The Pregnant Bride's Trouble by Indiana Wake

Author:Indiana Wake [Wake, Indiana]
Language: eng
Format: epub, pdf
Publisher: Fair Havens Books
Published: 2018-10-07T04:00:00+00:00

7

“I’m glad you decided to come back out to me, Bryony,” Dean said as he and Bryony walked through the tents in the mining camp.

Bryony side-stepped a group of men going the other way. She hadn’t planned on coming down to the mines, but the pains in her belly and back had been getting worse. Walks normally eased the pain, and she had found herself by the camp. Seeing Dean and knowing she couldn’t get away as he approached her, she decided that setting things straight between them would be best. She knew a lot of the miners and the majority of them were decent blokes. The married ones were oddly protective of her, so Bryony knew she would be relatively safe.

“I can’t stay long, Dean.” Bryony kept her distance from Dean as he tried to touch her shoulder. “I just wanted to apologize for how the evening ended last night.”

Dean snorted.

“There’s nothing for you to apologize about. I don’t know what that doctor was thinking. He was acting like he had a claim on you.”

Bryony gulped. She hadn’t forgotten the kiss Lee had given her, one she had managed to steal off him. It had been wonderful, sending her pulses flying. Watching him walk away had been incredibly difficult, sending her into tears against Sean’s shoulder. The pastor had taken her home and sat with her until Bryony calmed down, but Bryony couldn’t stop thinking about that kiss. About what he had said... and then about how he had run away from her.

“No man has a claim on me.” She said evenly. “I told you, I’m not considering anyone for marriage until after I’ve got used to having a baby around.”

“Aren’t you concerned about the baby being considered a bastard?”

Bryony gritted her teeth. She hated that word.

“This child was conceived in marriage, so they won’t be considered anything but legitimate. Understand?” she practically growled the last word out.

Dean took half a step back, looking a little bewildered. But then he recovered quickly and gestured at Bryony’s belly. It was feeling incredibly heavy and Bryony wished she could give birth now; everything would feel a lot lighter.

“What will you do with the baby once it’s born?” he asked.

Bryony blinked. What a stupid question.

“Keep it and raise it, of course. What else?”

“Give it to an orphanage.”

“What? I wouldn’t do that to my child.” Bryony shook her head. “That is not up for negotiation with anyone.”

Dean sighed. He sounded like he was talking to a child who wasn’t understanding the situation.

“You do realize, Bryony, that when we marry, I will want children of our own. I don’t want someone else’s brat hanging around. It certainly won’t be wanted in my life.”

Bryony was horrified. Last night’s protests and refusal to have anything more to do with Dean had gone completely over his head. He was still under the impression that he and Bryony were meant to be together. This was meant to be telling him to back off, but Dean was still firm in the belief Bryony had come back to him.

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