Chapter 200: "Or someone to love?"

I'm all smiles when I get ready to go to the clinic with Roman.

Doing it brings tears to my eyes actually because I realize I've done this before.

I’ve gotten ready to go to the hospital once, an expectant but totally new mother. Hunter had been excited then. He’d kissed me goodbye, but he didn’t take time out of his work to come be with me as I went through the cycle of appointments and checkups and visits.

We didn’t do a scan to determine the gender of the baby, and thinking back on it now, that might have been my saving grace. Hunter could have done things to make sure I didn't give birth to Maya.

I know it like I know him.

“Is your purse lost? I can help you find it.”

Roman sounds so concerned I chortle and shake my head, “It’s nothing, I've found the purse already, we can go now.”

He opens the door for me, an action that causes me to roll my eyes and giggle, then he links our fingers together, swinging it lightly as we walk, him still fully dressed in his forest green suit