Chapter 112

Sutton stood in the development team’s kitchen on Monday morning, waiting for the kettle to boil. She needed a cup of tea. Saturday had been Blair and Roman’s wedding. She had done her best to keep her distance from Luca. He had hurt her so badly the first time around, and she wasn’t sure she could deal with that kind of hurt again. She had loved… No; she needed to be honest with herself. She loved him… as in still did. That was the problem with love. You couldn’t turn it off like a tap. So she needed to protect herself and her baby. And tonight she had agreed to have dinner with him. He had said to discuss the baby. But there were other questions he was still waiting for answers on… One being the car service and the second his proposal of marriage. She was thinking of accepting one, but the other… his proposal. That wasn’t something she could even think about. She pressed a hand to her lower back. Her balance was off. Having a soccer ball strapped to your belly all the time had really