#Chapter 216 – Can’t Help It

Kent stares at me for a long moment, steady and serious, before he slips his hand from my cheek to my neck, pulling me to him and kissing me, hard and fast like he can’t help it. My mouth opens to him in an instant and I reach for him, wrapping my hands in his shirt and using my leverage there to pull him close. The kiss is desperate for a moment as we both consider how close it was – that possibility of losing each other, of me having to raise this baby without him. But now that we’re here, and we have another chance? There’s no way in hell that we’re letting anyone take this from us. Never again. Kent breaks the kiss after a long moment, resting his forehead against mine and staring down into my eyes. “I love you, Fay,” he whispers, and a thrill runs through me to hear it. “I know,” I murmur, my breath coming hard as I force myself to loosen my grip on his shirt. He leans in again, moving his mouth to mine, eager to continue, but I put a hand on his chest, very aware that we’re