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It’s a good question and if I want her to trust me, I need to open up and tell her everything.
“Because I wasn’t sure you would take me back,” I say honestly. “Because I didn’t think I was worthy. Because I haven’t been the man you deserve. But I will be. From this fucking moment on.”
“Not because of the baby?”
It’s a fair question.
I can see why she would ask, but I honestly hadn’t given it a single thought before seeing the test in her trash can. I knew we had had unprotected sex, and she wasn’t on birth control.
God, maybe I unconsciously wanted this to happen.
To take the decision away from all of us.
Who knows?
I’ve lost my damn mind over this woman from day fucking one.
I move our bodies so I’m lying beside her and keep her as close to me as I can. My hand runs down her body to her stomach.
“I didn’t know about this surprise until thirty minutes ago.” I know it’s the size of a pea right now, but in my mind there’s a full-grown baby inside her. My child. Our child. “The question is, do you want me?”
For the first time in my life, I’m terrified.
I know now that Payton is the love of my life, the mother of my child, and she could rip my heart out of my chest and destroy me.
“I think I fell in love with you the minute I saw you.” Payton sniffs. “But I can’t be with you if I come second. If our child comes second. I know your career and family business are important, but that is not the life I want to live. It will kill me slowly, knowing we aren’t your priority.”
All I heard was she loves me.
But I also heard the rest.
“I did choose you, sweetheart. I always chose you. Don’t you see? Every kiss, every touch, every time I looked at you, I was choosing you. Not my father’s job.” I smile and press my lips to hers. “Montgomery Enterprises is mine. It will always be mine. And Atlas, Levis, and Bella. When the time is right, I will take over the organization, but not today.”
“You didn’t get the job,” Payton says, and her eyes dip.
She’s disappointed for me and I couldn’t love her more.
I smile and put my finger under her chin, lifting her face to mine. “That’s what took me so long. I’ve been working out what I really want.”
“Is it me?” she asks as her cheeks warm.
“Yeah, baby. It’s you. It was always you.”
“Oh Knox, I love you so much,” she cries, wrapping her arms around me.
We make love another three times before collapsing into sleep. But not before I text my father telling him I am taking a sick day.
The first in my life.
