Maisey Yates

Kelsey breathed in deeply. __e asked me to stay.___ere?___es.___or how long?___ntil . . . until I want to leave, I guess. But he doesn__ want me to go yet, and . . . I__ thinking ofaccepting the offer.___ow he sounds like he__ proposing marriag

So I__l see you tomorrow then.___eah._ His heart rate picked up. She really did make him feel more like a kid than a grown man.Although the desire she made him feel was certainly a man__ desire. __o you want to have lunch withme tomorrow?___unch?___eah. A picnic. I want to show you this place

Yeah._ He touchedKelsey__ arm and felt a shock, like static electricity. But this went deeper, beneath his skin. ____going to go see what Cade needs. See you later?__he licked her lips, the action sending a different kind of electricity down south. What a time for hislibido to make a reappearance. __eah. See you later

Tupperware? I don__ know. That__ what my mom did.___ell, my mom had to bring bigger containers for food when the family ate outdoors. But she usedthis when she and Dad . . .

He found himself fighting the urge to reach out and take her chin between his thumb andforefinger. To tilt her head so that she had to look at him. So that her lips were so close to his a slightmovement would_

But she didn__ pull away from him. If anything, she seemed to sort of melt against him. It was thefirst time she__ willingly accepted something from him without getting stiff and defensive andgenerally annoyed

He flexed his fingers and fought the urge to put his hand on her stomach. It was a possessivegesture, and he felt a little bit possessive

Kelsey laughed and the sound moved through him, made the hairs on his arms stand up, made hisheart beat faster

Hi._ He turned and saw Kelsey standing in the door of the kitchen, looking . . . Well, she wasglowing. That pregnant woman glow, maybe? Or just the sun hitting her face at the right time. Eitherway, she looked hot, and he noticed

She swallowed, her eyes dropping to his lips. And he knew she felt it too.

He relaxed his hands, lifted one and tucked a strand of wispy blonde hair behind her ear. She didn__move; she only looked at him. He wondered if she felt it too.

Are you okay?__he looked up, her eyes glistening. __ just . . . I . . .___ey._ He stood up and rounded the picnic table, sitting next to her on the bench. He wrapped hisarm around her, the feeling of her, so warm and female and way too tempting, sending a shock ofpleasure through him. __ey, don__ . . . don__ do that._____ pregnant. It__ a pregnant thing,_ she said.____e never seen you do it.___ don__ often.___ can tell.

Heartbreak was the worst. It was worse than a cord wrapped around the wheel on you computer chair.

You don__ have to be involved with my parents. Not if you don__ want to be. Yes, you__e the father,but you aren__ my boyfriend or husband. My family is my problem.___ do,_ he said, before he even realized what he was saying. __ do want to be involved. With all of it.We__e talking about really making this work, about making a . . . I don__ know if we__e talking about afamily, not in the traditional sense, but we__e in this together, right?___ guess.___hat means I get to help you with parent things, and other unpleasantness. And you have to knowmy brother.