The Life That Mattered (The Life Series Book 1) by Jewel E. Ann

Author:Jewel E. Ann [Ann, Jewel E.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Fiction, Romance
ISBN: 9781734518214
Publisher: Jewel E. Ann
Published: 2020-02-03T22:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER FOURTEEN

Two years later …

Governor Graham Porter.

It’s not that I didn’t think he’d get elected. Money and influence mattered. No one had more money and influence than the Porters. Hoped … that was a better word. I’d hoped that he would choose a different path, more for Lila’s sake than his wellbeing.

“He asked me to quit my job.” Lila helped me package the bars of soap in my lab, and by helped, I meant she did it while I sat on one stool with my feet up on another stool because they were achy and swollen.

Three weeks to go until my due date. A boy … we were having a boy, just like Ronin wanted. A boy then a girl.

“He married you.” I thought back to the day of their wedding and the situation I encountered that would forever be burned into my memory.

What Graham said to Lila.

The bloody shrill of her screaming his name.

“But in spite of anything he’s ever said to you, he doesn’t own you. Not your decisions and not your job.”

He didn’t own her ass either (without permission and lube), but I didn’t go there.

With her back to me, she continued packaging the bars of soap. I didn’t feel bad letting her do all the work. My little lab was a sanctuary for her. She visited when she needed a time-out from life. There was something therapeutic about making soaps and turning herbs into essential oils. Maybe the scents that infiltrated the air calmed her. They always calmed me.

“When he’s happy, I’m happy. That’s not wrong, is it?”

I thought about her words for a bit before answering. “No. It’s not wrong unless he can’t say the same thing about you. It’s beautiful that you feel so connected to his happiness, that it fulfills something in your own life. I feel that way about Ronin. But I know he feels the same way about me. Hell, that’s one of the reasons we’re even married. He was a carefree bachelor who loved to travel the world, living job to job. I was a game changer for him. He wanted to be with me and share in my life and my happiness more than he wanted to continue down that same uninterrupted path. My happiness matters to him.”

“I’m happy.” She shrugged.

“You haven’t quit your job. If you quit tomorrow, will you be able to say the same thing in six months? And if you quit, are you doing it because it’s what you want or what Graham wants?”

“Both. I told you. He said it would make him happy to have me experience this with him, being by his side like a partner. He’s serving the people. He has the opportunity to do great things and make a difference. Why wouldn’t I want to do this with him?”

I chuckled. “I don’t know. Why wouldn’t you? And for the record, Lila, it’s me. You can speak freely. You can be selfish. It’s not wrong to choose your dreams over public service. I make soaps.

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