54 - Felicity

Cocky bastard.

"How do you intend on doing that?" I ask him.

"I'll do whatever it takes."

He takes another step forward.

I take another back but find the door behind me. I'm cornered. Shawn looks into my eyes. "I've missed you, Felicity."

His words and his gaze send my pulse pounding, but I suppress my excitement. And my hopes. I promised myself I'd be smarter, stronger. Besides, he hasn't said the words I want to hear the most.

I hold my chin high. "You just miss having sex with me, don't you? Isn't that why you wanted to have a baby with me? Just so you could have sex with me?"

"I'd be lying if I said I didn't miss the sex, but that's not why I want to be with you."

I ignore him. "Or maybe you just don't want another man to have me?"

"Of course not," Shawn admits. "Is that so bad?"

"You just want to keep me on the bench."

"Bench?"

"You're greedy. And you're selfish. And you're..."

I stop talking because he's so close to me now, So close I can smell his cologne. I can't breathe.

"Why