“What’s going on between the two of ye?”
“Nothing,” I spat.
Sean snorted. “Could’ve fooled me, with the hand-holding and the insane promises.”
I gritted my teeth. “What insane promises?”
“Oh, Emma, ye won’t have to see James until yer ready. And when ye are, we’ll have pink ponies in high heels accompanying ye,” Sean mocked, his tone dripping with sarcasm.
I threw him a look and shook my head at the dramatics. “I’ll figure it out.”
Sean squinted at me. “Do ye have feelings for her?”
“What?” I laughed, though it sounded hollow even to me. “Are you crazy?”
“Areyou?” he hissed. “What the hell are ye doing?”
“I’m being her friend,” I replied through clenched teeth.
“No,Iam being her friend. Yer flirting with her. Yer wooing her.”
“I am notwooingher,” I grumbled, sensing the heat rise to my face.
“Do youwantto be her baby-daddy? Is that it?”
I snorted derisively.
“Because let me ask you this,” he continued undisturbed, “did you see a father in the picture when you and Stephen visited the future?”
I frowned. I hadn’t.
“Now let me ask ye, if ye had a son, knowing he was fighting Trackers left and right alone, wouldn’t ye do everything in yer power to help him?”
I kept silent, unsure where he was going with this.
“So if yer not in the picture, what do ye think it means?”
The realization hit me. “I’m either not the father, or I’m…”
“Dead. Yes. Not such a bright future for ye two anymore, is there?”
“Emma’s not in the picture either,” I replied in a low voice.
“So?”
“So? So, what happened to her? Is she dead too?”
Sean stilled, his expression tightening. “Maybe. I don’t know. But it’s not what matters right now.”
“Oh, I disagree. I think it’s pretty much all that matters. Because if she and I are dead in the future?—”
“Fuck, Caden, I knew it!” he interjected. “Yer counting on becoming the father!”
I didn’t want to lie to my best friend.
The thoughthadcrossed my mind, especially since I wasn’t exactly opposed to the idea of its creation.
I had been picturing Emma and me together for weeks now, while fisting my dick at night. But that’s all it was—massive sexual attraction to a gorgeous woman.
