If I Can't Have You by Iris Morland

Author:Iris Morland
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Blue Violet Press LLC

Days passed, and as autumn faded and winter closed in, Abby and Mark's arrangement continued as planned. She lived with him, they had mind-blowing sex, and there were no feelings involved whatsoever.

By mid-November, the leaves had fallen from the trees, the landscape bare and the weather chilly. Rain fell most days, and sometimes it rained so hard that Abby wondered how Mark got anything done on the ranch with all of the mud.

Delilah's due date also approached, and the veterinarian had visited and pronounced both her and her foal healthy.

"She's young and strong," Mark had explained to Abby after the vet had left. "But I can't help but worry."

Abby knew he loved that horse more than anyone else on this earth, which might be insulting if she had feelings for him. Which she did not.

Just because she missed him while she was at work, or longed for him the nights he had to stay overnight on some work-related trip? That didn't mean she had feelings for him. It was because she missed the sex.

A week before Thanksgiving, Mark came home from a doctor's appointment and said, "I get my cast off on Monday. Thank God."

Abby stirred the chili, not sure how to respond. Their original arrangement had been that she stayed here until his arm healed. But their arrangement had changed already, hadn't it? She was no longer getting paid to help him, although she still cooked most days because she enjoyed cooking. Otherwise, she'd remained because she didn't want their affair to end.

How did my life get so complicated? she thought morosely.

"That's good. I'm glad it's healing so well," she replied, trying to sound chipper. "Are you going home for Thanksgiving?"

Mark grunted, which she'd learned meant "yes, but I'm not happy about it" in Mark Language.

"Actually, I wanted to talk to you about that. Do you want to come with me?" he asked.

"What? You mean go to your parents' house?"

"Yeah. They want to meet you, since we're supposed to be dating. Or whatever it is we're doing."

Her shoulders slumped. This was about keeping up appearances, wasn't it? Everyone thought they were still dating, and if she intended to stay here, it would make sense to continue the charade. Her head started to hurt from thinking about it all.

"Well, if you think it's a good idea," she hedged as she moved past him to get some spices, "I'll go. Your family is famous enough that seeing them at Thanksgiving will at least be interesting."

"That's one way to put it. I promise my mom will be on her best behavior. She's been on probation ever since she messed around with Harrison and Sara."

Abby knew all about that story from Megan. When Harrison and Sara had started dating, Lisa Thornton had tried to interfere, refusing to believe a trashy Flannigan girl was good enough for her oldest son. To say that Harrison had been angry would be an understatement.

"That doesn't sound at all intimidating," Abby joked.

Mark smiled. "My mom will be too interested in talking about Harrison's wedding.

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