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and I don’t want to share her with anyone.”
    “I feel the same way about Cassandra.”
    “Does she get jealous over you?”
    “Well, she wasn’t too happy that I slept with
Laura. But that’s different.”
    “Yeah.”
    “Just let it go. If you keep thinking about
it, it’ll eat you alive.”
    “I suppose.”
    “So…it’s been over three months.” Everyone
was talking about the pregnancy. None of us had said it to their
face. “Is it safe to say everything is good?” I hoped his answer
was yes.
    “We’re going to the doctor today,” he said.
“And I hope everything is good.” I saw the desperation in his
eyes.
    “I’m sure it is, man. This is going to happen
for you guys.”
    “I hope so. She thinks it’s a girl. I really
want one, but then I started thinking about her dating and stuff…”
He shook his head. “My daughter isn’t going to date, and she isn’t
going to be with a man until he marries her. Scarlet thought I was
crazy.”
    “I don’t want girls,” I said immediately. “I
don’t want to deal with that. Otherwise, they aren’t leaving the
house until they are wearing a snowsuit, and any boy that comes
near them will be assassinated.”
    Sean rubbed his temple. “Now I’m hoping for a
boy. It would make my life simpler.”
    “That makes two of us.”
    “So, why did you come in here? Did you need
something?”
    “I just wanted to talk.”
    He cocked an eyebrow. “Stop with the
bullshit.”
    I laughed. “I wanted to ask a favor.”
    “Of course you do.”
    “Cassandra is in her last two months. She’s
big and having a hard time around the house. I want to stay home
with her for a few months. I can work from my computer.”
    “Are you asking for my permission?”
    “This is a team effort.”
    “I’ll make you a deal,” he said. “I’ll let
you work from home and take maternity leave if I get to do the same
thing with Scarlet.”
    “That sounds fair.”
    “Then we’ve struck a deal.”
    “Good. Today will be my last day.”
    “Alright. But you might need to come in for a
few things here and there.”
    “That’s fine,” I said. “I just want to be
home a majority of the time. She’s getting so big that she doesn’t
want to get up. And she’s got this ridiculous notion in her head
that she’s fat and hideous.”
    Sean smirked. “Scarlet is pulling the same
shit. She doesn’t realize how much hotter she is when she’s
pregnant. I don’t get it.”
    I rolled my eyes. “Women…”
    “Yeah.”
    “I basically had to force her to have sex
with me last night.”
    He raised an eyebrow. “You know, you can rape
your spouse…”
    I glared at him. “That’s not funny.”
    “I wasn’t trying to be.”
“It wasn’t like that. She just kept saying she was ugly. I had to
prove it to her by ramming her into my headboard.”
    “Good to know,” he said sarcastically.
    I smirked. “I’ll finish up here then head
home early.”
    “Such a slacker.”
    “You’re one to talk.” I walked out then shut
the door behind me.

Chapter 3
    Sean
    I picked up Scarlet from work then drove back
into the city to see her doctor. She kept eyeing me from her seat,
studying me.
    “You’re still mad.”
    “No.” I stared straight ahead and kept my
eyes on the road.
    “It really bothers you that much?” she asked
incredulously.
    “No.”
    She sighed then rolled her eyes. “Sean, it’s
really not a big deal. You’re being really immature about
this.”
    I was about to snap. “I love that you trust
me, but trust has nothing to do with jealousy. It really doesn’t
bother you when women want to sleep with me? Even when they don’t
care that I’m married?”
    “It does bother me, but I’m not going to get
upset about it. Being angry won’t change anything.”
    I gripped the steering wheel and fell
silent.
    “You’re being ridiculous.”
    “Just forget it, okay?”
    “I guess I’ll have to. There’s no reasoning
with you.”
    I turned on the radio so the