Chapter 65

A few hours later . . .

It was early evening when Derek had arrived at Hilltop House. He took his coat off as he and Chelsea walked into the living room.

Chelsea had changed out of her outfit from earlier into a pair of blue jeans and a red cashmere sweater. She had on black socks – no shoes. Her blonde hair flowed around her.

Derek had changed clothes from this morning, too. He had put on a pair of black jeans and a black and white polo shirt.

“Would you like something to drink?” Chelsea asked.

“No, thank you. I thought we could . . . talk.”

Chelsea walked to the sofa. “Talk about what?” She sat down.

“You know what. Us.”

“Oh, you want to have that talk,” she said timidly.

“Yes, I think it’s high time we do,” he said as he remained standing. “You’re about four months pregnant now. I think we need to iron things out and where we stand before the baby comes, don’t you