Right Time

Chapter 11

“It’s ok. You don’t have to tell me.”

“I want to.”

He took a deep breath as we found our way back to the couch. I took his hands in mine and gently rubbed the tops of his hands with my thumbs.

“I guess I should start at the beginning. I met Val when I was 21 and we were great….until we weren’t. I thought we had a passionate relationship, but now that I am older I realize it wasn’t passion. It was a toxic relationship and she was amazing at controlling me.” He continued.

He ran his hand through his hair and he seemed to be in deep thought. But it only lasted a minute before he continued.

“Right before I turned 25 I had been planning on purposing. I’m sure you have seen the rumors all over about it.”

I nodded, letting him know that I had in fact read those rumors.

“Two nights before I proposed, we found out she was pregnant. I was elated but Val was disgusted. She wanted to have an abortion. I still remember it clear as day. She said having a baby would ruin her modeling career.”

“Really?” I asked in shock.

“Unfortunately. So I begged and told her I would pay for whatever work she wanted done if she would just keep the baby. She finally agreed, but only as long as the day he was born she could sign over her rights and his birth details sealed from the public.”

“Oh my gosh.” Tears formed in my eyes. What kind of woman didn’t want her own child so that she wanted the birth details sealed?

“So right after he was born she signed away her rights and I paid to have her made into the model she is now. And I would do it all over to have Noah all over again. He is 15 months old and perfect.”

“So for the past two years you have been hiding him?”

“Not hiding….protecting from the media. I want him to be a child and the only way that will happen is for me to stay out of the spotlight. In fact, I believe the media has all but forgotten about me and I plan on leaving it that way.”

“I don’t blame you. I think I’m still in shock. I’m sorry.”

He laughed and pulled me closer. “The truth was I never really planned on ever dating again. Noah is just too important, but then I met you and I am sorry I blackmailed you into a date, but for the first time ever, something inside of me woke up and I couldn’t walk away without trying.”

I knew how he felt. “I’m glad you did.”

I swear his eyes lit up but I didn’t really have a chance to continue because his lips were on mine. It was the most amazing kiss. Every part of my body was on fire and I wanted more than just a kiss.

I wrapped my arms around his neck, pulling him closer. He wasted no time leaning into me and laying me down on the couch. His hand slowly making its way up my shirt. Just as he pushed past my belly button, the door bell rang.

He groaned and pulled away. “Looks like our food is here.” I said, giggling.

He didn’t give me a chance. He was at the door and paying the man before I could even get off the couch.

He came back carrying all of the Chinese food.

“You called your son a bed hog?” I asked, taking a bite of an egg roll.

Chuckling, he responded. “He doesn’t understand, but he is a bed hog. But he usually asks me to sleep with me after spending time away from each other. Well, he really just says bed dad.”

I could feel my heart swell. If that wasn’t the cutest thing.

“He sounds like he has you wrapped around his finger.”

“He does.”

I couldn’t help but laugh.

“So Miah… What about you?”

“What about me?” I knew he meant my divorce but I wasn’t sure if I was ready to talk about it.

“It’s OK if you don’t want to talk about it. Divorce is hard.”

I took a deep breath and decided he had shared his son with me. It was the least I could do was to share some of my life with him.

“So I married Chris at 18. He is the only man I ever went on a date with or kissed until recently. We were married for 5 years and I made him my world. Then…..then I received a text message and it was the man I love getting a b*****b from his ex-girlfriend.”

Wyatt sat silently for a few minutes before he spoke.

“Do you still love him?”

“Yes. But I could never, and I mean never, be with him again.”

“I’m sorry you had to go through that, but the selfish part of me might be a little part of me that isn’t.”

“Why is that?”

“Because then I wouldn’t have the opportunity to make you mine.”

We spent the next few hours eating and talking and eventually watching more of the 100 before Wyatt needed to head home.

He kissed me deeply and rested his forehead on mine.

“I’ll call you tomorrow.”

“Ok.”

As soon as he left, I quickly messaged the girls. I was in desperate need of a girls' day. I had no idea what I was getting myself into.

Was it too soon? How could I like this man so much and so quickly? I had just met him but I couldn’t help but think about him as I drifted to sleep.