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“I’m sure it wasn’t.” I keep my back to him as I head to the kitchen to grab some Tylenol. “Let me guess, she’s an old friend that came over to hang out.” I unscrew the lid off the medication and empty a couple of pills into my hand before setting the bottle on the counter.
“Actually—”
“Don’t insult my intelligence, Harris.” I grab a water from the fridge and twist off the cap before spinning around to face him. “I’m not stupid.”
I can’t pretend that I’m not angry. Even if I have no right to be.
“I know you’re not.”
“What you do andwhoyou do are no longer my concern.” I pop the pills in my mouth and quickly wash them down.
“Dammit, Blue, would you stop for two seconds and let me explain?” The tone of his voice makes me take pause. “I didn’t sleep with Loraine.”
“Loraine.” I let her name roll off my tongue with a bitter laugh.
“She’s my real estate agent,” he continues before I can cut him off again. “She did me a favor by stopping by my apartment after work yesterday evening to show me some active listings she has for sale.”
“Seriously? That’s the best you could come up with?” I take another swig of water, feeling extremely parched all of a sudden.
“It’s not something I came up with. It’s the truth. We had been going through listings for about an hour when I excused myself to go to the bathroom. Which just happens to be the same time you showed up. When Loraine told me she had answered the door, I knew instantly that it was you. I came straight here to explain.”
“You’ve been here all night?”
“I didn’t want to risk missing you. I needed you to know that I’m not the person you think I am. I meant what I said yesterday. I love you. I don’t want any other woman.” He steps toward me. “I just want you.”
“Harris, I...”
“I was looking at houses for us,” he interrupts me before I can say anything.
“What?” My eyes widen. What the hell is he talking about?
“You can tell me you don’t love me until the end of time, and I still wouldn’t believe it. Did you really think I was just going to give up? That’s not in my nature; that much you should know by now.”
“So your solution was to buy a house?” I turn to set my water on the counter before facing him again.
“I thought if I showed you that I was serious about you, about the baby, abouteverything, that maybe I could change your mind.”
“So your solution was to buy a house?” I repeat the same question again.
“Well, when you say it like that you make me feel stupid for even entertaining the idea.” He reaches around and squeezes the back of his neck, seeming uncertain in a way I’ve never seen him before.
He usually oozes confidence but that’s not the case right now. Now he just seems... unsure.
“I just...” He thinks over his words. “I just wanted you to know that I wasn’t playing games. I thought if I made some grand gesture then maybe you’d see...”
“See what?”
“How hopelessly in love with you I am.”
“Harris.” I suck in a sharp breath.
“I mean it, Blue. I love you. And I don’t care who the father of the baby is. It doesn’t change anything.”
“I’m not pregnant,” I blurt, not missing the way his eyes widen in surprise.
“What?”
“I’m not pregnant. I went to my doctor yesterday. That’s where I was going when you showed up. She said the test they administered at the hospital was a false positive.”
