Her lips part but no words come out. She closes her eyes, and I know she’s trying not to cry.
“River…” I whisper, tilting her chin up so she’ll look at me. “We can do this together. Let me do this with you.”
Her chest moves as she inhales a deep breath, and I know she’s already been considering it. “I don’t want to be a relationship out of convenience, Alex. I wish I could say I have enough confidence to just let us be together, but it’ll always be in the back of my mind. Then what if we try, and it doesn’t work out? How are we going to raise a baby together then? And how would this even work, given our history? Do we date? Do we start over? Do we pretend we didn’t spend any time apart and continue where we left off? What if—”
“River!” I press my finger to her lips, needing her to stop
