Chapter Sixty

Leon

Sleeping beside Beth and not being able to touch her was hell. I wouldn't have had a problem with it before when we were still at loggerheads but now that I knew what she tasted like, how she felt around me... I literally had to ball my fists to keep from reaching out to her.

"You're fucked." I muttered under my breath.

"Leon." Beth's sleepy voice called.

"Hmm?".

"Why are you talking to yourself?". She asked. "Having trouble sleeping?".

"Kinda." I said. "You?".

"I'm finding it hard to sleep." She groaned. "My back hurts."

"Why didn't you tell me?". I sat up in bed and leaned back against the headboard. "Come here."

"You'll rub my back?". She looked surprised.

"Who else will do that if I don't?". I frowned then sighed when she bit her lip looking uncertain. "Beth, come on... Seriously?". Just because I had said I didn't want the baby didn't mean I'd let her suffer when she was in pain. I was an asshole but not that much of an asshole.

"I'm sorry." She apologized. "I just... I tho