She needed to leave so he could have his Molly back.
Cassidy pushed through the door, and the weight of what had just happened settled square on his shoulders.
“You want to tell me what just happened?” Molly asked, this time not out of the side of her mouth.
“That’s Cassidy. She’s on a date with a book, apparently.” That, he hoped, was the end of that.
“No.” Molly shook her head, making a c’mere motion. “Give me more.”
Fine, he’d give her more. Just a taste. “We dated once.”
“Uh-huh? When?”
“This is going to get uncomfortable for both of us.”
Molly grinned. “Just you.”
Okay, fine. He’d tell her. They’d get this bit of information out of the way early so they could move on with the rest of their lives.
“After Rachel, I dated Cass for a little while,” he said. “Not long.”
Molly raised her eyebrows in obvious question.
“Before Rachel and I found out about the kids and plans changed.” He paused. “Obviously, plans changed.”
The night Gavin met Rachel, he thought she was beautiful. Thought they had some chemistry. Figured her pursuit of him meant she was interested.
Turned out, Rachel was an amazing woman, not looking for anything more than a one-time hookup. (And not the kind at the Brown Palace with his mother’s friend Audrey.)
Two days after Gavin gave up on Rachel ever calling him back, he met the woman he was certain destiny had hand-picked for him.
Blonde hair that went on for ages, gray eyes post-grad Gavin fell right into.
Cassidy was not a talker. Happy to sit in silence, Cassidy was kind. She was pretty. She had a laugh that lit up his soul.
And then Rachel called.
Told him about the babies. That something had gone seriously wrong with their birth control method. That she was scared of what came next.
“You broke up with Cassidy when Rachel found out she was carrying the boys?” Molly asked, and lucky for him, this was not Persona-Molly—this was real Molly. Concerned Molly. Curious Molly. The Molly he wanted to talk to, but not about…this.
“Cassidy and I decided it would be best not to complicate things further,” he said, grateful to Cassidy of the past for understanding the situation he’d created for himself.
“That was very adult of you both.” Molly gnawed at her bottom lip.
“Thank you.”
“Also.” She turned and smacked him on the chest. “Really stupid. Because she clearly likes you. Rachel didn’t like you like that, and we both know I’m right.”
Gavin had married Rachel because he thought it was the right thing to do.
By the time they both truly realized they were not a forever package, their co-parenting relationship had already been born. And it worked.
“Could we not talk about my ex-girlfriend and ex-wife on our first official date?” he asked, hoping Molly would go along with this.
Molly held up her hand. “I have questions.”
“Is it about the previous topic?”
