Rancher to the Rescue by Jennifer Faye

Author:Jennifer Faye
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 2013-11-15T00:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER TEN

MEGHAN STUDIED CASH’S face, wondering what had given him the idea she was in any way standing by Harold. After the thoughtless, hurtful manner in which he’d dumped her, nothing could be further from the truth.

“Why in the world would you think I feel loyalty toward Harold?”

Cash’s dark brow arched. “I don’t know. How about because you wanted to save your wedding dress? You wore your engagement ring until you started doing housework, and you refuse to say a bad word about him.”

Oh, she had a whole host of not-so-nice things to say about Harold, but she refused to give in to the temptation—it’d be too easy. And she didn’t want her child exposed to an atmosphere where animosity was the status quo.

However, Cash had opened his home to her, and he hadn’t needed to. And once he’d gotten to know her he’d been kind and generous. It was time she trusted him. He deserved to know the unvarnished truth.

She inhaled a steadying breath and launched into the events leading up to her mad dash out of the church, including how Harold had rejected not only her but also their baby.

Cash’s eyes opened wide with surprise. “He doesn’t want his own baby?”

She shook her head.

Cash’s expression hardened and his eyes narrowed. “How can he write off his own kid as if it was a houseplant he didn’t want? Doesn’t he realize how lucky he is? I’d give anything to have my baby...”

The impact of his words took a few seconds to sink in. Dumbfounded, she stared at him. Lingering pain was reflected in his darkened eyes.

At last finding her voice, she asked, “You’re a father?”

His head lowered. “I never got the chance to be. My ex didn’t want to be tied down.”

Meghan squeezed his hand. His fingers closed around hers and held on tight.

“I’m so sorry,” she said. “But maybe someday—”

“No. It’s better this way.” He released his hold on her and took a step back. “Are you sure you want to be a mother?”

Meghan nodded vigorously. “Besides, even if I had done what Harold wanted he still wouldn’t have married me. It just wasn’t meant to be.”

“So there’s no chance of a reconciliation?” Cash’s direct gaze searched her face.

“Absolutely none.” Instead of pain and regret, all she felt was relief.

“I guess this is the part where I’m supposed to say I’m sorry it didn’t work out, but it sounds like you were lucky to find out the truth before you married him.”

Meghan sighed. “My mother wouldn’t agree with you. She had this perfect wedding planned. In fact, she expected me to be the perfect wife to the perfect husband and live out the perfect life.”

“That’s a tall order, considering nothing and no one is perfect.”

“Try explaining that to my mother. She likes to run with the ‘in’ crowd and pretend our family is better than we are. No matter how hard I’ve tried I’ve never earned her approval. But when I started dating Harold she became a little less critical of me and she smiled a little more.

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