#Chapter 31: Break This Hold

I stared at Joseph, mouth agape in my disbelief. He wanted me… to be his girlfriend? “Give me the chance to do things right this time.” Joseph offered a boyish smile. “Remember how much fun we had together? It could be like that all the time.” We’d had fun, sure. Back then, I had thought I was in love with him. Now, I’m not sure it was more than infatuation. Yet… Didn’t our baby deserve a chance at a real family? If Joseph was telling the truth, maybe we could rekindle what we had and build a loving home for the sake of our child. I wasn’t sure if I’d ever love him, but I also wasn’t sure I even knew what love was. When I closed my eyes to imagine a happy family, it was Asher I saw at my side. Foolish. “I don’t know,” I said to Joseph. “You need time. I get it.” He placed his hand on his heart. “I’m nothing if not a patient man.” When we had been together in the past, all of our secret rendezvous had been on his terms, his schedule. When I had asked to compromise, he had thre