Her Boss's Baby by Cathleen Galitz

Author:Cathleen Galitz [Galitz, Cathleen]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Sex in the workplace, Contemporary, General, Romance, Fiction, Texas, Pregnant women
ISBN: 9780373763962
Publisher: Silhouette Books
Published: 2001-10-14T23:00:00+00:00

Eight

“I ’m more than willing to continue where we left off in Red Rock,” Jonas informed her. “I just want to make sure you understand that I’m not asking you to marry me. I’ve tried to make it perfectly clear that marriage is not in my future. Personally I don’t see you agreeing to that kind of arrangement, but right now it’s the only offer on the table.”

Tara shook her head as if stunned that he would approach her about such a matter as if it was some common business transaction. Had she not invested her heart in this relationship, she might well have done exactly what it appeared Jonas wanted her to do: stomp off and let him revert back to the emotionally stunted state in which she had found him. Had she not loved him so much, she would have given up on him as a lost cause. As it was, Tara knew that Jonas was merely reacting to his frightening new feelings the only way he knew how—by running away.

It was a pattern she recognized well. Whenever she got too close, he typically bolted for some foreign destination under the pretense of a necessary buying venture. As nothing more than a loyal friend and assistant in the past, she had been forced to accept his behavior, childish though it may have been. As his lover, however, she wasn’t about to let him pull that same back-door routine on her ever again.

“Jonas, what happened between us was the most beautiful thing that I’ve ever experienced, and I have no intention whatsoever of ever forgetting it. Quite frankly I’ll be surprised if you can, either. Just in case you’re not aware of it, I’ll say it again. I love you and, of course, I want to marry you. I’d be lying if I said otherwise, but we can play this out any way you want. You’re the man I want.”

A man definitely worth waiting for, she thought to herself, counting the years she had already invested in him and already disenchanted with the idea of looking for anyone else to take his place in her heart.

Jonas might very well think that marriage was out of the question, but Tara had come from a long line of women who didn’t shy away from a challenge. If Jonas thought his cold offer of premarital sex without strings was going to scare her off, he had another think coming. True, it hurt her deeply that he would suggest such an arrangement. Still, she was not about to give up on this man simply because he was afraid to invest in an emotional commitment. She felt sure that she could eventually convince him to change his mind.

Dropping her hand from his face, she donned an enigmatic smile that would have made the Mona Lisa jealous. “In case you haven’t noticed, I’m very good at waiting when it suits my purposes,” she told him evenly.

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