“I don’t mean as my bestfuckingfriend,” Theo growled.
“I know. Me too.”
He shook his head in amazement, holding my hand between his as he raised it to my lips. “Thenwhy—”
“Self-preservation, Theo. You attract trouble, and I can’t handle it.” I dropped my eyes from him as he swallowed.
“If that’s my baby—”
“Lissa said it is. She said she’d do DNA.”
My voice wobbled.
“—Ifit is, I have to be there for them. I’m not a dickhead, Hannah. It doesn’t mean I can’t be with you, though, surely?”
I cried as he kissed my tears away.
“I’msofucking sorry. But I swear wecanget through this. Ican’tbe without you.”
This time when I tried to pull away, Theo didn’t let me. His lips crashed on mine as I cried out, desperately trying to avoid contact with him. His tongue dived into my mouth, and I stopped resisting, kissing him back hard as he smiled against me.
“There’s my girl.”
16
HANNAH
Ishifted uneasily in my seat as Theo stroked my back, his eyes calm as I coughed nervously.
“Are you okay?” he asked, his voice barely audible.
“Yes,” I sighed as the blue Mini pulled up, my stomach turning to knots when Lissa stepped out, all long legs and waist-length blonde hair.
Lissa scowled at me before fixing her gaze on Theo.
“Why isshehere?” Lissa demanded, her eyes narrowing as she stood in front of us, red-painted nails gripping her hips.
“Because I asked her to be. How are you feeling?” Theo asked without emotion as he stared at the floor.
“Sick. Tired. Fat. Oh, we need to discuss logistics after this.”
“Logistics?” Theo echoed as she sighed, looking up at him with a thin smile.
“Oh, you know, child support, living arrangements, that kind of thing.”
Theo gripped my hand as I swallowed, knowing it must be killing him inside.
“You haverights. Don’t worry until the baby is here,” I whispered as Lissa frowned at me.
“This hasnothingto do with you. Why are you even here? I don’t recall your presence when we madeourbaby.” She sneered, touching her flat stomach with a smug smile.
The blood boiled in my veins until Theo spoke.
“Wefucked, Lissa. We used a condom. The chances of you getting pregnant were two percent––I didn’t plan on becomingyourbaby’s daddy.Thisgirl is my fuckingworld.”
Lissa’s eyes glittered dangerously as she stared at Theo.
“I must’ve made you come so hard you made the condom split. I remember it well.”
