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.She wrapped her arms around myneck, and I straightened, lifting her from the ground as we moved ourlips against each other.For the firsttime in almost three months, I feltalive again, and I never wanted togo back to a life without Harper init.I set her back on the ground andkissed her one more time beforedropping to my knees so I was eyelevel with her stomach.I gently ranmy hands over the small bump, andmy breath came out in a huff.Icouldn t believe I d had no idea.Lifting her shirt enough to see thebump, my heart took off as Ilooked at her tattoo of orange lilieswrapping around so they barely touched the edge of where herbump was.Mine.Leaning forward, I gently kissedher small bump twice beforerunning my hands over it again andstanding up to cup her face in myhands. Why didn t you tell me? Harper shrugged, her gray eyesglistening with tears. I was scared;I still am. You don t have to be scared, Iwhispered, and kissed her nosesoftly. I ll take care of us, Ivowed.Always.She looked around to my parents and sister as she grabbed my hand. Can you guys excuse us for aminute? I followed her up the stairs and tomy room.As soon as we were inthere, her next inhale was audible asshe just stared at the bed for a fewmoments before going to sit on theedge of it.I fell into the middle of itand pulled her with me so we werelying down, me on my back, andher curled onto her side against me.We stayed silent for a minute, and Igrabbed her hand, so I could linkour fingers together before bringingit down to kiss her palm. I can t believe we re going tohave a baby. Harper exhaled harshly, and mybody locked up. About that.Chase No. No way was I going to lether do this to us again. Don t dothis again, please. Just hear me out, okay? Sheleaned up on her elbow and lookeddirectly into my eyes, You retwenty-two, you re about tograduate from college, I don t wantto take your life from you.If youwant to live your life, I won t stopyou.Just because this baby is yours, don t think that meansyou re forced to be with me.with us.I want you to be with us,don t get me wrong.But I will letyou go if that s what you need. I knew she was being serious, butI couldn t stop smiling at her. Areyou done? Yes. Good.My turn.Since apparentlyyou still haven t figured this out. Harper, I love you more than Icould ever explain.Meeting youchanged my world.Even when Ithought you would never be mine, Icouldn t continue to live a life I knew you hated.The night you toldme you loved me was the best nightof my life, up until tonight.I neverwant to let you go again, I want tobe with you for the rest of my life.Iwant to marry you someday,Harper. I paused when her grayeyes widened. I would do anythingfor you.I don t know what to do tomake you believe me, but I ll spendforever trying to show you. You want to marry me? sheasked softly.More than I want to breathe. You have no idea how much. Not just because I m pregnant? I brought her back down so shewas lying on my chest and tilted herhead back to kiss her lips softly. Not at all.I gotta admit, it s a littlebit of a shock, but I ve alwaysthought about being with you andstarting a family.And even thoughit s sooner than I thought it wouldbe, I m so freaking excited that it shappening.When should we beexpecting him? Him? Yep, it s gonna be a boy. She laughed softly and ran herfingers through my hair, I m dueOctober 4. I quickly added up the monthsand grinned again. So six months,huh? Do you want to take next yearoff from classes? I can t go back to school. I squeezed her shoulder. Ofcourse you can, I ll help you. No, not that.I know you would. She took a deep breath and rolledoff me and onto the bed, grabbingmy hand. I told Sir that I mpregnant. And? He uh isn t going to pay forschool anymore, and he said I mnot welcome back home. Bastard, I mumbled softly. Areyou serious? We ll figure it out.Ifyou want to finish school, we llmake it happen. Really, I don t even want to goback after this semester.That s notwhy I m sad.I just hate how he is.Ihate how he resents me for havingbeen born. I pulled her closer to me again torun my hand up and down her side.How anyone could hate this girl,especially her own father, is beyondme. It s not your fault.He s adouche, and it s his loss for missingout on an amazing daughter. I was afraid you d resent me,too, she admitted into my chest, for getting pregnant.You wantedto stop, and I pushed you. It s not like you had to pushhard, I wanted you so bad. Ilaughed, but she remained silent asshe traced patterns onto my chest. I don t resent you, Harper, I neverwill. She leaned up to kiss me soundly,and we lay there silently until mysister opened the door to let usknow they were going to turn on amovie.When the door shut again,Harper didn t move, and neither did I. Harper, I want you to be mineand not just because we re having ababy though I ll warn you, I mabout to tell everyone that we are. Her eyes brightened, and I smiled ather before kissing her nose. But Iwant to be able to hold you inpublic, I want to show everyonethat you re taken, and you belong tome.That you ll always belong tome
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