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private wedding ceremony to take place in a few weeks, he agreed to have dinner with her family on Sunday. He stood up to go and she asked, “You aren’t staying?”
“No, not tonight,” he said. “We both have a lot to do before our trip. Are you working from home again tomorrow?”
“I thought I would for the rest of this week. I’ll be back on Monday. There’s so much to finish up before the opening.”
“On Monday, we’ll announce our engagement to the staff.”
“If that’s what you want,” she agreed as she stood on her tiptoes to kiss him.
“Oh, I almost forgot,” he said as he dropped to his knees, took a small box out of his pocket, and took her left hand in his.
“What are you doing?” she asked, giggling.
“We may not have started out in the most traditional way, but I’m damn sure going to get this part right.” He took a beautiful, two-carat oval diamond solitaire ring out of the box and slid it on her finger. “Jill Lincoln, will you walk through this life with me, be mine forever? Marry me, love me, raise a family with me, and all that goes with that?”
Through tear-filled eyes, she nodded. “Yes.” As he stood up to kiss her, she asked, “Raise a family?”
“Is that a problem?” he asked.
“No… we’ve never discussed it. How soon… how many?”
“When you want, as many as you want - that’s one thing you’re going to be in charge of. I’ll leave that decision up to you. I’ll be a hands-on dad and I am looking forward to raising a family with you, but it’s totally up to you when it happens.”
“Thank you. We’ll talk about this more later,” she replied as she kissed his cheek.
“Goodnight, sweet baby,” he replied as he turned to go.
Chapter Eight
On Sunday afternoon, after Jill had introduced Jarrod to her family and she had gone to the kitchen to help her mother, her dad asked Jarrod to join him in the den.
“Have a seat. What can I get you to drink?” the man asked as he surveyed the man that his daughter had brought to dinner.
“Whiskey on the rocks is fine,” Jarrod replied, noticing the whiskey bottle on the wet bar.
“Good choice,” Mr. Lincoln said while making two drinks and handing one to Jarrod.
“Thanks,” Jarrod said.
“So you think you want to marry my daughter,” the older man said when he sat down.
“No, sir, I don’t think it. I know I want to marry your daughter.”
“Why the rush, if you don’t mind my asking? Is Jillie pregnant?”
“No, sir, at least I don’t think she is. And it’s not really such a rush. I’ve known since the first day she walked into my office that she was someone I wanted to get to know. I wasted some time making that known to her, and now that we’ve discovered the feeling is mutual, I don’t feel a need to waste any more time.”
“I see. That’s two things in your favor. You’ve shown you’re a savvy businessman, with a successful business, and you go after what you want. But there’s one more thing that concerns me. Son, Jillie is my middle child, and of all my children, she’s been the most difficult to handle. She has a temper to match that fiery red hair, just like her mother. That being said, she needs a man with a firm hand in her life, a man who can handle her temper. Are you man enough for that job? Because if you aren’t and you let her have her way all the time, you’re in for a rough road ahead, not to mention, this marriage may not last.”
Jarrod nearly choked on his drink. Not knowing how to answer his future father-in-law, he finally said, “Let’s just say, we’ve already had a few run-ins, and I’ve made it clear to her what will happen if she loses control.”
Jill’s father laughed. “I believe you can handle that wild and crazy daughter of mine. I can assure you from my own experience, loving a woman like Jill takes patience, but it’s well worth it in the end. So the two of you have reached an understanding already? I admire you for that.
“No, not tonight,” he said. “We both have a lot to do before our trip. Are you working from home again tomorrow?”
“I thought I would for the rest of this week. I’ll be back on Monday. There’s so much to finish up before the opening.”
“On Monday, we’ll announce our engagement to the staff.”
“If that’s what you want,” she agreed as she stood on her tiptoes to kiss him.
“Oh, I almost forgot,” he said as he dropped to his knees, took a small box out of his pocket, and took her left hand in his.
“What are you doing?” she asked, giggling.
“We may not have started out in the most traditional way, but I’m damn sure going to get this part right.” He took a beautiful, two-carat oval diamond solitaire ring out of the box and slid it on her finger. “Jill Lincoln, will you walk through this life with me, be mine forever? Marry me, love me, raise a family with me, and all that goes with that?”
Through tear-filled eyes, she nodded. “Yes.” As he stood up to kiss her, she asked, “Raise a family?”
“Is that a problem?” he asked.
“No… we’ve never discussed it. How soon… how many?”
“When you want, as many as you want - that’s one thing you’re going to be in charge of. I’ll leave that decision up to you. I’ll be a hands-on dad and I am looking forward to raising a family with you, but it’s totally up to you when it happens.”
“Thank you. We’ll talk about this more later,” she replied as she kissed his cheek.
“Goodnight, sweet baby,” he replied as he turned to go.
Chapter Eight
On Sunday afternoon, after Jill had introduced Jarrod to her family and she had gone to the kitchen to help her mother, her dad asked Jarrod to join him in the den.
“Have a seat. What can I get you to drink?” the man asked as he surveyed the man that his daughter had brought to dinner.
“Whiskey on the rocks is fine,” Jarrod replied, noticing the whiskey bottle on the wet bar.
“Good choice,” Mr. Lincoln said while making two drinks and handing one to Jarrod.
“Thanks,” Jarrod said.
“So you think you want to marry my daughter,” the older man said when he sat down.
“No, sir, I don’t think it. I know I want to marry your daughter.”
“Why the rush, if you don’t mind my asking? Is Jillie pregnant?”
“No, sir, at least I don’t think she is. And it’s not really such a rush. I’ve known since the first day she walked into my office that she was someone I wanted to get to know. I wasted some time making that known to her, and now that we’ve discovered the feeling is mutual, I don’t feel a need to waste any more time.”
“I see. That’s two things in your favor. You’ve shown you’re a savvy businessman, with a successful business, and you go after what you want. But there’s one more thing that concerns me. Son, Jillie is my middle child, and of all my children, she’s been the most difficult to handle. She has a temper to match that fiery red hair, just like her mother. That being said, she needs a man with a firm hand in her life, a man who can handle her temper. Are you man enough for that job? Because if you aren’t and you let her have her way all the time, you’re in for a rough road ahead, not to mention, this marriage may not last.”
Jarrod nearly choked on his drink. Not knowing how to answer his future father-in-law, he finally said, “Let’s just say, we’ve already had a few run-ins, and I’ve made it clear to her what will happen if she loses control.”
Jill’s father laughed. “I believe you can handle that wild and crazy daughter of mine. I can assure you from my own experience, loving a woman like Jill takes patience, but it’s well worth it in the end. So the two of you have reached an understanding already? I admire you for that.
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