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believe you.”
“I shouldn't have to tell you anything.” She silently cursed herself when a single tear rolled down her cheek. “And you know what else? You were absolutely right a minute ago. I definitely need a break from you!”
Ellie walked out of her home on shaky legs, got into her car and made a concerted effort not to peel down the driveway. The sight of Jackson standing on the front porch with a look of utter shock stayed with her the entire drive to the office.
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Chapter Six
“So you and the Marquis had your first fight over me?” Ted asked while pointing at himself and raising an eyebrow.
“First of all, don't call him that.” Ellie shot a good-humored scowl across the table to Judy. She wasn't surprised in the least that Judy had filled in both Ted and Dale regarding her relationship with Jackson, but the stupid nickname had to go. “And second of all, Ted, have you not been listening to what I've been babbling on about for like an hour? Our disagreement went much deeper than you.” Ellie couldn't help but smile at Ted's pained, overly dramatic sigh.
“I'm still unclear why you jerked him around in the first place, Ellie.”
“Yeah, me too.” Dale finished his beer before continuing. “If Judy told me she was going to hang out with another guy I knew nothing about while I was out of town, it would piss me off big time.”
“Are you telling me you don't trust your fiancee?”
“Yes, Dale, is that what you're telling us?” Judy put her arm around Dale's neck and pinched him playfully.
“Not at all, sweetheart. It's the unknown guy I wouldn't trust. What's his motive? Is he trying to move in on my territory?”
“Territory?” both women squawked quietly in unison.
“You know what I mean.” Dale fidgeted in his chair. “Most guys are possessive of the woman they care about whether they admit it out loud or not. From what I've heard about Jackson, he's all macho, caveman-guy when it comes to you, Ellie. And you like it ... a lot.” He raised an eyebrow and grinned mischievously, causing Ellie to make a mental note to discuss with Judy the level of private details she used when talking to Dale.
“And that takes us back to my original statement, people.” Ted scanned the table and waited to continue until all eyes were fixed on him. “All you had to do was explain I date Edwards not Eleanors. You deliberately misled him.”
“I did not,” she replied without as much conviction as she would have liked. “Don't you understand? He thought he had the right to dictate who I spend time with. He questioned my loyalty to our relationship. He called me his woman !”
“He asked a couple honest questions based on the little bit of information you gave him, then declared, in his own rough around the edges way, just how much you mean to him,” Judy stated matter-of-factly.
“And all he wanted was an assurance he had nothing to worry about from said unknown guy,” Dale added quickly.
“And, up until this little incident, you've been totally getting off on his ‘I want to take care of you in every way’ approach to your relationship. You are his woman Ellie, in every sense of the word.” Leave it to Ted to cut right to heart of the matter.
Ellie stared openmouthed at Judy first then Dale and finally Ted. “I can't believe you all are taking his side!”
At that, all eyebrows raised in her direction.
“Honey, we're just trying to get you to see the big picture.” Ted patted the back of Ellie's hand. “Do you understand how lucky you are to have a man who has been honest and open about his feelings for you from the very beginning? He's devoted to you and seems to want nothing more than to cherish you in every way possible. You two are meant to be together. Don't mess up a once-in-a-lifetime relationship by pushing his buttons out of sheer stubbornness.”
Reality slammed into Ellie like a ton of bricks. Thank God, she was sitting down. She
“I shouldn't have to tell you anything.” She silently cursed herself when a single tear rolled down her cheek. “And you know what else? You were absolutely right a minute ago. I definitely need a break from you!”
Ellie walked out of her home on shaky legs, got into her car and made a concerted effort not to peel down the driveway. The sight of Jackson standing on the front porch with a look of utter shock stayed with her the entire drive to the office.
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Chapter Six
“So you and the Marquis had your first fight over me?” Ted asked while pointing at himself and raising an eyebrow.
“First of all, don't call him that.” Ellie shot a good-humored scowl across the table to Judy. She wasn't surprised in the least that Judy had filled in both Ted and Dale regarding her relationship with Jackson, but the stupid nickname had to go. “And second of all, Ted, have you not been listening to what I've been babbling on about for like an hour? Our disagreement went much deeper than you.” Ellie couldn't help but smile at Ted's pained, overly dramatic sigh.
“I'm still unclear why you jerked him around in the first place, Ellie.”
“Yeah, me too.” Dale finished his beer before continuing. “If Judy told me she was going to hang out with another guy I knew nothing about while I was out of town, it would piss me off big time.”
“Are you telling me you don't trust your fiancee?”
“Yes, Dale, is that what you're telling us?” Judy put her arm around Dale's neck and pinched him playfully.
“Not at all, sweetheart. It's the unknown guy I wouldn't trust. What's his motive? Is he trying to move in on my territory?”
“Territory?” both women squawked quietly in unison.
“You know what I mean.” Dale fidgeted in his chair. “Most guys are possessive of the woman they care about whether they admit it out loud or not. From what I've heard about Jackson, he's all macho, caveman-guy when it comes to you, Ellie. And you like it ... a lot.” He raised an eyebrow and grinned mischievously, causing Ellie to make a mental note to discuss with Judy the level of private details she used when talking to Dale.
“And that takes us back to my original statement, people.” Ted scanned the table and waited to continue until all eyes were fixed on him. “All you had to do was explain I date Edwards not Eleanors. You deliberately misled him.”
“I did not,” she replied without as much conviction as she would have liked. “Don't you understand? He thought he had the right to dictate who I spend time with. He questioned my loyalty to our relationship. He called me his woman !”
“He asked a couple honest questions based on the little bit of information you gave him, then declared, in his own rough around the edges way, just how much you mean to him,” Judy stated matter-of-factly.
“And all he wanted was an assurance he had nothing to worry about from said unknown guy,” Dale added quickly.
“And, up until this little incident, you've been totally getting off on his ‘I want to take care of you in every way’ approach to your relationship. You are his woman Ellie, in every sense of the word.” Leave it to Ted to cut right to heart of the matter.
Ellie stared openmouthed at Judy first then Dale and finally Ted. “I can't believe you all are taking his side!”
At that, all eyebrows raised in her direction.
“Honey, we're just trying to get you to see the big picture.” Ted patted the back of Ellie's hand. “Do you understand how lucky you are to have a man who has been honest and open about his feelings for you from the very beginning? He's devoted to you and seems to want nothing more than to cherish you in every way possible. You two are meant to be together. Don't mess up a once-in-a-lifetime relationship by pushing his buttons out of sheer stubbornness.”
Reality slammed into Ellie like a ton of bricks. Thank God, she was sitting down. She
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