Reformed with Romance

89: March 3rd, 2020

I smiled, waving back at Casie, "Bye, princess! Love you. Have fun at school tomorrow. Thanks for calling me."

"Of course. Bye, Livvy. Love you. Bye, daddy. Love you," Casie said.

"Later, shorty, love you more," Colson said.

Then she disappeared, and her little square showing her face was gone and Colson's square took up most of my screen. "And then there were two," I joked.

He frowned, scratching the back of his neck and avoiding the camera. "I heard you and Jake split," he said. "I'm really sorry, O."

I smiled weakly, "How'd you find out?"

"My best friend is dating your sister."

My brows raised for a second as I took in that obvious piece of information. I sighed, nodding my head. "She tell you everything?" I mumbled.

"Not really. And I didn't ask... You wanna talk about it?"

I scoffed, "Talk about how I lost another man? On my birthday? No. Not really."

Colson laughed, "I heard you dumped him. You are definitely good at that, baby girl."

I blushed at the old nickname. And he froze like he wanted to apologize for it but I just smiled, shaking my head. He didn't need to. "Right after Casie left. The very next day. We broke up. I said I saw a future with him, as a father... And he basically said that he was leaning towards never having kids due to his age. Then it felt like an ultimatum and I felt pressured by the idea of marriage within a year just for him to consider kids in his timeline," I summed up.

"You and these babies," he mumbled, slightly amused as he shook his head and looked away in disbelief.

My jaw dropped, "Okay, asshole!"

He laughed loudly, meeting my eye, "I'm sorry. I know you want kids."

"At this point I don't even care about marriage. I can't keep a man. I'm better off getting a spent donor when I'm ready for a baby," I sighed.

"You can have my sperm."

We both laughed then, "I can see the headlines. Olivia Bennett is a home wrecker. Having MGK's baby while he is happily without her in his life."

"You think people would really be surprised?" He asked. "We're soulmates, Livvy. Time doesn't change that. We're intertwined."

"Colson," I whispered, frowning.

"I'm not about to go fighting for you. We have parted ways."

"Yeah, we have."

"You were happy with Jake. What's so bad about marrying him?" He asked.

"It's not that marriage was a bad idea. It was the rush of it all. And..."

"And, what? You know you can tell me anything."

"And we were beyond happy. It was like waking up on cloud nine every day. We rarely argued if ever. We could talk about anything. Distance was not an issue. He gave me all the attention and affection I craved. He was dependable and patient. He's everything I thought I wanted and needed."

"He was too perfect."

"He was my dream guy. I would've love to marry him and start a family. No doubt. But I just felt like I was always waiting for the other shoe to drop. We didn't face anything hard. We had no challenges. How could I drop everything in my life to marry him as soon as possible just to ensure within 2 years we'd have a kid."