Deep in a Texan's Heart by Sara Orwig

Author:Sara Orwig
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 2013-07-01T07:00:00+00:00

Eight

Even though she had expected a proposal from him the moment he learned of her pregnancy, she stared in surprise. Since he had not proposed right away, she had begun to accept that he wouldn’t. Her heart began to pound. “Sam, for heaven’s sake.” She stood to walk away from him, turning to face him when there was more space between them.

He got up and started toward her, but when she held up her hand, he stopped.

“When you didn’t propose at the first opportunity, I stopped worrying about it.”

“There’s no reason to worry. I mean it. I want to marry you.”

“I’m sure you do. I appreciate your offer very much. I have to say no. You’ve been wonderful, but I can’t marry you.”

He frowned as if it had never occurred to him that she might turn him down.

As he crossed the room to her, she locked her fingers together. She didn’t want him coaxing, seducing, charming or doing anything else to win her over. He could weave a spell, but when marriage was at stake, she had no intention of succumbing.

He touched her closed fists, which were locked together. “Your hands are freezing,” he declared, frowning. “Why can’t you marry me?” he asked.

“We can settle this one quickly. We have vastly different philosophies of life. You don’t want a wife who works outside the home. Correct?”

“No, I don’t. Why would you want to if you have a baby to take care of, a mansion to tend, all the charities you want to run—”

“Stop right there,” she interrupted. “It’s okay for your wife to run charities, which takes hours away from home and sometimes can be as much work as a regular job, but it’s not all right for your wife to be gainfully employed?”

“A charity is less stringent, less demanding and, most of the time, a hell of a lot shorter lasting and you know it, Lila,” he replied. His blue eyes had darkened to the color of a stormy sky and she suspected a big storm was on her horizon with him.

“I don’t know that all charities are shorter lasting. I’ve seen my mother work like crazy on charities. I intend to keep my job and my career. There is no way you would be happy with that, because it means I will be in California.”

“I don’t think you’re considering our baby and I don’t think you’re being the least bit sensible about this.”

“Me not being sensible?” she asked, staring at him. “That remark sounds like the Sam Gordon I know. Also, there’s a far bigger reason, Sam, actually the biggest and most important reason of all—you and I are definitely not in love.”

“Lila, we’re wonderful together. It’s been fantastic. I’ve told you that several times and frankly, you’ve said the same back to me and acted as if you were happy to be in my company. What we have between us is good enough for me and you’re important enough for me to say I love you.”

“Please. Don’t do that now.

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