Fled With His Son, The Cop Begged Nightly Novel - Chapter 12

Chapter 12 . Claire threw up until there was nothing left but dry heaving . Bile burned the back of her throat . Her stomach was empty . Her heart was , too . Back in bed , Claire could still lie to herself . She could still pretend Miles loved her . As long as she had a place in his heart , this marriage could survive . Then one phone call from Elodie was all it took . Every promise . Every bit of warmth from the night before . Gone , without a second thought . His " be right back " always came with a specific name attached . For her , it was two days of dead silence .

For Elodie , it was twenty - four - hour , on - call service . Miles came back at six - thirty in the morning . His shoulders dropped when he saw the lump under the covers . Then he walked into the bathroom . A small pink pillbox sat in the trash . Something dark flickered across his face . He stared at the letters on the box for a few seconds . Then he turned on the shower without a word . Water crashed against the tiles . Claire kept her eyes shut and played the part of a woman deep in sleep . A few minutes later , the water cut off . The mattress dipped behind her .

Damp skin , warm from the shower . He pulled her back into his chest the way he always did , running on pure habit . " Clairie ... " He buried his face in the crook of her neck . His voice came out raw . Every muscle in her body locked up . Her stomach started rolling again . He smelled exactly like Elodie had that day . He felt her go rigid . The hand moving along her waist stopped . He didn't push it . He just held on . His two days off were up . He was supposed to be at the precinct today . He showed zero signs of leaving . The sky outside was already going pale .

She couldn't take it anymore . She turned over . " Are you skipping work today , too ? " He used the movement to shift above her . " Why did you take the pill ? " Claire blinked . Then it landed . She let the silence sit for a beat . " Isn't that exactly what you wanted ? " It was a hormone regulator . The box just happened to look almost identical to Plan B. A dense , straight - laced guy like Miles didn't understand these things , and Claire had no intention of correcting him . His arm tightened . One tug and she was flush against him , pinned to his chest . I already told you .

I want a baby now . We're not getting a divorce . " Claire planted both hands on his chest and pushed herself up a few inches . Menus < Chapter 12 You said it . I never agreed . " Saying it did nothing to her would be a lie . But what good would that do now ? The only reason Claire ever begged him for a baby was because she believed he loved her . In her head , a healthy marriage looked like her parents ' . That's the life she wanted . But she'd spent years chasing him , and she was done being the thing in his way . She switched tracks . " So are you going to work or not ?