Grumpy SEAL's Secret: An Enemies to Lovers Small Town Surprise Pregnancy Romance by Olivia Pearl

Author:Olivia Pearl [Pearl, Olivia]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: anonymous
Published: 2023-05-05T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter 17

Bianca

I continued to sit on the couch long after Jay left for work. I couldn’t stop thinking about everything this man had been through. It was bad enough that his wife and mother of his daughter had been killed somehow overseas, but someone that was very much like a little brother to him died protecting him. I didn’t have younger siblings, but I knew my brothers would carry that guilt around for the rest of their lives if I had died protecting them. If I had sacrificed myself so they could live. It was an older brother’s job, an older sibling’s job, to protect their younger siblings and most took that responsibility very seriously. The guilt Jay would be feeling, even after all of these years, would still be crippling. The more I was learning about Jay, the more impressed I was becoming of him. It took a deep and real strength for him to overcome what he has. For him to be raising Bella and running this ranch.

My mind can’t help but wonder though what my own father had been through. Dad never talked about it. I doubt he ever even mentioned anything to my mom about his time overseas. It wasn’t that she wouldn’t care; it was the fact that she didn’t often push my dad. She went along with what he said, and she didn’t really rock the boat. She was used to being a silent support system that she didn’t really push an issue. She was very submissive in that sense and seeing how my mom interacted with my dad growing up was part of the reason why I never wanted to be the type of woman they expected me to be. I didn’t want to be some secondary character in my marriage or in my life. I wanted to be an equal partner and free to voice my own opinions.

Still, there was no telling what my dad had been through. How many brothers he would have lost. I now knew he lost Johnny, but I had no idea how close they were. It was hard to get close to my dad. He was always guarded and if he was like that with his own children and wife, I had to imagine he was like that with the people he worked with as well. I pushed myself up and headed upstairs. I wasn’t feeling too bad this morning, something I was very thankful for. That meant that whatever little bug I had must have been long gone now. I needed to get dressed in something I wouldn’t mind getting dirty. I wanted to walk around the property and take some photos with it now being daylight. I also wanted to go back to that barn from the other night and see it in the light.

First though, I grabbed my phone and hit my dad’s number. I was really hoping he was going to be bringing me some good news. It wasn’t that I wasn’t enjoying

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