Falling For My Playboy Boss
Chapter 42

Michael's

POV

Sadie is as beautiful as I remembered her to be. I am mesmerized by her beauty and just stand there staring at her. She is still just so lovely, with her wide eyes and full lips that I want to kiss right now. She is the only woman that I have ever loved. Then I remember why I am here. She left me. I remember the pain of it just like it was yesterday. We were perfectly fine one day and making plans for the rest of our lives and then she was gone. I couldn't replace her anywhere. Her family, her friends, no one would or could seem to help me replace her. She broke my heart, and she never let me know why she left me. Well, I will be getting some answers today. I went to step forward to say something when Nicolas put his hand out and stopped me. I know he is very good at what he does, and I stop and then take a step back to let him handle this. I know from experience when you are a part of it, emotions are running high, and you might say or do something that could end up badly for you by saying the wrong thing and having to go through the courts, to get it straightened out. So, I nod to let him know that I am good with him taking this over, and him handling the whole thing. I will say nothing until I have my son's DNA sample taken, and then all bets are off.

"Sadie, my name is Nicolas Caldwell, and I wanted to get permission from you, to take a sample from Reed Lauder to have a paternity test run. Can you give me authorization as his mother for me to take the sample", Nicolas asks her.

I see her mind working. I know that she doesn't want to do it, but, I also know that I have the resources to make this go badly for her. I see her look over at her parents in a panicked way, and I start to feel so bad for her. It hurts me to see her so scared about what is about to take place. That the slim hold she had on her life, was being pulled away from her and she had no control at all over this. The boulder has been pushed off the hill and it is coming crashing down right now, and there is no way to stop it. She looks back at me and says, "OK, but please don't take my baby away from me, Michael. It would break my heart. I am willing to work with you on this. I did what you wanted me to do, and I want the same respect and consideration given to me, as I have worked two jobs to provide our son with everything that he needs. So, please, please, don't take him away from me, you would kill me if you did that", Sadie tells us.

I cannot believe what she said. She did what I asked? I never asked her to take my child away. I wanted to say something so bad, but Nicolas put his briefcase down to take the test out, and swabs my mouth. I went first to show Reed that it wouldn't hurt him. He willingly opens his mouth up for his cheek to be swabbed as well, as I hold him while Nicolas swabs Reed's mouth. I saw Sadie looking at us and tears coming to her eyes seeing me holding our son and I really started to wonder what she was even talking about. I never told her I didn't want children; we were just going to wait to have them and then it hit me.

On our last date, she really wanted to know if I wanted children, and how many children I wanted to have. I had told her we could think about our kids after I graduated since I had 2 more years to go on my end. That I didn't even want to think about children until I graduated with my law degree and could provide for her and my child. Oh, my God. She knew then and didn't tell me because she thought I didn't want a child then. I hadn't even realized that she was pregnant, she took it out of context. I would have loved the baby and her regardless. I didn't know, she should have told me.

I moved forward towards her and said, "Why didn't you tell me you were pregnant? I loved you and we would have made it work. I didn't know you were pregnant. I could have held off on getting my law degree and we could have done this together. I thought you were asking me a hypothetical question about kids, not an actual question about kids. I love you and I love our son. I WANT us to be a family. If you still love me and want to be with me? Don't answer me yet. How about we take it slowly and start to date? Some dates with just us and some with Reed, so we can all get to know each other. I didn't realize what you were asking about on our date. I was dealing with finals and a lot of pressure. I thought we still had time to plan for children. I have been looking for you for 2 years.

Sadie starts crying and steps up to me to give me a hug and we all stand together, the three of us in a hug, and I can hear her parents crying as well. This whole situation was because of a misunderstanding. If she had just told me that she was pregnant, we could have handled it together. I could have taken night classes. I wish she would have had enough faith and confidence in me to have told me. I hugged her tighter and I started to cry a little. I lost 4 years with her and my son, all because of a comment I made when I didn't have all the information, that I needed to make an accurate comment. I thought she had been talking about our future together, and she was actually talking about our present at that time.

We all sit back down, and her mother goes to make some drinks for us all, and I sit with Sadie at my side and my son sitting in my lap. I am already positive that he was my son. I didn't need the results, but I am willing to wait for them to come in before I tell my mother and father, so there would be no mistakes. I would be glad to take them to meet my parents after we get the confirmation. I know that my parents will be ecstatic over getting to meet little Reed.

"Sadie, can I take you out this Friday on a date, please. I really want to get to know you again. I never stopped loving you. I just finally gave up after four years and I just went on my first date a little over 3 weeks ago, since you left. But I want to have a relationship with you if you want me. Are you dating anyone right now? Do you still love me, Sadie?", I can't stop asking her questions and my feeling for her keep growing with just getting to see her. The years apart have not dimmed my love for her, it is still here, and I hope that she still loves me too.

"I have to work my second job on Friday night, so I can't go. I am not dating anyone else. My focus is always on Reed. I haven't dated anyone since I dated you. You have always been the one for me and yes, I still love you", Sadie said to me.

"Sadie, I want you to quit your second job. I want you and Reed to eventually move in with me. I want you to be with me, both of you. I wanted to marry you when I graduated from school, and my plans still haven't changed. I still want to marry you, if you'll have me. But we can take this as slowly as we want to, we don't have to rush into anything. We have found each other, and we can go slow, but I want to spend time with you both. I would like my parents to get to meet Reed. Are you free on Saturday? Would you be okay with me picking you up and letting me take you to see my parents this Saturday? I know this probably seems quick to you, but I have been planning this ever since you left probably. What I would do if I ever got you back in my life, Sadie? I will be helping you with everything that Reed needs now. You have me, and I want to take care of my son". I told Sadie.

"Michael, calm down, yes, we can go to meet your parents on Saturday, Michael. I would love for Reed to get to meet his other grandparents, but I am used to working two jobs. I don't want you to feel like you have to take care of us. I have been taking care of him for his whole life. I decided to make sure that he never went without anything, as I didn't want to have to bother you with our needs", Sadie told me.

"Sadie, I WANT to take care of you and Reed. I love you both. I never ever stopped loving you. I want you to be able to depend on me, baby. I want you to eventually agree to be my wife. I love you, Sadie. I never stopped loving you, honey. I never realized why you left me, and it broke my heart. I am just thankful that my brother and his friends discovered that you had my child. I am so thankful, because I already love him so much, and I have only known him for 30 minutes. I want us to be a family, in every meaning of the word; with us living together and married. That would be what I want for us long-term. I want the whole dream for us, and I want to spend the rest of my life with you Sadie. I want you to be Mrs. Michael Lauder, but only when you are ready baby, I can wait until you are ready", I told her. I see her mother crying and hugging her husband, and I hear Sadie crying and curved into me. I turned to her and tipped her face up to look at me and I leaned down and gave her a kiss, and then give her a tight hug. I feel so at peace with my son in my lap and Sadie at my side and I feel whole again, better than I have felt in the last 4 years.

I look over at my brother and give him a smile and nod of thanks, but I can see he feels guilty about something, and then I realize, Cora. I hadn't spoken to Cora yet or at least given her a hint of what was going on. I will tell her after I tell my parents. That is only fair, I love Sadie, and I want to be a family with her and Reed.