Where Do Broken Hearts Go? | Unexpected Series Book One

Chapter 18: Phone Backgrounds and Life's Secrets

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Harry's POV

The breakfast Beth has made is absolutely delicious and extremely filling, which may have something to do with the fact that I've eaten more than I normally would.

But anything to spend more time with Beth.

I watch as she places another piece of the gooey French toast into her mouth and I see a droplet of the syrup fall onto the skin on her chest.

I wanna lick that off.

But she uses her own finger to wipe it off and puts it into her mouth and sucks it off and oh my fucking hell...

She looks right at me.

My pants just grew a little tighter.

Okay, maybe a lot tighter.

She wipes her mouth with her napkin and asks what I'm doing today.

Uh...you?

"Well, actually, I was going to finish off the errand that I had originally planned for yesterday and I was hoping you'd let me take Nick out with me if that's okay with you?" I answer.

Beth however seems a million miles away and I can see her having an internal battle in her head, I'm sure of it.

"Beth!" I say a little bit louder, to catch her attention.

Even the kids are looking at her now with amusement on their faces.

"Happens all the time Harry," Chloe muses.

Beth looks at me all embarrassed as her cheeks start to redden and shit she looks cute when that happens.

"You were miles away," I say as I raise my eyebrows and give her a cheeky smirk, "what were you daydreaming about?"

Please let it be me.

"I...uh...oh shut up!" she mumbles as takes another bite of her toast.

It was definitely me.

I can't help but nudge her with my knee under the table to gain her attention again.

"I was saying that I have an errand to complete today and I could really use some help," I say to her.

"What kind of errand?" she asks me curiously.

"Ah...secret men's business," I say and smirk again.

Secret Santa business that if I tell her I know she'll tell me to stop so for the moment my lips are sealed.

"And what help do you need?" she asks and I sense some scepticism on her part.

"I was really hoping you'd let Nick come along with me, another man would be really handy," I say.

Straightaway, Nick is begging Beth to let him go with me and I can't help but smirk a little his persistence with poor Beth.

I watch as she sinks into her own thoughts again, drawing her bottom lip into her mouth as she chews on it in quiet contemplation before she finally answers me.

"You understand what you're asking of me don't you?" she says to me, "you're asking me to entrust you with my child."

Damn Harold.

I hadn't quite thought of it from that perspective.

"Muuuuuuuuum!  Please let me go with Harry!" Nick asks Beth again and I'm beginning to think she's not going to let him come with me.