…Xavien POV… It has been another week that has passed in misery. Being in my company is absolutely unbearable, not only for me but for Mekayla as well. I have really not been the best person to be around these days. I have for weeks now sat here and slowly losing my mind, but what I have failed to notice all this time is that I am losing Mekayla as well. She has grown distant from me; at first, I thought it is because she wanted to give me space. But when she stopped wanting to be around me to make sure that I am okay, then I started to notice that she is pushing herself away. This morning she came to me with tears in her eyes, begging me to please talk to her, but when I said that there is nothing to talk about, then she hit me with these very words. "I am moving out today.' Now, my first reaction was…nothing. I thought that she is running away from her problems like she always does. But then it came to me…I am her problem. She is running awa

…Mekayla POV…It's been a week since I left the city. Xavien has not to stop phoning for one second. I know that he is going off his mind by now. But I need him to understand that I am doing this for us. He needs to find himself, and it should be all by himself. I, too, need to clear my head. We cannot work if we are broken. Yes, I know that we should be broken together and heal each other. But I think that I am just a distraction from what he really needs to be doing at this moment.This morning I came up with a better solution for my living arrangements. It's bold and definitely crazy, I might even regret it, but I don't care; it really gets cold at night in the cabin. I need to think of my baby, and this is not the place to think of raising himSo I pick up my phone and dial his number."Billy.""Hey, Mekayla.""How have you been?""I am great, thanks."Then I gather all my nerves together and chuck them away ask I set out to

…Mekayla POV…So we are back in town.After much discussing and pulling straws, Xavien won, and we will be moving back to this little town, leaving the city behind.We do not see it as being a failure; it taught us the finer things in life are not always the best to have. It is early morning; Xavien did his awful naked walk to go fetch the paper while I am having the breakfast that Billy was so kind to have made.This morning we are going to look at another ranch nearby. Xavien says that there is no way that he will kick Billy out.This is what makes me love this man so much.Now not only has Billy has terrible taste in clothes, but he also cannot cook either. I can knock the cat sitting at the door completely unconscious with this thing. Let me not even start with this egg, if you can even call it that. This is the worst breakfast I have ever had in my life."I don't think you can stab that thing anymore de

…Xavien POV…What does a man that is not a boy that is maybe too much of a man do? He waits. He waits for her dad to either come to kill him or give his blessing. There is no way to tell how this one is going to go. And we have not even gotten to the part where we will tell him that Mekayla is pregnant. So while her dad is off to his study to make a quick phone call, now he says it is for business; well, I think he is about to get that gun of his. But Mekayla seems to feel different about this all. She comes to sit next to me; I swear if her dad sees her this close, he might just have my head."Baby, I think dad likes you.""Do you think so, princess?""Yes, because he has not chased you off the property with his gun yet.""God, thanks, princess, you really know how to make a man feel good."Just then, we hear her dad coming back, I edge myself away from her, but the more I move, the closer I get to her dad. Now I

…Xavien POV…When you strive for happiness, look towards perfection.Perfection is what my eyes behold…Mekayla Winters, soon to be Caruso. And beyond those layers that cover that beautiful bump of her belly is a miracle.A miracle that craves pickles dumped into a nauseating amount of chocolate spread, and let us not forget all the strawberry milk that goes along with that. I am still deciding which is the worse to see, morning sickness or the very unhealthy eating habits. The moment I suggest fruit or even hint towards a vegetable, I am told it is her body, and she will stick whatever she wants to in it. Well, I know what she can, but I am not even suggesting that part at the moment.The woman I love so much is a little baby monster. I am thinking the baby is taken over her brain and that she is no longer thinking straight.What else I have noticed is her total lack of wanting to get out of bed; well, I can put it up to more a