The storm outside matched the one raging inside me when Dylan burst into my room in the middle of the night.
“Ivy!” His voice was raw, broken. He crossed the room in three strides and pulled me into his arms, holding me so tight I could barely breathe. “I dreamed I lost you. Both of you. Don’t leave me again. Please.”
I should have pushed him away. Instead I melted into his chest, feeling his heart hammering against mine. “Dylan, what are you doing? It’s three in the morning.”
He buried his face in my neck, breathing me in. “I can’t keep pretending I don’t need you. I’m terrified every night that you’ll disappear again. That I’ll wake up and you’ll be gone with our baby.”
His hands trembled as they moved down my back. I felt the heat of his body, the desperation in every touch. “You hu
