Chapter Nine
Ward
Susannah shifted on her feet again, worrying her bottom lip with her teeth. “You’re technically my boss now. We have to figure this out. It’s more than just the baby.”
I knew she was right, but I’d already done some thinking. Right now, I was perfectly content to have this be nobody’s business but ours.
“We’ll figure it out,” I said.
I had no idea what we would do. I had my doubts we could keep this on the casual level, not with a baby factored into the equation. In fact, the odd thing was, the direction I was going inside would likely scare her off. Hell, it frightened me on its own. Yet, it felt right. If we were going to do this, I wasn’t going to do it halfway. No child of mine would get the half of a family I had. I knew I had to play it slow though, if only bec
