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guess.”
He led her to the couch and she sat as Jeremy darted off and returned with a box of tissue. “Who could blame you? Things are moving so fast. I can’t imagine what it would be like to carry around all that extra weight.”
“It doesn’t bother me, but I hate to rethink constantly about what I should or shouldn’t do. I mean, I need to think of the baby now. It’s no longer all about me anymore.”
The sky outside flashed and a boom rattled the whole house causing Kimberly to leap into Jeremy’s arms. He held her against him and whispered into her ear, “Don’t worry, I won’t let anything happen to you or the baby.” His lips brushed against her temple and he eased her back onto the couch. “Take it easy. Are you thirsty now?”
Kimberly was thirsty all right, for his kisses, but instead said, “I’d love a glass of milk. Do you have any chocolate milk? It’s my favorite.”
He rushed off and came back with two large glasses of chocolate milk. “I hope it tastes okay. I haven’t made any since I don’t know when.”
She grinned. “N ever short change yourself. I bet it’s tasty.”
He passed her a straw and she slam-dunked it in the glass, dribbling some on her lap. “Is your family coming out for our wedding?”
He paused and tousled his hair. “They’ll be there if you like. I didn’t want a whole crowd showing up and scaring you off. I don’t want a runaway bride on my hands.”
“If I did that I’d be easy to catch.” She belched. “Oh my, sorry.”
He leaned back in his chair and laughed. “If that’s the worse I have to worry about, we’ll have a happy marriage for sure.”
Say something, Kimberly ! “If this was a real marriage you mean,” she corrected him. “Unless you’re planning to tell me you love me, then it would be real all the way around.”
“You first.”
“Me first what?”
“If for arguments sake I told you that I loved you and couldn’t live without you. That the whole charade of a stipulation for an advertising deal was just that, a well orchestrated charade by me so that you’d marry me. What would you think?”
“I-I—” Her breath caught in her throat. “That would be cruel.”
“Cruel how?” he pressed.
“You can’t do things like that to people. You can’t use trickery to get your way. What if the other person doesn’t feel the same way about you?”
He moved in and reached out and took her hand in his. “I have loved you from the first moment that you clomped into my office with those sky high heels of yours.” His lips curved up. “I hadn’t known at the time you were pregnant, and when I did find out, it never mattered. If anything, it made me love you even more. You opted to carry the baby of a man who left you high and dry.”
Kimberly tried to pull her hand away, but he held it steadfast in his grip. “There’s something you need to know about the baby’s father—”
He cleared his throat and said, “I respect you more than you’ll ever know. I was adopted and I always wondered who my real mom was. I had my fantasies about it too. That she was some movie star and I was a love child. I think that’s why I originally went into entertainment law. I never did meet anyone that looked like me though, but I still look every where I go.”
Tears gathered in Kimberly’s eyes at his story. Her heart ached, yet she was so confused. Do I tell this man and my boss that I love him too or what? She was miffed that he had lied to her, but yet...
“Earth to Kimberly,” he waved a hand in her face. “I know this is so much to lay on you girl, but I can make you happy. I can make you both happy, and if the father of your baby ever shows up, I’ll show him the door.”
“Can I get a word in edgewise?” She put a finger to her lips silencing him. “About the baby’s dad. Do you remember when I told Clive, Corrine, and you, that I could say the baby’s father died in a hunting accident?”
A look of confusion
He led her to the couch and she sat as Jeremy darted off and returned with a box of tissue. “Who could blame you? Things are moving so fast. I can’t imagine what it would be like to carry around all that extra weight.”
“It doesn’t bother me, but I hate to rethink constantly about what I should or shouldn’t do. I mean, I need to think of the baby now. It’s no longer all about me anymore.”
The sky outside flashed and a boom rattled the whole house causing Kimberly to leap into Jeremy’s arms. He held her against him and whispered into her ear, “Don’t worry, I won’t let anything happen to you or the baby.” His lips brushed against her temple and he eased her back onto the couch. “Take it easy. Are you thirsty now?”
Kimberly was thirsty all right, for his kisses, but instead said, “I’d love a glass of milk. Do you have any chocolate milk? It’s my favorite.”
He rushed off and came back with two large glasses of chocolate milk. “I hope it tastes okay. I haven’t made any since I don’t know when.”
She grinned. “N ever short change yourself. I bet it’s tasty.”
He passed her a straw and she slam-dunked it in the glass, dribbling some on her lap. “Is your family coming out for our wedding?”
He paused and tousled his hair. “They’ll be there if you like. I didn’t want a whole crowd showing up and scaring you off. I don’t want a runaway bride on my hands.”
“If I did that I’d be easy to catch.” She belched. “Oh my, sorry.”
He leaned back in his chair and laughed. “If that’s the worse I have to worry about, we’ll have a happy marriage for sure.”
Say something, Kimberly ! “If this was a real marriage you mean,” she corrected him. “Unless you’re planning to tell me you love me, then it would be real all the way around.”
“You first.”
“Me first what?”
“If for arguments sake I told you that I loved you and couldn’t live without you. That the whole charade of a stipulation for an advertising deal was just that, a well orchestrated charade by me so that you’d marry me. What would you think?”
“I-I—” Her breath caught in her throat. “That would be cruel.”
“Cruel how?” he pressed.
“You can’t do things like that to people. You can’t use trickery to get your way. What if the other person doesn’t feel the same way about you?”
He moved in and reached out and took her hand in his. “I have loved you from the first moment that you clomped into my office with those sky high heels of yours.” His lips curved up. “I hadn’t known at the time you were pregnant, and when I did find out, it never mattered. If anything, it made me love you even more. You opted to carry the baby of a man who left you high and dry.”
Kimberly tried to pull her hand away, but he held it steadfast in his grip. “There’s something you need to know about the baby’s father—”
He cleared his throat and said, “I respect you more than you’ll ever know. I was adopted and I always wondered who my real mom was. I had my fantasies about it too. That she was some movie star and I was a love child. I think that’s why I originally went into entertainment law. I never did meet anyone that looked like me though, but I still look every where I go.”
Tears gathered in Kimberly’s eyes at his story. Her heart ached, yet she was so confused. Do I tell this man and my boss that I love him too or what? She was miffed that he had lied to her, but yet...
“Earth to Kimberly,” he waved a hand in her face. “I know this is so much to lay on you girl, but I can make you happy. I can make you both happy, and if the father of your baby ever shows up, I’ll show him the door.”
“Can I get a word in edgewise?” She put a finger to her lips silencing him. “About the baby’s dad. Do you remember when I told Clive, Corrine, and you, that I could say the baby’s father died in a hunting accident?”
A look of confusion
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