I shuddered out a breath and shook my head. “That’s not what I was after.”

Brent smiled and nodded. “Sure. I just thought you might have been feeling that way. If not, then, that’s also okay. So are we in?” He asked, referring to the insurance plan.

I needed a moment to think about it, which was all I’d done since he’d mentioned it on the phone. He had sounded pretty sincere about not wanting to take the kids away from me but rather fulfilling his own paternal responsibility, ...