Semua Bab Brother's Friend Becomes My Baby's Dad: Bab 421 - Bab 430

That night, Asher and I ate dinner at the small two-person table in our room. Unlike most times before, we sat in terrible, awkward quiet, entirely silent except for the sound of our chewing or the scrape of silverware against the ceramic plates. Asher speared the final bit of food on his plate, b

“You have to take me with you,” I said. “Absolutely not,” Asher replied. “Well, you can’t expect me to let you go off looking for him by yourself.” “That’s what I’ve been doing…” I crossed my arms and frowned at him. “It’s too dangerous, Cyn.” “It’s dangerous for you, too. It will be fin

“Over my dead body,” Asher snapped. “That sounds like a great idea,” Joseph said, flashing his teeth. He jumped forward with the knife. “Asher!” I gasped. Asher jumped out of the way, snatched Joseph by the wrist, and disarmed him. The knife clattered away against the concrete sidewalk. Jose

Asher’s words stole my breath away. For a long moment, I simply stared at him, desire coiling inside of me. He stared back, his blue eyes deep as the ocean. I swallowed thickly. I couldn’t wait to go home with him and see all of his promises in action. Nancy cleared her throat from the doorway.

On the evening of the Academy’s winter dance, I slipped into my shining purple gown and checked myself out in the bathroom mirror. Gone were the days when I could pass as not pregnant. Now, my bump was a distinctive round bulge, pressing out the front of my gown – which I had bought in the materni