Chapter 3
Jack clearly still needed time to process it all. Callum paid the cab driver, who wished them all the best for their new family. Callum let them in and steered his lover to the bedroom, all the while keeping silent so as not to disturb Jack’s train of thought—or his own for that matter. Jack was not the only one who had been shocked to the core by the youth’s careless words.
He let Jack undress and sit down on the bed, then carefully settled next to him.
“Jack?” he asked quietly.
Jack’s pupils focused at last. He turned his head. The shock in his eyes almost broke Callum’s heart.
“Look, sweetie,” he began, as much as it pained him to say this. “There are ways. We don’t have to do this. You’re not ready, and even if I…” His voice trailed off then. If Jack didn’t want a child,
