Page 62 of Last Minute Fiancé

My brothers and Greer were all growling at one another, and I knew I would probably get yelled at by August for leaving him alone with them. But I didn’t care. Heath could handle it.

That’s what big brothers were for.

I typed in the code to the door for Addison’s house and walked inside, letting out a breath and telling myself that I could handle this.

We would handle this.

Addison lay in her armchair, a blanket over her lap with a baby book in one hand and her laptop to the side.

She was so damn beautiful. And she was mine. If I could get the balls to actually tell her.

“Hey,” she said, her eyes a little sad. “Are you okay? Devney just said that your parents showed up at your house. Are they really getting a divorce again? I’m so sorry, Luca.”

I set my bag down and moved towards her. I didn’t even think about what I was doing before I was cupping her face and kissing her softly.

She hummed and pulled back, giving me that same sad smile.

“Luca?”

“I’m moving in, you know that, right? To take care of you and our baby. I’m not going to be my parents. I’m not going to split our time with this kid and screw them up and make our kid wary of us being in their life. I don’t want to one day show up on my kid’s porch and have them resent it.”

Addison reached up and cupped my cheek and I leaned into the touch.

I loved when she reached out to touch me.

“Of course. No matter what happens with us, we’re never going to be your parents. I hear enough of it from Devney. Don’t worry. And yes, we already talked about you moving in. Because I really want to just relax and not have to lift a finger.”

I took her hand in mine and kissed her fingertips.

“You never have to lift a finger. I’ve got them for you.”

“This isn’t going to be easy. It’ll be months of me being stressed out and hormonal and not being able to do what I want. Of me learning a new job and having to do it remote. It’s going to be baby books and doctor’s appointments and life.”

“I am going to be here for all of it. I work long hours, but I’m also the boss. And Colt and I were talking about adding on a new tech and an additional vet to help.”

“That’s not going to hurt the business?”

“No. We’ve just been lazy. Or unable to give up control.”

“Are you going to have animals in the house?” Addison asked, then winced. “Not that pets are bad, I love them. It’s just before I wasn’t able to really be home enough to have any.”

“Maybe overnights, like I have at my house. If that’s okay with you? Hell, I didn’t really think about that.”

“No, that’s fine. We’ll make it work. Because you’re here to help and I like spending time with you.” She blushed as she said it, and it was as if someone had warmed me from the inside out.

I wanted to open my mouth and say something, to say that I loved her or cared for her, but nothing felt right, so I just leaned forward and took her lips again.

“I’m going to take care of you. Promise.”

She searched my face and nodded at whatever she saw there, and a sense of relief slammed into me.

“I know you will. But just know I’m going to be a horrible bitch about this because I like taking care of myself.”

I rolled my eyes. “Shocking. You, a bitch? I would never have guessed.”

“You’re very lucky that I’m not supposed to get out of this chair right now or I would beat the shit out of you.”

“You could try. Now, I’m going to make some dinner.”

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