“Oh, Dante didn’t mention you were getting married.”
“Right. Anyway, like I said, you didn’t miss out on much.”
“My mother died after she had me, so I never really had anyone. I guess she could have been an awesome mom, but I never knew her, so it’s hard to tell. For years, I thought maybe she just couldn’t take care of me, so she gave me up. I left college in my junior year and came here to see if I could find her. That’s when I learned she was dead. I don’t know what’s worse, having no parents or having shit ones. ”
“I can’t answer that one for you.”
Micah and Sofia stayed out longer than he had planned. He spent about two hours trying to get to know Sofia and, at the same time, he tried to figure out how he was going to tell not just Luca but Isabel as well. The two of them had been living in this little bubble of lies for weeks now, and he knew he needed to be honest with her. When Sofia asked about Izzy, he didn’t think twice about calling her his fiancée, and it wasn’t until Sofia questioned it that he even realized what he had done.
As time went on, he thought more and more about forever with her. It was crazy to think that could be a possibility, especially now learning what he had about his father. Given her history, she despised cheaters. From the beginning of their arrangement, that was the biggest concern she had. Micah knew cheating was a choice, but Dante was right. Every man in their family stepped out on their wives. Until tonight, he thought his father was the exception to the rule. Now he had to tell Isabel that not only was his father a cheater, he had a baby with another woman. It would hit too close to home for her and he knew it. But he also knew he couldn’t keep it from her, at least not for long.
On his drive home, his mind was still running through every probable outcome. He’d have to talk to Luca first, maybe take Sofia up to meet him and the girls. Coming up with a plan to tell Isabel was much harder. It’s not like he could just leave town and not tell her why. He was going to have to explain it to her, but how much he was going to share, he still couldn’t decide on. When he got into the apartment, he headed to their bedroom. Isabel was in bed, naked, with nothing but the sheet pulled over her bottom half. She was absolutely stunning. As he crossed the room, her soft snore made him chuckle. Whatever tonight had brought could wait. His desire to crawl into bed with his woman was stronger than anything else he needed to do.