Free Learning To Fly (Fated Love Book 1) by Lauren Firminger Page B

I eyed the letter. “I’ll talk to her in the morning. Hold onto that.” He nodded, and I left the room. I needed my girl in my arms.  

    After returning to the room, getting undressed again and going back to bed with Maddie and safely tucking her back in my arms, I stared at the ceiling and thought about what a clusterfuck this was all turning out to be. Not only did we have her psycho ex to deal with but now someone from my team was out to get her. It had to be someone from my team. Right? It was the only way they could have gotten onto the tour bus without raising suspicion. Someone random never would have gotten that far. That didn’t leave me with a lot of options, though because all the women who were on this tour were either those opening for me, the wives of my guys, or maybe one or two from the record label. None of whom I have had much to do with. Before Maddie came into my life, I didn’t really date much. Sure, I had a few one-night stands that didn’t really mean anything, but as far as girlfriends go, I could count them on one hand and didn’t really think they would be a problem. I would just have to make sure Maddie was taken care of when she was in the crowd watching.  

    So far, to my knowledge, everyone had been really welcoming to Maddie. I was being selfish in wanting to keep her with me despite knowing how risky it was. I just couldn’t not. If she was with me, then I at least knew she was safe. Wrapping my arms a little tighter around her, I rested my head against hers and closed my eyes in an attempt to sleep. Daniel was just outside. In a few hours, they would do a shift change and someone fresh would watch. I had to keep telling myself they had this under control. I listened to the sound of Maddie’s breathing and let it lull me to sleep.  

    I couldn’t have been asleep for more than a couple of hours when I felt Maddie jerk out of my arms and sit bolt upright. “Darlin’?” Before she could answer me, Maddie was out of the bed and bolting for the bathroom. Pulling back the sheets on the bed, I threw on a pair of boxers and pulled the sheet off the bed. Entering the bathroom, I wrapped it around her and then pulled her hair back with one hand while rubbing her back with the other. Once she finished throwing up, she flushed the toilet and wrapped the sheet tighter around her as she moved to brush her teeth. Pulling her to me once she was done, I slid my hand beneath her hair and rubbed her neck and just held her.  

    “You okay, darlin’?” She shook her head no and tightened her arms around me more. Her body began shaking in my arms, and I knew she was crying. “Hey, darlin’, it’s okay. I’ve got you. You’re okay.” I rubbed her back and tried to get her to calm down before she was sick again. “Calm down for me, darlin’. Whatever it is we can handle it.” She shook her head no again and went to pull away, but before she could, I scooped her up in my arms and carried her back to bed. Lying down beside her, I wrapped her back up in my arms and just held her close to me. I needed her to relax again so I could find out what the hell just happened.  

    I don’t know how long we lay there, but when I finally felt her relax again, I had to check she hadn’t fallen asleep. Leaning my head back just a little, her blue eyes met mine, and I grinned. “Hi.” Maddie lifted her head and pressed her lips to mine.  

    “Baby, there is something I need to tell you.”  

    “Uh oh. Good something or bad something?” I asked.

    “Depends on your take of it.”  

    I nodded as she started chewing nervously on her lip. “Go on, darlin’. No matter what, I’m not going anywhere, baby.” She kissed me again and nuzzled back into my neck. I tried not to worry over her not being able to look me in the eye as I started to run my fingers through her hair. Her voice was quiet when she spoke.  

    “Morgan… I’m pregnant.” I lay there for a minute just to let those three