Sharynn POV

This was truly a test of Sharynn's strength. Calling Trenton and asking to meet with him. If he refused, that was that, it was all over. If he agreed to meet with her, there was a chance he still had feelings for her.

He agreed to meet with her.

Trenton came to her place, dressed sharp as always, and she let him inside. He looked so good to her, she was so in love with him, and she hoped things worked out. She had seen little of him at work, and when she did, he never acknowledged her. She hurt him, she understood that, but she needed to explain herself.

"Trenton, thanks for coming. I know you must think I'm a crazy person...after how I ended things and now...now I just want to explain myself." Standing there feeling helpless, she did not know if she should offer him a drink or get right to it.

Trenton stood there, expressionless, and she could not read what he was thinking.

"You want to sit, have a drink, or..."

He still said nothing, so she knew this would not be easy.

"Trenton, can I..."

"You don't have to explain." He finally said. "Richard is richer and good-looking, the type of guy any woman wants to be with. You don't have to rub it in my face that you want the rich, pretty boy."

"No! No, it was not about Richard's money or anything," she explained to him. "It was our past. The old feelings I thought I still had for this man...even after he hurt me. I thought maybe he was older now and mature and that we wanted the same things...but I was stupid to think that. I don't have those feelings for him anymore and Richard is not the man for me."

"Oh," was all Trenton said. He was still standing so far from her, and she wanted to be closer to him, but she gave him his space.

"Trenton, it's you that I want."

"Yeah, sure," he said. "I can't give you all that you want Sharynn, I've tried."

"You tried to buy me, Trenton, thinking I wanted all the expensive things, the bags, the shoes, the trips."

"I just wanted to make you happy and it seemed money makes you happy Sharynn. Tell me I'm wrong."

He was not. Initially, that was all she cared about when she dated a man. How much money he made. If he made more than her and was he willing to spend it all on her. Those were shallow things. And when she finally got to know Trenton, all of him, he was more than money. She had fallen in love with this sweet, caring man, and she did not want to lose him.

"Yes, money matters to me Trenton, I don't know how much that will change in me. But I make my own, I don't care how much money you have or if you spend it on me."

Trenton did not say anything. She did not know what else to say, so she started pouring her heart out to him.

"Trenton, I think you are the perfect guy. Everything about you is what I need. You've opened my eyes to a lot of things and made me understand what love is. You're the man I love and want to spend the rest of my life with, if...if you still want that."

"I can't believe you Sharynn."

He was going to tell her no, that he did not want to try again, and she had yet to tell him she was pregnant. She did not want him to stick around only because of the baby, she wanted him to be with her because he wanted her.

"I can't believe you tell me now how you feel when I've been showing you for months."

"I know."

"I've been in love with you since before you said yes to going out with me."

"I know."

"All I wanted was for you to love me back the same way."

"I know, and I do." She walked close to him. "Trenton, I love you. I want us to try again and make this work. I will do whatever you need me to do. Tell everyone at work. Hell, I will quit if I have to. I will shout it out to my parents and everyone else."

"All I ever wanted was to make you happy."

"You do."

Trenton gazed down into her eyes, and she felt so weak for this man. She wrapped her arms around him and kissed him, happy that he kissed her back.

"You still love me?" she asked him.

"I can never stop loving you." He gave her another kiss. "Don't leave me again."

"I won't."

"And you don't have to worry about quitting at Edward Jones, I put in my two weeks' notice last week. I couldn't work there if I couldn't be with you."

"What? No! Trenton, you don't have to do that now. You can stay at your job."

"No, it's cool. I already have another job, that pays more, a better job." He brushed a thumb across her lips. "Because I still like spending my money on you and taking you around the world. I have so many more places I want to take you, baby, travel the world."

She would not be doing a lot of traveling soon, not in her condition.

"Uh...maybe we hold off on the traveling."

"Why?"

"The way morning sickness has been kicking my butt..." She trailed off, not wanting to finish that statement.

"Morning sickness?"

She grabbed his hands and put them on her belly. "I'm pregnant."

"You're...pregnant?"

"Yes! And I didn't want to tell you first, I wanted to see if we could work things out. I know it's unexpected and not part of my plan...but I want this baby, and you so bad."

"Oh, Shar!" He grabbed her up in a hug and swung her around. "This is the best news ever."

She could not stop smiling. Her life was perfect now. Never in a million years did she expect her life to change in this way.