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mouth and sat down on the sofa, nearly falling back into it, staring at the paper in her hand that had just changed her life completely.
Chapter6
Jonathon drove home, his heart and his head tangled in confusion about his feelings for Maggie. He took a deep breath and made himself let go of the emotion and desire that had stirred in him, that seemed to continue to stir in him every time he was around her. I have a fiancée , he thought to himself, and she was who he needed to be focusing his attentions and desire on. Though he tried to push them away, thoughts of Maggie would slip into his mind and steal his breath away from him. There was so much about her that he was fascinated with; her strength, her passion, her dedication, her beauty, and especially the way that everything in him seemed to come to life all at once when she was in his arms and his lips were on her.
He pulled into the garage at the ranch and went upstairs to look for Janis. She was in her room again, sitting at her laptop. She closed it down when he walked in and she stood up to talk to him.
“Janis, I wonder if we could talk now; we have some important things to discuss,” he told her quietly as he stepped into her room.
She sighed and held her hands together in front of her. “Yes, there are some things to discuss,” she said, and then she walked toward him.
“I have given this situation of yours a great deal of thought, and I want you to know how hurt and upset I am that you’ve got a child with another woman. You are well aware that I am a traditional woman, and I wanted to marry a man who could give me all that I would be giving him. I am coming into this marriage without having children from another man. I am going to give you children that will be ours, born in our marriage to us, and I want those to be the only children we have and raise,” she said as she lifted her chin and looked at him pointedly.
He looked at her in confusion and took a step toward her. “What are you talking about?” he asked.
“I don’t want you to see that woman, or the child she says is yours. I want you to let her go; I want you to give yourself to me and let us have our own family.” She walked closer to him and looked up at him, placing her hands on his chest. “Please, Jonathon. You are my fiancée, and you will be my husband, give me what I am prepared to give you, and give me what I’m asking you for. Let her go. Don’t see her anymore, and don’t see that bastard child of hers. You don’t even know if that child is yours. You were gone for two years; that child could belong to anyone,” she said coolly as she looked up at him imploringly.
He stared at her in shock. “What on earth are you saying? That is my child and I want to be in her life; I’m her father. You can’t ask me to give her up and deny her! You can’t ask me to desert her because she isn’t yours! How dare you call her a bastard!”
Her porcelain face with its stillness transformed into a sad pout. “Oh darling, don’t be upset. Of course it’s a bastard child; you aren’t married to the mother. That’s just a fact. It’s also a fact that the child probably isn’t even yours. Have you had tests done? Do you know that she hadn’t slept with anyone around the same time she was sleeping with you?”
Jonathon felt nausea cramping his stomach. “I am positive that that little girl is mine. There is no question in my mind. She’s my daughter, and she is not going anywhere. Neither am I.”
Janis narrowed her eyes and lowered her brows in frustration. “So you just plan on sticking me with a child who isn’t mine, making me a step-mother before I’m even a mother, and all the while keeping that woman in your life? I won’t have it, Jonathon, I will not stand for that! You are my husband, my lover, and you are coming into a promise with me that you will continue to be mine for the rest of our lives. I expect you to stay true to that. I expect you to put me
Chapter6
Jonathon drove home, his heart and his head tangled in confusion about his feelings for Maggie. He took a deep breath and made himself let go of the emotion and desire that had stirred in him, that seemed to continue to stir in him every time he was around her. I have a fiancée , he thought to himself, and she was who he needed to be focusing his attentions and desire on. Though he tried to push them away, thoughts of Maggie would slip into his mind and steal his breath away from him. There was so much about her that he was fascinated with; her strength, her passion, her dedication, her beauty, and especially the way that everything in him seemed to come to life all at once when she was in his arms and his lips were on her.
He pulled into the garage at the ranch and went upstairs to look for Janis. She was in her room again, sitting at her laptop. She closed it down when he walked in and she stood up to talk to him.
“Janis, I wonder if we could talk now; we have some important things to discuss,” he told her quietly as he stepped into her room.
She sighed and held her hands together in front of her. “Yes, there are some things to discuss,” she said, and then she walked toward him.
“I have given this situation of yours a great deal of thought, and I want you to know how hurt and upset I am that you’ve got a child with another woman. You are well aware that I am a traditional woman, and I wanted to marry a man who could give me all that I would be giving him. I am coming into this marriage without having children from another man. I am going to give you children that will be ours, born in our marriage to us, and I want those to be the only children we have and raise,” she said as she lifted her chin and looked at him pointedly.
He looked at her in confusion and took a step toward her. “What are you talking about?” he asked.
“I don’t want you to see that woman, or the child she says is yours. I want you to let her go; I want you to give yourself to me and let us have our own family.” She walked closer to him and looked up at him, placing her hands on his chest. “Please, Jonathon. You are my fiancée, and you will be my husband, give me what I am prepared to give you, and give me what I’m asking you for. Let her go. Don’t see her anymore, and don’t see that bastard child of hers. You don’t even know if that child is yours. You were gone for two years; that child could belong to anyone,” she said coolly as she looked up at him imploringly.
He stared at her in shock. “What on earth are you saying? That is my child and I want to be in her life; I’m her father. You can’t ask me to give her up and deny her! You can’t ask me to desert her because she isn’t yours! How dare you call her a bastard!”
Her porcelain face with its stillness transformed into a sad pout. “Oh darling, don’t be upset. Of course it’s a bastard child; you aren’t married to the mother. That’s just a fact. It’s also a fact that the child probably isn’t even yours. Have you had tests done? Do you know that she hadn’t slept with anyone around the same time she was sleeping with you?”
Jonathon felt nausea cramping his stomach. “I am positive that that little girl is mine. There is no question in my mind. She’s my daughter, and she is not going anywhere. Neither am I.”
Janis narrowed her eyes and lowered her brows in frustration. “So you just plan on sticking me with a child who isn’t mine, making me a step-mother before I’m even a mother, and all the while keeping that woman in your life? I won’t have it, Jonathon, I will not stand for that! You are my husband, my lover, and you are coming into a promise with me that you will continue to be mine for the rest of our lives. I expect you to stay true to that. I expect you to put me
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