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I didn’t want to feel like I was pressuring Colin into more than what we had before we were both ready.
Maybe I was ready, but he was still adjusting to being a father, and he’d never been in a committed relationship before.
It wasn’t like I could just move into his place at this point in our relationship.
We’d have to rent, and the rents were pretty outrageous there compared to Michigan.
After living in our cottage in Cherry Cove, Wren would probably hate having an apartment in a big city.
We weren’t struggling anymore in Cherry Cove, but things would be tight for me in San Diego.
I didn’t want to do that to Wren.
Granted, Colin had already put an eye-popping amount of money into Wren’s educational savings. So much that I’d never have to worry about her educational expenses again.
However, I was her mother and I’d always paid for my daughter’s normal expenses.
I was fine with him paying for her college education because he’d insisted on it, and I was okay with him covering some of Wren’s expenses, but he’d had this fatherhood situation thrust on him unexpectedly.
I wasn’t about to take his money so I could live in San Diego.
We’d talked more extensively about finances, and Colin’s wealth had surprised me, but I wasn’t going to take advantage of the fact that he had a lot of money.
I didn’t want his money.
I just wanted…him.
I’d love him no matter what his financial circumstances might be.
“You look like you’re pretty deep in thought,” Brock observed from the captain’s chair of the boat.
I snapped out of my thoughts. “Sorry,” I said sheepishly.
Ihadbeen completely ignoring Brock’s presence for a while.
He was manning the boat while Seth, Colin, and Wren were diving.
I’d opted out of the diving today to stay on the boat.
We’d been running to fun places day after day, and I was little tired.
I liked to dive, but I knew that Wren was safe with Colin and Seth. I wasn’t the expert divers that they were anyway.
Seth had always been extremely safety conscious with Wren, but Colin had taken the pre-dive stuff to a whole different level.
He’d checked Wren’s gear several times after Seth had already done it, and he’d reminded our daughter of every safety rule in existence before they’d gone down a few minutes ago.
Wren had dived this particular shipwreck before.
It was shallow enough to stay within her depth limits as a junior diver, but Colin had fussed over her anyway, which I’d found completely adorable.
My daughter had patiently listened to everything that her father said even though Seth had gone over all of those things a million times before.
“Are you worried about Wren?” Brock asked.
I shook my head. I always worried a little about my daughter when she was diving, but I was used to that. “She’s safe with Colin and Seth.”
“Very safe,” he agreed. “They’re both instructors and Marshall was a SEAL. He’s been diving most of his life.”
