CHAPTER FOUR
The children’s wing of the hospital was painted with bluebirds, colorful flowers, and rainbows, but the cheery decor did nothing to ease Jared’s growing anxiety. He’d been trying to come to terms with a divorce he didn’t want and now he was about to become a guardian. A father.
A dad.
He thought about Brady’s letter.
You’ve always wanted kids.
Jared had wanted to be a dad. After he and Kate got married, she was enthusiastic about wanting kids, but they’d agreed to hold off to concentrate on their careers. Still, he’d imagined having a family, the perfect family to go with his fantasy of the perfect marriage—two children, a fancy double stroller, and a fully loaded minivan. But when Kate’s company exploded onto the PR scene, she resisted starting a family. And then the Sea
