CHAPTER THIRTY
CAYLEE
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My bad, I shouldn’thave said anything.Tonight is our girly monthlybook clubcatch up.
Except, there are no books.
Although Trina just recommended a spicy romance, she recently read...but yeah, no books.
And no men.
Just wine, or juice for those pregnant or breastfeeding.An ever-increasing scenario.Not me though, I’m still single (technically) with no wedding ring or baby bump in my future.
I’m being realistic.
After Jake told me we needed to take it slow and made me feel like some desperado seeking a sperm donor, I haven’t felt the same.
Maybe he’s not the right man for me.
“Hey, you okay?”Briar asks, and because I’m two wines in and feeling confused as hell, I start blabbing.
“No,” I sigh, twisting the stem of my glass.“This thing with Jake.I don’t know.I think I’m wasting my time.”
“How serious are you two?”Trina asks.
How do I answer that?
I like Jake.I could see him being the man I marry...if he opened up and was honest with me.
Which he hasn’t.
Last weekend, we went for a walk through the park and he surprised all of us by catching a little boy who was about to fall off his tricycle.To be fair, we were close, and his parents were distracted by his screaming sister, but it created a swarm of butterflies in my tummy when he swooped the young boy up, then handed him to his father.
I almost swooned.
This oversized, bulky man with rolled-up sleeves, a baseball cap and a smirk, rescuing a little boy.
How could I not be falling in love with him?
“Jeez, thanks, man.”The father held out his hand.
“US Marshal.Former.”Jake grinned.“Taking care of American citizens, big and small.”
Be still, my heart.
Then he ruffled the boy’s hair, and I swear my ovaries started doing the Tango.
Ugh.
Which just makes all of this so much harder.He would be such a great dad.It’s clear I’m not the woman who’s going to make him change whatever is going on for him.
I’ve seen men fall over backwards when they meet the right woman.
That’s not happening here.
The only thing happening is my falling deeper and deeper.While Jake...wants to slow things down.
