“We’ve been alone dozens of times!” he argued.
“Yes, but that was different. There were things to distract us. We had a gym to escape to. We had a TV and other people around us.”
“There are other people here as well. And if you want a gym, I’ll build you a gym.”
“Ha! But not fast enough. Not before the boredom sets in and we both realize that we’re not right for each other,” I blurted out before I could think better of it.
The air stilled all around us at my admission. Only the sound of Jeff’s low whistle broke the silence.
“Wait…you don’t think we’re right for each other?”
Did I? Crap, I didn’t even know what I was saying. Everything had moved so fast when we were in Pennsylvania, and now I was pregnant and we were going to have a baby. I didn’t know how to deal with that.
“I—” Words ceased to exist as I felt the world closing in around me. I was freaking out big time, and it felt like there was no way to stop the runaway emotions taking over my body.
“I had no idea you felt that way,” he said softly.
“It’s not—I don’t know what I feel, okay?”
“But you don’t think we’ll make it,” Parker scoffed. “Why the hell did you even come out here with me if you didn’t think we stood a chance?”
“I didn’t say we don’t stand a chance?—”
“You just said we’re both gonna realize we’re not right for each other.”
“Because I’m a babbling idiot!” I shouted. Tears sprang to my eyes as my emotions overwhelmed me. Suddenly, breathing seemed like a chore more than a natural reaction to being alive.
Parker was shouting something at me, but I couldn’t hear him over theroar in my ears. I was panicking. Big time. My hands were shaking and the tightening in my chest was growing to an astronomical level. I was never going to survive this.
The truck suddenly slowed, and it was only because I saw Parker shift into neutral that I realized he was trying to get me to pull over.
Was I losing it?
Absolutely.
I’d never been in a position like this before, and with everything coming at me a hundred miles an hour, it was very possible I would have a heart attack right now and die from being overwhelmed by events.
Which was something that never happened to me.
I was the queen of cool. I didn’t lose my shit over anything. I handled problems with ease and kicked ass. Except these problems weren’t something I could just karate chop my way out of.
I was facing an entirely new life in a small town where everyone knew my business.
I was pregnant.
I was supposed to be getting married.
I had a new house.
I had no furniture.
Was there anything else I could pile on top of the shit heap that was becoming my life? These should all be good things, but all I felt was utter and complete panic.
“Blake, you have to calm down and talk to me,” Parker said calmly.
It was only then that I realized I was stopped on the side of the road, and both of the brothers were staring at me.
“Tell me what’s going on.”
