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good,” she replied with a half laugh, half cry. “We are good.”
    “Glad to hear it,” he said as he looked at Gus and gave him a nod and a knowing smile. Gus reached out his hand to Cole and Cole took it happily and shook it firmly.
    “Thank you,” Gus said to Cole, the gratitude very clear in his voice.
    “Was my pleasure,” Cole replied. “But I did this as much for Ally, both of you were hurting and needed to talk.”
    Ally looked up at Cole in disbelief. Gus excused himself saying he would give them some privacy. But not before he kissed Ally’s cheek.
    “This was your idea?” Ally said looking up at Cole in complete shock once they were alone.
    “Please don’t be mad,” he begged. “This was breaking your heart. I know you missed him and it was eating at you. You needed to talk. I knew once you cleared the air things would be better.
    “You took a big gamble,” Ally replied with a slight smile.
    “I know you Ally Brody,” Cole said as he pulled her back tighter into his arms. “You have a big heart and when you love, you love unconditional. You love Gus. That much I knew. You just needed the push to talk. Please don’t be mad.”
    She stared up a t him for a moment, giving nothing away. Then slowly she smiled at him and leaned up and kissed him softly on the lips.
    “Thank you,” she whispered.
    “Anything for you my gorgeous girl,” Cole replied before he claimed her mouth with his.

Chapter 3
    Cole was sitting in bed reading through some paper work when Ally walked out of the bathroom. She climbed up on the bed, leaned over and kissed Cole than sat back as she crossed her legs and watched him.
    “Are you okay?” He asked when he look ed up from his papers and saw her watching him.
    “I’m great,” she said with a half-smile. “But you’re not.”
    “And what makes you think that gorgeous girl?” Cole asked as he put his paperwork down on the bedside table and sat forward, leaning towards Ally.
    “I don’t think, I know,” Ally replied with a sigh, as she reached out and took his hand. “I know you too well Mr. Thomas and I know you miss Ben. And I know that you are worried about him.”
    “But he is not my son Ally,” Cole sighed sadly. “I have no right to worry about him. I need to try to put him out of my mind and move on.”
    “Why don’t you call her? ” Ally said reaching over and taking his hand. “Ask her if you can see him. Or just check that they are doing okay, just to put your mind at ease. Cole, I won’t lie, I am worried about him too.”
    She looked down at her stomach and placed her hand on it before she looked back up and her eyes met Cole’s.
    “I think of our Little Bean and how loved and wanted it is,” she continued with a sad smile. “Then I think of that little boy. And I worry about him. Does she even love him? I mean she is his mother, but that doesn’t naturally make her a Mommy. And he deserves a Mommy.”
    “Ally, sweetheart” Cole said smiling at her, his heart almost bursting with love for this woman. She never failed to amaze him with how kind her heart was. Any other woman would have been glad to have Ben out of the picture. But she wasn’t like any other woman. She worried about this little boy, and Cole knew it was simply because she knew what Ben meant to him. “I love that you care so much about him. And I know you only care about him because you love me. But we have our baby on the way. Please, don’t worry about this. Please, I want you calm and happy. I don’t want you to worry about anything but this little one. Let me worry about this. Okay?”
    “Okay,” she nodded and smiled.
    He reached over and placed his hand on her tummy and smiled.
    “ Little Bean, huh?” He said smiling up at Ally.
    “Well yeah,” Ally smiled shyly. “Tha t was what it looked like on the screen today. And I hate calling it, it.”
    “Little B ean, it is then,” Cole nodded as he leaned in and claimed her lips with his.
    He slipped his