particularly strong, but she wasn’t about to let him know how frightened she’d really been.
“Well, there’s no way that man is getting his claws into your baby.”
Ginny gave him a small smile, loving the feel of his fingers twined with hers. God, she’d give anything to have him be a part of her life again. “I’ve got a lot of amazing people in my corner. If nothing else, we won’t make it easy on him.”
“You’re the bravest woman I know,” Logan said, his eyes flashing with an emotion she was almost afraid to try and identify.
“No. I’m not.” She shook her head, fighting tears. “If I was, I’d have told the truth about the baby from the beginning. I’d never have lied to Celeste and to my family. And most importantly, I’d never have lied to you.”
“You were caught off guard. I get that. And you did what you thought was best in the moment. If I learned anything at all when I was in Afghanistan, it’s that in a crisis the moment is really all you’ve got. A split second to make a decision that could potentially affect you for the rest of your life. When you woke up and learned that Jacob was dead and that you were pregnant, you did what you needed to do to protect your child. I can’t pretend the lie didn’t hurt me. It did. But that doesn’t mean I can’t understand why you did it.”
“I never meant to hurt anyone,” she said, the tears flowing now. “But I did. And worst of all, I hurt you—the most important person in my life. If I could take it back… If I could do it all over again…”
He reached over to wipe away her tears. “Maybe what’s more important is that instead of looking back, we try to move forward.”
“We?” Ginny asked, hope blooming deep inside her.
“Yeah,” he said, leaning over to kiss her. “You and me.” He laid his big hand across her swollen belly. “And Little Bit. If you guys will have me. I’ve been such an ass, Ginny.”
“No.” She shook her head, covering his hand with hers. “You had every right to be upset. To walk away. I don’t blame you at all. I just wanted…I just wanted us to be together.”
“I shouldn’t have been so judgmental. I should have been able to understand. To forgive you. It’s just that I was so hurt. And angry. And, well, I got lost in all of that. I wanted to come to you so many times, but then I’d just get pissed all over again.”
“And now?”
“Now I just want to be with you.”
“Because of the baby?” She swallowed, putting her fears front and center. If they were going to move forward, she was determined to be nothing less than honest. “I don’t need your pity.”
“God, Ginny, I don’t pity you. I already said how brave I think you are and how much I admire your strength. But I know better than most that you can’t do it all on your own. I think we’re better off together. You’re the woman I want to spend my life with. No matter what baggage comes along with you.” His warm hand smoothed the skin across her stomach. “And I don’t mean Little Bit.”
She shivered, thinking of the senator. “It isn’t going to be easy. But if he comes at me, I’m going to fight him.”
“And if you’ll let me, I’ll be right there with you. I won’t let him hurt you again. I don’t know what happened. Or why you were with him. I meant what I said; that’s all in the past. But the bottom line here is that the son of a bitch is a habitual cheater who preys on young, innocent women, and there’s no way he comes out a winner after doing that.”
Ginny held Logan’s gaze for a moment, chewing on her lower lip. “The baby could still be Jacob’s.”
“I hope it is. For both of your sakes. But it doesn’t matter to me. All that matters to me is that Little Bit is yours. And that I love you. And as long as you’ll have me, I want a place in your life.”
“You love me?” The words came out on a stutter, joy flooding through Ginny’s entire being.
“I do. And I want to
“Well, there’s no way that man is getting his claws into your baby.”
Ginny gave him a small smile, loving the feel of his fingers twined with hers. God, she’d give anything to have him be a part of her life again. “I’ve got a lot of amazing people in my corner. If nothing else, we won’t make it easy on him.”
“You’re the bravest woman I know,” Logan said, his eyes flashing with an emotion she was almost afraid to try and identify.
“No. I’m not.” She shook her head, fighting tears. “If I was, I’d have told the truth about the baby from the beginning. I’d never have lied to Celeste and to my family. And most importantly, I’d never have lied to you.”
“You were caught off guard. I get that. And you did what you thought was best in the moment. If I learned anything at all when I was in Afghanistan, it’s that in a crisis the moment is really all you’ve got. A split second to make a decision that could potentially affect you for the rest of your life. When you woke up and learned that Jacob was dead and that you were pregnant, you did what you needed to do to protect your child. I can’t pretend the lie didn’t hurt me. It did. But that doesn’t mean I can’t understand why you did it.”
“I never meant to hurt anyone,” she said, the tears flowing now. “But I did. And worst of all, I hurt you—the most important person in my life. If I could take it back… If I could do it all over again…”
He reached over to wipe away her tears. “Maybe what’s more important is that instead of looking back, we try to move forward.”
“We?” Ginny asked, hope blooming deep inside her.
“Yeah,” he said, leaning over to kiss her. “You and me.” He laid his big hand across her swollen belly. “And Little Bit. If you guys will have me. I’ve been such an ass, Ginny.”
“No.” She shook her head, covering his hand with hers. “You had every right to be upset. To walk away. I don’t blame you at all. I just wanted…I just wanted us to be together.”
“I shouldn’t have been so judgmental. I should have been able to understand. To forgive you. It’s just that I was so hurt. And angry. And, well, I got lost in all of that. I wanted to come to you so many times, but then I’d just get pissed all over again.”
“And now?”
“Now I just want to be with you.”
“Because of the baby?” She swallowed, putting her fears front and center. If they were going to move forward, she was determined to be nothing less than honest. “I don’t need your pity.”
“God, Ginny, I don’t pity you. I already said how brave I think you are and how much I admire your strength. But I know better than most that you can’t do it all on your own. I think we’re better off together. You’re the woman I want to spend my life with. No matter what baggage comes along with you.” His warm hand smoothed the skin across her stomach. “And I don’t mean Little Bit.”
She shivered, thinking of the senator. “It isn’t going to be easy. But if he comes at me, I’m going to fight him.”
“And if you’ll let me, I’ll be right there with you. I won’t let him hurt you again. I don’t know what happened. Or why you were with him. I meant what I said; that’s all in the past. But the bottom line here is that the son of a bitch is a habitual cheater who preys on young, innocent women, and there’s no way he comes out a winner after doing that.”
Ginny held Logan’s gaze for a moment, chewing on her lower lip. “The baby could still be Jacob’s.”
“I hope it is. For both of your sakes. But it doesn’t matter to me. All that matters to me is that Little Bit is yours. And that I love you. And as long as you’ll have me, I want a place in your life.”
“You love me?” The words came out on a stutter, joy flooding through Ginny’s entire being.
“I do. And I want to
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