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…”

the baby and waiting until I could have a child with… my future partner. But

having a child with Daxton, but they had only just begun dating. Their future

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 in the future, I don’t need

is part of you. You’re

glimmered with 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

smile on his face. “It’s not that I’m good—it’s that you’re worth it.”

Carrie didn’t pull away. The closeness between them was no longer just physical; it was a deeper, shared

gaze softened as he looked at her, and

lips were about to meet,

slipped from her shoulders, and he took a step back without a hint of frustration. “Go ahead and take that. I’ll check the fridge

nagging feeling that his endless patience kept their relationship from progressing beyond

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