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still got a book to finish this summer.“
    “I haven’t even contacted my boss yet. I was going to call Aaron tomorrow.“
    “You can wait until the end of the summer. That’s what you were planning to do, anyway.“
    Diana was getting accustomed to Colby’s efforts to sidetrack her every time she began to fret about her career. “I’d rather settle things as soon as possible now that I know I’m pregnant. I need to know if going back to Carruthers and Yale is even a viable possibility.“
    “You know it is. That Crown character has been pestering you all summer to come back to work for him.“
    “Yes,“ she admitted. “You know, I think I’m going to do it, Colby. It’s the perfect solution.“
    “The perfect solution is for you to stop worrying about your career until you’ve settled into marriage and motherhood.“
    “Do we have to go through this again? You know how I feel about being financially dependent on a man. I made a vow a long time ago that I would never expect someone else to pay my way in life.“
    “You mean you promised yourself you’d never take the risk of trusting a man to support you either financially or emotionally. That’s a bit different than saying you don’t want someone else to pay your way in this world. Yeah, I know how you feel about it.“ Colby pointed his fork at her, scowling. “You’ve made it damned clear you don’t like the idea of trusting me to take care of you. But I think it’s time you realized that you’ve carried that particular phobia to extremes.“
    “Why are you so opposed to my career plans? Don’t you understand how important that part of my life is to me? I didn’t think you were a chauvinist in that regard, Colby. You know how you feel about your writing. Surely you can empathize with me.“
    “It’s not a question of being chauvinistic,“ he exploded, trying to keep his voice low. “My writing is every bit as important to me as your career is to you, but I learned the hard way that there are other things in life. It’s time you learned the same lesson. You’ve been too self-contained, too focused on your job and your narrow little world for too long. It’s time to learn what it means to be a woman who’s also a wife and, soon, a mother. You’re going to broaden your horizons, lady. The amazon bit wears after a while.“
    “Ill bet you never gave up a paying job while you learned about the little joys of fatherhood.“
    “All right, I had to do it the hard way. That doesn’t make it the right way. Raising Brandon alone and working full-time to support him and myself was not the ideal way to handle things. I had no choice, but you do.“
    An old fear twisted into life inside Diana. “Do you know what I think? I think you’re being difficult about this because deep down you aren’t sure you like the idea that I can take care of myself.“
    “That’s not true, Diana.“
    “It bothers you, doesn’t it? You’re just old-fashioned enough to want me to be dependent on you. It’s some kind of power trip for you, isn’t it? In this society the one who controls the money controls everything else. That’s the way it works in business, and that’s the way it works in a marriage.“
    “Your ability to take care of yourself doesn’t bother me, Diana.“ Colby spoke through set teeth. “I admire it. Most of the time. What bothers me is that you’re too damned scared about what will happen to your precious independence now that you’re a wife and a mother-to-be. I’ve told you before, you’ve got new priorities now. You’re going to have to learn how to balance all of them. And you can start learning that by giving up your cast-iron bra and spear.“
    “Diana.“ The masculine voice that interrupted Colby’s lecture was the carrying kind – the voice of a man who likes to draw attention to himself and knows how to do it. “I thought it was you when I saw you a few minutes ago, but I told myself no way. You’re supposed to be