Single Dad's Wife: A Fake Marriage Romance by Lara Swann

Author:Lara Swann [Swann, Lara]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2020-06-07T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter Twelve

Jessica

W e spend the night at my parents, in my old childhood room that my parents still haven’t repurposed. It’s got a funky white-and-purple theme going on, with a few fairy lights hung around pictures from college and endless medical diagrams stuck to the walls - all of which Nathan finds very amusing.

Really, it should be a generic guest room by now.

We’re lucky that it has a double bed, at least - and that’s a much more comfortable arrangement than it would have been when Nathan first agreed. I’m pretty sure I would have dragged us to a hotel, no matter what Mom tried to say about it, if we hadn’t already been sneaking into each others’ rooms every night anyway.

As it is, we spend the night curled up together - for once trying desperately to sleep instead of our usual night-time activities. So, the complete opposite of normal. It’s infuriating trying to resist, especially when we can’t help sleeping naked…with a few kisses…and touches…but there’s no way I’m doing that in my parents’ house, and it’s also discomfortingly nice that this time, neither of us is going to sneak away.

I fall asleep in Nathan’s arms, and I don’t think I’ve ever been so relaxed - while inevitably slightly on edge with desire - but I try not to think about it too much.

Especially when Mom corners me the next day before we leave, after spending the morning and staying for lunch with them, to tell me how much she likes Nathan.

“Really, Jessica, I can’t believe you didn’t give me a hint about this before. He’s wonderful—I’m so pleased for you, sweetheart, you really—”

“Yeah, okay Mom, just…don’t get too carried away.” I interrupt, massaging the back of my neck with one hand and glancing over to where Nathan is talking to my Dad in the other room.

He’s spent pretty much the whole weekend talking to my family - people he doesn’t know at all - being lovely and engaging and interested, and he hasn’t complained once. Maybe he’s a different kind of person from me, but I know I wince at the idea of that much social energy. I mean, I know he feels like he owes me for the marriage thing - which he doesn’t - but still, I find it hard to believe.

“He’s great, really—I know that.” I add, as I watch her about to object - no doubt wanting to rush to his defense. “It’s just…a bit complicated, that’s all.”

I make myself say that, even as I feel bad for doing it. I was right. They like him too much. I’ve got to introduce some reasons that this might not work out, so that it doesn’t upset them too much.

“So we don’t really know…well, we’ll just have to see…”

“What do you mean?” Mom asks, frowning. “What complications?”

I glance over to him again, then shrug, really wishing I wasn’t having this conversation. “Well…it’s not just that we work together. He’s my boss too - he owns the practice - which makes it…a little bit awkward.

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