Page 29 of Happily Ever Maybe

I knew it was more than just working beside me, which wassomething we still had to deal with. But I didn’t know how to process what Ifelt for him.

Honestly, I had never let myself feel much for him beyondwhat I had already revealed. When the attack happened, I’d told myself I lovedhim, but now, my brain and heart weren’t agreeing. I couldn’t lovehim.

If I’d let myself love him, it could all have been ruined.

Now here we were, about to face an uncertain futuretogether. So, perhaps I should figure things out and let myself love him.

That was such a scary thing. I didn’t feel ready.

Did it matter? Not when we had a chance. A possible future.

First things first. I needed to figure out how to do the jobI loved and still remain a large part of the team—ahelpful member of the team, But I couldn’t risk everything because it wasn’tjust me anymore. It was this baby. And it was Gus.

I had been slowly falling for him all along. Or perhaps itwasn’t slow at all. After all, I had been doing my best not to think about himlike that for a very long time. Perhaps all of that was coming to fruition muchfaster than I’d planned.

I made my way to the coffee shop first. Latte on the Rockswas owned by friends of mine.

The whole building was owned by the Montgomerys,and I loved that they were creating a community with their huge family. Therewas the coffee shop and bakery owned by Greer and Raven—bothof them Montgomerys themselves. On the otherside of them was a gallery and art studio—not just for Montgomerys,although the Montgomery family had a lot of artists, as well. I didn’t go inthere often. Usually because I was working too hard.

“You doing okay?”

I looked up to see Raven standing there, a small smile onher face. “You look a bit worried.”

“Oh, just thinking.”

“About Gus? I saw him earlier today with the guys as theywere heading out. I can’t believe he’s already back on duty.”

I rolled my eyes as I followed Raven into the coffee shop.

“He’s on partial duty. He’s not going out on bodyguardassignments, just installations. He’s not even allowed to do recon.”

“That’s good. Because it would stress me out if anythingelse happened. I don’t know how you do it.”

I frowned as I made my way to the front counter.

“How I do what? My job?”

“You kick ass, you’re trained, and you know what you’redoing. I meant letting someone you care about do it. Of course, all my friendsseem to be in that position these days.”

“How did you…what did you…what?”

Raven winced as she waved at a regular.

“I’m sorry. Are you and Gus not together? Am I just seeingthings?”

I tried to find an answer to that because it wasn’t as clearas it should be.

“Oh. We’re not. Well, maybe. We’re just taking it slow.”

So slow that I was pregnant with his child. But we weren’tready to tell people that.

“Well, that’s great. You guys just always seem so in tune. Iassumed. Plus, he talks about you all the time. And he always knows your order.Even though you don’t have a regular order. I love it.”

I blushed. “He’s great at that, isn’t he?”

“He is. He’s a good guy. I’m glad he’s okay.”

“I’m really glad he’s okay, too.”