Chapter 972:

He was always so thoughtful.

“You probably already know that I want to talk about the baby,” she began. “This… wasn’t something I planned. I was drunk at the time, and I didn’t expect to get pregnant…”

Her gaze shifted to the water bottle on the table.

Daxton noticed and immediately handed it to her, the cap already twisted off.

She accepted it, but her grip tightened rather than drinking. “This happened before we started dating,” she continued, her voice gentle but weighted. “It shouldn’t have anything to do with you, but now that I’m pregnant…”

abdomen, and her eyes softened. “I thought about not having the baby and waiting until I could have a child with… my future partner. But this might be my

considered mentioning having a child with Daxton, but they had only

steady and unwavering. He reached out, his hand covering hers. “I’ve already told you, Carrie—if you want to have this child, I’ll be their father. Whether or not there are other children in the future, I don’t need anyone else. I

love you, and I will love everything that is part of you. You’re my wife, and your child is

But now, hearing it again with such sincerity, she finally believed him. Her grip on his hand tightened as she

his head gently, a warm smile on his face. “It’s not that I’m good—it’s that you’re worth it.” Standing, Daxton moved to sit beside her, pulling her gently

between them was no

gaze softened as he looked at her, and slowly, tenderly, he leaned

were about to meet, Carrie’s phone buzzed sharply, shattering the intimate

of frustration. “Go ahead and take that. I’ll check

his endless patience kept their relationship from progressing beyond

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