My Coldhearted Ex demands a Remarriage by Eva Blackwood

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…”

until I could have a child with… my future partner. But

with Daxton, but they had only just

leaned forward, his gaze 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

everything that is part of

emotion. When Daxton had said this at the hospital, she thought he was just trying to comfort her. But now, hearing it again with such sincerity, she

not that I’m good—it’s that you’re worth it.” Standing, Daxton moved to sit beside her, pulling her gently

away. The closeness between them was no longer just physical; it was

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

were about to meet, Carrie’s phone

a step back without a hint of frustration. “Go ahead and take that. I’ll check the fridge and make us something to eat,” he

there was a nagging feeling that his endless patience kept their relationship from progressing beyond a comfortable