Shit, I liked it on me too. I closed the background check and opened up Picsgram, navigating straight to Phileigh’s profile. If she thought I wasn’t coming after her fine ass, she was sadly mistaken.

Chapter 13

The front door clicked shut behind me as I stepped inside my apartment.

“Home sweet home.”

I sighed as I kicked off my shoes. Man, my feet ached from standing up for six hours straight. I was blessed to have a good amount of clientele to keep me busy on a Friday, but boy, did I miss the days when I was just hanging out at Lolo’s shop for fun. I didn’t know how to manage this workload with my pregnancy or after the baby.

I removed the ultrasound pictures from my coat before placing it in the closet and making my way down the long hallway toward my living room. My eyes never left the photos. I was still on a high from having seen my baby for the first time. There was a little life growing inside me, and I was in love. Flicking on the light, my heart stopped at the sight of Kellon sitting on my living room couch. His head turned in my direction, and his eyes narrowed in on me, freezing me in place like I’d seen a damn ghost.

“Kellon?” I skipped town on this man to avoid him, and now, here he was sitting in my house.

“Phileigh.”

“What… are you doing here? How did you get into my house?” Hell, how did he even know where I lived? I watched him on television a few hours ago at the victory parade. I stared at him as I ran my fingers through my hair in pure confusion.

“You ran,” he said, sitting up a little. “And I know how to pick locks.”

His voice was too calm to admit to breaking into my home. This was wild, and I didn’t know if I should be turned on, scared, or irritated.

I sighed. “Kellon… You shouldn’t have come, and you definitely shouldn’t have come to my house unannounced.”

“You shouldn’t have run. You left my house without saying goodbye. You had to know I was coming after you.”

“No, I thought you would just move on and live your life. I mean, we spent less than two days together.”

Kellon stood from the couch and moved in my direction.

“Two days, and I can’t stop thinking about you, Phileigh, about… the baby you are growing, about why the universe sent both of you to me. It’s not a coincidence.”

“The baby?” I repeated. My heart raced. “You been thinking about my baby?”

I was speechless. My mouth opened and closed, but no more words came out.

“Phileigh, having a baby is a lot. You don’t have to go through this shit alone.”

“I won’t be alone. I have Lolo and my parents.”