CHAPTER ELEVEN
HUNTER
ONE MONTH LATER
I gently push open Lennon’s door and see her swollen belly sticking out from her rolled up shirt as she shifts in her sleep. I ache to touch her, to feel her soft skin, to show her my feelings are so damn real it’s painful, but I won’t. As I’ve done the past two years, I push them down and pretend they don’t exist, especially now that I’ve told her the truth and she walked away.
I know she’s nervous for her first day back to work. With summer break officially over, today is the first day of school for her. She didn’t tell her co-workers she was pregnant, but at five months along, she won’t be able to hide it anymore.
Ever since I confessed my true feelings to her a month ago, things have slowly gone back to our normal. We thought it was best not t
