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Chapter Ninety
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2024-10-29 19:42:56His words struck her like arrows. The injustice biting at her. Each word’s sting sharper than the last.
"I—" Emma began but the words just wouldn't come out. Was he really saying those words.
"Jared was right the first time" he said.
The words sounded so much worse, and Emma gasped. Before she could prevent herself, her hand connected with his cheek.
Daniel made no attempt to deflect the blow and she watched him, with a feeling of disbelief. The clear marks of her fingers would definitely show on the left side of his face.
She regretted it instantly. She didn’t do things like this. She didn't hit people. But it was too late to have second thoughts. It wasn’t the words that hurt the most; it was the expression on his face. The pain, fear and resignation that told her he meant every one of them. He was broken, afraid and angry—and he blamed her entirely.
She inhaled deeply, remembering his sudde
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"You don’t want me there." he said."You’re putting me on the spot," she countered, trying to keep up with his arguments."Seriously what exactly have you planned?" he asked."Karen will be there for me during the birth" she replied. He shook his head as if she’d disappointed him, and he’d expected it all along."And where do I fit into any of this? Or am I meant to just miss out on the first few weeks?" His voice broke, betrayed the fear and despair behind his anger. "I want to be at the birth." he said.For a few moments, all she could see, hear, smell was blood, guts and embarrassment. She swallowed down her automatic refusal."Head end only. If I change my mind on the day you respect my privacy. And I still want Karen too"He looked up in surprise. "Okay, I can live with that. But when we get home, you know it’s just going to be the three of us."She stare
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Look, Emma... I'm sorry about Michelle" he said. "She just came to discuss some work stuff"Emma faced him, determined not to let how she felt show on her face. "I don't care" she said."Sounds like you do" he replied."Well I don't. Don't flatter yourself" she snapped. "I don't care what you do. Go ahead and do what ever the fuck you want. I don't care... I don't want to know why she was here. You don't owe me any explanation"."I know." he replied softly. "But I want to explain. Nothing is happening... I'm having a baby... With you I'm not going to do anything to ruin that"Emma stared at him and rolled her eyes. "Yeah that's right... You have said and done enough".Daniel stared at her. He wanted to grab her and shake her, pull her to him and kiss all that anger away. Talk some sense into that pretty head of hers. Maybe then she would understand that she wasn't the only one hurti
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Of course he’d discovered one other way of finding the relaxed, happy, free Emma. And he knew he would prefer it.... A languorous morning of lovemaking. But he also knew she wouldn't want that. Hell, she wouldn't even look at him, not to talk of letting him touch her. Her reaction to his attempted kiss was enough proof she didn't want that.So he swallowed the very tempting suggestion and kept his thoughts to himself.He watched her stretch to put a glass cup on the top shelf. It obviously wasn't balanced, because as soon as she left it, it came back down and crashed on the floor in front of her.Daniel moved fast, scared of her hurting herself.Emma felt her body hit solid, warm muscle. The feel of his body was amazing. She hated that he could still make her feel this way. She let him pull her away from the broken glass turn her around."Are you okay?" he asked.He held her close.
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She threw herself the final distance, into the very heart of the firestorm “I won't be living with you after the baby comes, Daniel.” Inside she writhed in agony. Only her voice revealed her pain, and only in its hollow emptiness. “I’m confident I can support myself. I don’t expect you to do anything for me. We’ll work out a custody arrangement before the baby is born.”Emma sighed. Her vision was fading in and out with anxiety.“Are you punishing me?” he charged in a voice filled with gravel. Because hearing her say this was torture.“That’s not what this is.” Emma replied. In fact, she was beseeching him for understanding. “We’re barely speaking, Daniel. You don't even come home for dinner sometimes.”“To eat alone?” His tone lashed sharp as a whip. "No, thank you".He touched
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But he did love her her. He did. So damn much. Why hadn't he told her? The answer was right in front of him. He was scared.Scared of getting hurt. Scared of being taken for granted. Scared of her leaving him.... Because she was so amazing. Who wouldn't want her?She wasn't the only one who who was hurt.. and scared and frustrated.He loved her. He might not put stock in that emotion, but he believed she believed in it. And in that highly charged moment, he had seen they needed a breather. A reset of some kind. He’d been aware of that for a while now. Since they had started arguing about almost every single thing.Her words kept eating at him. Was this how she had been feeling since that mess with his family. Stung by a lack of faith so bitter all she could taste was gall? It was a terrible feeling.The irony was, he hadn’t been giving her the silent treatment as she
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“So much.” Emma replied. Tears stung her eyes. “And I understand why he has a hard time trusting me, but I can’t live my entire life under suspicion. He doesn't love me either... Love and trust come together”"Oh dear" Amy said. "Relationships are hard. And if you two are ever going to work this out. The both of you really have to try to focus on what's important now. The baby. The baby is the only thing that matters. You definitely don't want your baby born into such a negative atmosphere. You guys have to do this for your baby. I know it might be hard, but you have to. So when you return and you are ready. You and Daniel should talk. Talk about how you truly feel.... Communication is very important. And have a conversation where you can both agree on certain things without letting emotions get in the way or cloud your judgment."Emma nodded, glad she had come her mother for support. Her mother had always been the one she could run to when she was
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“It’s Daniel, mom.” Emma replied softly as she watched him.“The man you told me about?” Amy asked.“Yeah that's him,” Emma clarified, her heart soaring and sinking, swooping every direction as she drank in the way Daniel took command of the room simply by entering it.His tailored suit clung to his powerful frame and if his eyes looked deeply set and bruised from travel, it only added to his air of dangerous mystique.She didn’t ask herself what he was doing here, though. It was devastatingly obvious why he was here.He didn’t trust her.----------------------Daniel knew his mistake the second his searching gaze found the somber pair of eyes he was looking for. She was staring right her him, her eyes big and beautiful. Beneath her surprise lurked accusation and worse, disappointment."Believe me when I say I’m coming back." she had said at his off
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His breath escaped in a long hiss and then she slid down, resheathing him all over again.“You drive me crazy,” he muttered.She smiled, clearly satisfied with his admission.He savored the feel of her much smaller hands engulfed by his. They held on tightly as she began a slow, rhythmic ride. Their gazes locked. They never looked away, never broke eye contact as she made love to him, driving him closer and closer to ultimate release.Emma expelled a pent up breath as he stretched her, as the sweet burning of her body molding to him became the single thought on her mind.He reached for her breasts and she covered his hands with hers as he massaged her breasts, and she continued rocking her hips in a steady rhythm, tossing her hair over one shoulder, it became a curtain over their hands, over her breast.He loved her hair, she knew that, and he still did, because he took a chunk of it and roped
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It was easy to forget all that had happened between them now. It was easy to forget the weeks of pain and loneliness. It was easy to imagine that they’d never been apart and that they had always been together, home in bed, just waking in Daniel's place—their home.This was the healing they needed. Emma smiled into his neck.------------------------------Daniel lay there, Emma in his arms, thinking about what had just happened. On the surface it had been a very quick, very hot sexual interlude. One of the best he’d ever had.But it went deeper. It wasn’t just sex. It wasn't like all the other times they had been together. If it was just sex, his heart wouldn’t feel as though it was going to burst out of his chest. He wouldn’t be so overwhelmed that he had no idea how to process what he felt.It was… It was more intense than sex had ever been between them. They had been a study in hot, flirty, fun in
