Passion and Surrender by Cali MacKay

Author:Cali MacKay [MacKay, Cali]
Language: eng
Format: mobi
Publisher: Daeron Press
Published: 2015-05-05T07:00:00+00:00

Chapter Fifteen

Back at their room, Marshall laid back against the pillows with Harper curled up at his side, their uninhibited passion now replaced with worry. What the hell had he been thinking? Clearly nothing but fucking her.

“It’ll be okay, Harper.” She’d explained to him that she’d been a bit inconsistent in the past with her pills, taking them late on the couple of times she’d forgotten them—but she’d been good about taking them since their first night together. “Given what you’ve said, you should be protected against pregnancy, though I’m sorry you even have to worry about it. Honestly, love…it should be completely safe, especially if you’ve taken them consistently in the past week and a half.”

It was a huge relief, especially when Claire was insisting that she was pregnant with his child. Yet he knew that if it ever came to it, having a child with Harper would be nothing like having a child with Claire—and that might explain why the tiniest pang of disappointment flared in his chest, even though he knew it was an insane thought.

It was probably due to the fact that when he’d pictured himself settling down, it’d be with someone nice and smart, funny, sweet and headstrong—and Harper was all those things. That said, it’s not that he was in any way ready to start a family just yet—and he had no doubt Harper would strangle him for sticking her in his little fantasy for even a split second.

“Listen, love…about this scare…I need you to know that if anything ever did happen, I’d be here for you, no matter what you needed. And I know you’ve been dealing with some stuff, so I’ll say it one more time because I need you to believe me—I’m here if you need to talk, and if you ever need help of any kind, I’ll happily do what I can.” The last thing he wanted was to add this pregnancy scare to everything else she already had piled on her plate.

“I’m sorry that I’ve been a bit all over the place, emotionally. It’s just that…” She let out a ragged sigh. “My past, my family…I’m sure you know what it’s like.”

When she squeezed her eyes shut, he pulled her into his arms so she could settle against his chest, her emotions already riding so close to the surface with the mere mention of her problems. “My life’s been far from perfect, Harper, so I get it. I know how hard it is to open up about that sort of thing. But it does help—and I can’t bear to see you like this.”

“I wasn’t always like this, you know. I used to be happy. Not a care in the world.” Her voice cracked, but she shook it off with a ragged breath. “I was engaged…to a wonderful man.”

Marshall’s heart broke for her. He knew, upset as she was, that it couldn’t have ended well. “Harper…I’m so sorry. What happened?” No matter what it was, one thing was clear—the guy was a goddamned fool.

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