good.
enough air and hugs me back. Her face is pressed to my chest, brown
I’m breaking apart myself.
no matter what, I can’t hug
I’m holding Michelle, She is my anchor. She makes it possible for me to stop and realize that some stuff needs
asks me.
breathe a laugh. “Yours is
against my pecs, cheek leaning into it.
“It wouldn’t make sense if you
believe that… That you’re the calm one in all
Calm?
that need to be done! I have to set up a room for Michelle and ask her to move in with me permanently. We can
plan! I will hire people to care for what
Shit!
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