Page 13 of Seduced By My Brother's Best Friend
I grin. “It goes beyond that, baby. You’re the mother of my child. I want to live with you and be with you forever.”
She sits up when I’m done, and I look at her.
“Is that why you’re doing all this? Because I’m the mother of your child? Alex, if this is a matter of responsibility, then spare me. I’m not going to be with you because you think you have to.”
I raise an amused eyebrow. “I don’t have to do anything. I want to be with you. I’ve wanted to be with you for so long now. You’re beautiful and intelligent and full of light. I’ve always been drawn to you. I just never thought you felt the same way.
She shakes her head. “Of course I did. I was just scared. Of you, my parents, everything.”
I place my hand on the side of her face and stroke her cheek. “You don’t have to be scared anymore.”
“So, this is for real? You want to be with me?” Fallon asks.
“Forever and ever, baby,” I promise.
She throws her arms over her chest, and I pull her in for a warm hug. I always felt there was something missing in my life. Naturally, I thought it was the family I lost, but the truth is, I’m never getting them back. But I have Fallon now. She’s here, and she’s home, and I would be an idiot to mess that up.
I’m going to take care of her. She’s mine now.
“You and our baby are the most important things in the world to me.”
“Thank you, Alex. For saving me,” she says sweetly.
“We saved each other.”
*****
“Alex, you need to get to the hospital right fucking now,” my best friend says over the phone.
My heart skips several beats, and I already imagine the worst-case scenario. “Is she okay? What happened?”
Fallon is eight months pregnant. I shouldn’t have left her alone at home, but I really needed to go to the city for some important business. It was meant to be a short drive there and back. I never imagined something would go wrong in such little time.
“I-I don’t know, man. She went into labor prematurely. She’s in surgery now. How far away are you?”
“I’ll be there in less than an hour,” I say, increasing the car’s speed.
“Be careful.”
Damien hangs up, and I drive faster than I ever have in my life. When I get to the hospital, I meet Fallon’s family outside. Her parents and her brother. Mellissa and Jason eventually came around a month ago. They apologized to Fallon for being so hard on her and even accepted me.
We were fine. Everyone was happy and anticipating the baby. And now this.
“What’s going on, Damien?” I ask my best friend.
My heart feels like it’s in my throat, yet there’s intense pain in my chest. I’ve never felt pain like this before.
I can’t lose them. Either of them.
“Calm down. She’s still in surgery. We don’t know anything yet,” Damien says calmly.
I glimpse fear in his green eyes, which is the opposite of calming me down. I just want to see her. I want to make sure she’s okay. Nothing hurts more than being unable to protect the woman you love. I hate not being able to do anything for her.
“Fallon’s strong, Alex. She’ll be fine,” her mom says like she’s reassuring herself.
The doctor steps out of the operating theatre at that moment, and we all rush toward him.
“How’s my girlfriend?” I ask her.
