Rescued by the Rancher by Victoria James

Author:Victoria James [James, Victoria]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Entangled: Bliss
Published: 2015-04-13T23:00:00+00:00

Chapter Nine

A tremor started and then stayed with her, her eyes not leaving Gage. He bent his neck, staring up at the ceiling, his eyes squeezed shut. She didn’t breathe, waiting to see if it was enough, if he would stay or walk out. She studied the strong lines of his shoulders, the stubborn jaw, the mouth that softened for her only, and knew he was strong enough.

Gage was strong enough to hold on to all of her secrets and strong enough to hold her up when she finished telling him everything. Get it out, Meredith, all of it.

“Ron and I were the perfect couple. Our parents went to the same country club, ran in the same circles. It was a natural fit. I had no idea at the time, but I was perfect for Ron. I was spineless and easily manipulated.”

“Mer…”

“It’s true. Wait, you’ll see how weak I was. I didn’t figure out that the only reason Ron even wanted me was because his parents’ company would go to his eldest brother. They knew Ron was a moron and didn’t trust him to run their business when his father retired. Of course, my father, not ever even contemplating that his daughters could have had his business, saw Ron as a son-in-law-to-be the perfect solution. Melanie had left the year earlier and I was…at a low point. He was my first boyfriend, and before I knew it he was treating me like my father treated our mother.”

Gage reached out to lace his fingers through hers. She felt the warmth, the strength in his calloused hands, as he gently squeezed. “Anyway, after a few months, I got pregnant. I had been stupid enough to listen to Ron about not worrying about condoms and, well, our parents decided abortion was the only way to go because Ron still had business school and if we were to get married, everyone would know it was because I was pregnant.”

He ran his hand over his jaw, his other hand flexing by his side. “What did you want?”

“I wanted my baby,” she whispered, choking on the words she hadn’t said aloud in years. “I wanted my baby so badly.”

She held up her hand when he reached out to pull her into him. “Please don’t touch me. Not now.”

He dropped his arms. “What happened, darling?”

She stared at him, into those blue eyes she adored, and told him the truth she’d never had the guts to tell her sister or anyone else. “I agreed,” she whispered, wanting to die of shame and humiliation. “Spineless Meredith once again was going to do what she was told. I had lost my soul, my identity, everything. And then something happened. I couldn’t sleep the night before. I was so sick, throwing up and crying, and I had never, ever felt so alone. I was surrounded by enemies. I sat on the washroom floor, crying. I remembered I wasn’t alone. I had a baby growing inside me and I knew, I felt, how much I loved her and that realization consumed me, and I was filled with this love.

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