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watching as the bottle hit the floor with a loud bang.
    There was no way she was going to get any sleep after seeing Nate in only boxer shorts, but now her baby was wide wake and kicking.
    Nate quickly shot out of his chair and moved towards her.
    “What is it?”
    She shook her head, and replies, “I’m fine, Nate.” She attempted to go past him, but he stopped her.
    “Skylar, if there is something wrong, I want you to tell me, please.”
    He was worried about her, so he must care for her. Of course, he cares. You’re carrying his child! “Really, Nate. Nothing is wrong.”
    “If you’re fine, why did you drop the bottle?” he asked.
    The baby started kicking again. It could hear it’ father’s voice. She had not noticed until then, every time the baby kicked so much, it happened Nate was near.
    Smiling, Skylar reached for his hand and placed it over her belly. “This is why I dropped the bottle.” Covering his hand with hers, she felt as the baby started kicking against his hand. Nate’s eyes shot wide open.
    “Is that our babe moving?” God, he was so cute. She nodded as he knelt down onto the floor right in front of her, placed both hands over her belly, and waited. His eyes jumped to hers when he felt movement, and she saw moisture in his eyes.
    He really, truly cared about his child. The look in his eyes almost made her cry. She could see the love and affection in them for his baby. Why hadn’t she let him be a part of this pregnancy earlier? She did not know then that he would act the way he was now. He leaned closer to her belly, lifted her shirt and placed the gentlest kiss against her. She sobbed at what he did. Nate started to mumble against her, she couldn’t hear what he was saying until he said the last part. “I love you,” he whispered. Tears started running down her cheeks. How could she have been so cruel and leave him out of everything involving his child? Well that would stop, immediately. She made her mind that from that point on; he was going to be there through everything.
    Nate stood, slowly. Moving back away from her, he started to walk towards the backdoor. He is leaving, just like that? She didn’t want to be alone, especially after someone tried to get into her house.
    Reaching for his arm, she stopped him. “Please, don’t go,” she whispered.
    He turned around to face her, and stepped closer. Lifting his hand to her cheek, he lightly traced over it with his thumb. “What do you want me to do?”
    “Can you please stay the night with me? I don’t want to be alone.”
    “Are you sure, Skylar?” he asked.
    She nodded, and he locked the backdoor and walked both of them towards her room. Once there, she pulled back the covers and watched as Nate moved to the other side. Reaching for his boxers, he started to remove them and looked straight at her. “Sorry, you know I don’t sleep in anything,” he told her.
    She knew that, but seeing him naked in her bed again was going to kill her. Turning to her side, she gave him some privacy and waited until he got into bed. Nate draped his arm over her hip and pulled her closer to him, against his chest. He placed his hand over her belly, and that is where it stayed.
    “Night, Skylar,” he whispered against her ear.
    “Night, Nate,” she replied. Snuggling closer to him, she knew it would take a while for her to eventually fall asleep, but she was not going to complain. She was finally back in his arms, where she wanted to be.

Chapter 6
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    C hantal was on her way to meet one of her friend’s at Joey’s bar. Pulling up and parking, she made her way inside and sat down. She needed some things built for her shop, so she had called Bryan. Bryan had worked on several things for her father at their house and she loved his work. He was so passionate about it, and put a lot of love into everything he built. His craftsmanship was amazing. She could sit all day and watch him work his magic.
    After getting the