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“We are. The day we talked about it was visiting day, so now we have to wait until next week.”“Oh okay. I was just wondering because you were really adamant about going and then you never mentioned it again. I thought that maybe you’d changed your mind. Actually, I was hoping you’d changed your mind.”“No, Anita , I haven’t changed my mind.”“Okie dokie, Isabella . What are you doing?”“Staring at my sexy husband as he’s standing in the doorway. I’ll call you later.”As I hit the end button, Richard walked over, took Julia, and sat in the rocking chair. My greatest love was watching my husband with his daughter. I took the new clothes I bought for Julia and hung them in the closet. My stomach tied itself in knots when Richard asked me a question.“What haven’t you changed your mind about?”I stood facing the inside of the closet as I hung up the clothes one by one. My skin started to feel fiery and nerves set in. I needed to think of something fast.“What?” I innocently asked.“I hea
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How’s my baby?”“I’m fine, thank you. Oh wait, you mean the princess. She’s adorable and she’s sleeping.”“Great. We’ll be back to the hotel later. We’re going to take a tour of the art gallery.”“No hurry and have fun.”After we toured the art gallery, Richard and I said goodbye to Vinnie and slid into the back seat of the limo that was waiting for us. Richard reached over and took my hand.“Did you like the gallery?”“I loved it. It’s going to be amazing once it’s finished.”“It’ll be amazing when your paintings are hanging on the wall.” He smiled.After I kissed him on the cheek, I laid my head on his shoulder while I was worried about whether or not I’d be able to finish all five paintings in time. When I was single, the worry would never have crossed my mind. But now that I was a wife and a mother, it was going to be difficult, even with Richard’s and Mason’s help. I took in a deep breath as Richard kissed me on my head.Richard After we had a nice breakfast, we flew back to New
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Because, it would’ve killed her and I didn’t want to see her hurt. My relationship with Ashlyn was out of control. I was in a dark and bad place at that time. Thank God Isabella came into my life when she did. Listen, Dad, Lou has this under control. I don’t want you to worry about it. Hopefully, it’ll all be over soon.”As he turned around, he looked at me and smiled. “You’re right, son, and I’m sorry for what I said.”I gave him a small smile as he walked from behind his desk and patted me on the back. I opened the door and Isabella was standing there.“There you are. I wondered where you had disappeared to,” she said.“Sorry, Isabella. I had to steal my boy and go over a few things with him. Now where’s that granddaughter of mine?” My father smiled at her.As we walked out to the backyard, we heard screaming. I looked over to my right and saw Camden on the ground, kicking and screaming at the top of his lungs. I started to go to him and Isabella grabbed my arm. “Richard , don’t.”J
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Ashlyn struggled and managed to break from my grip as she pushed me off of her.“I’m going to f**king kill you, bitch! It’s something I should have done instead of burning down that building!” she screamed.She came at me and grabbed my hair, knocking me down as I hit my forehead on the table. I heard Anita scream as she tried to grab her. Suddenly, the door flew open and two men came running in. Richard grabbed me from behind and Denny grabbed Ashlyn and restrained her.“Isabella , you’re bleeding,” Richard said as he wiped the blood from my head.“She threatened Julia,” I said.“What?!” Richard yelled as he looked at her.Anita went and got a cloth from the bathroom and handed it to Richard as he held it over my cut.“You’re in big trouble,” Richard said as he applied pressure to the wound.“How did you know I was here?” I asked.“We aren’t talking about that now.”“Believe me, we’re talking about it, Richard.”Two police officers walked into Ashlyn’s apartment and took her from De
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And talking to you, may I add,” I said with irritation. “You know Isabella, and you know how she can be. She’s pissed off, and she told me to leave the bedroom because she needed space.”Denny got up from the chair and started walking towards the elevator. He stopped, turned around, and shot me a look. “You’ll feel like an ass soon enough.” He smiled.“What the hell is that supposed to mean?” I yelled as the elevator doors shut.As I sighed and walked over to the bar to set down my glass, I heard the elevator door open. At first, I thought it was Denny, but I was pleasantly surprised when I looked over and saw Mason and Julia.“There’s my baby girl.” I smiled when I took her from Mason’s arms. “Did you have fun at the park?”“We had a fabulous time. She has made the most amazing friends and all the mannies love her.”I looked at Mason in confusion. “What?”“Once a week, I meet the other mannies with their babies in the park. You wouldn’t believe the stories they tell me about the fami
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Isabella ,” I heard Connor whisper as he opened the door and walked in.He climbed into the bathtub, behind me, fully dressed, and wrapped his arms around me.“I’m so sorry, baby,” he began to cry. “I’m sorry for everything you’ve been through today. I just wanted to shield you from the scariness of the world. I wanted to protect you, Isabella . I need you to try and understand why I did what I did and why I behaved the way that I did. I love you so damn much.”Bringing my arms to his, he loosened his grip around me and I turned around to face him. He tilted his head as he stared at me and tried to wipe away the mascara stains from under my eyes. Bringing my hand up to his face, I gently wiped away each tear that fell from his eyes.“Look at you; your clothes are soaking wet.” I smiled softly.“It doesn’t matter as long as I’m holding you.” He smiled as his hand softly swept across my cheek.“Do you forgive me?” I asked.“Of course I forgive you. Do you forgive me?”“Yes, I love you w
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“Hel—Richard , why is the princess crying like that?”“Mason, I need your help. I’m taking Julia to the office.”“By yourself?” he interrupted.“Yes. I’m stuck in traffic, and she won’t stop screaming. She won’t take the pacifier either.”“You gave her the pacifier? Does Isabella know this?”“No, and you’re not going to tell her either. Help me; I don’t know what to do.”“Do you have any classical music with you?”“I don’t think so.”“Look in the diaper bag. There may be a CD in there.”Reaching in the back, I grabbed a hold of the diaper bag and, as I was bringing it up to the front, items started falling out onto the floor. Julia was still screaming, and I was about to have a nervous breakdown.“There’s no f**king CD in here!” I screamed into the phone.“Richard , I’m sorry, but there’s nothing you can do until you get to the office.”After hanging up, I looked at my phone and had an idea. Still stuck in traffic, I downloaded some classical music onto my phone. Beethoven’s “Ode to J
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What?” I smiled.“Nothing. I’m just admiring your beauty before we part ways in a couple of hours.”I spit in the sink and rinsed my mouth before walking over to him and placing my hands on his bare and sculpted chest.“I hate the fact that we aren’t going to see each other until tomorrow.”“I know. Me too,” he said as he held my face and kissed my lips.“So, what are your plans?” I asked casually.“I’m not telling you a thing. You’re so secretive about your party, so I’m being secretive too.”“You do realize you sound like a baby, right?”“Yes, but only your baby,” he whispered as he licked behind my ear and then slapped me on the ass.I giggled as I packed the last of the things I needed for the party. When Richard was done showering and getting dressed, he grabbed my bag and we took the elevator down to the parking garage, where two limos were waiting for us.“You’re limo, my love,” Richard said as he opened the door.“Thank you, darling.” I smiled.He wrapped his arms around me an
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Well?" she asked, demanding a response from him."I don’t want to quarrel over this, Hannah." He was smart enough to recognize a loaded question when he heard one. Smart enough to extract himself as best he could, too. "All I’m saying is that I’d prefer it if you invested as much time in our relationship as you would in a job. There are only so many hours in a day. You can’t do everything, you know.""In other words you wouldn’t be willing to help with the cooking or the housework?"Richard was quickly losing his grip on his patience, which had always been in short supply. Isabella seemed to be looking for an excuse to pick a fight with him by tying him up in verbal knots. She had been from the moment he’d arrived home. Hell if he knew what he’d done that was so terrible now."I’d be willing to help with the cooking and housework." He fully expected his answer would take the starch out of her arguments. How willing he actually would be to help around the house was another question ent
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Isabella ?" He spoke her name softly when he noticed the moist trail of tears that streaked her face. "Would it help any if I told you I was sorry?" He didn’t know what he was apologizing for, but it was apparent he’d hurt her, and knowing that didn’t sit right.She stopped and looked up at him through narrowed, suspicious eyes."Whatever I said, I didn’t mean it," he tried once more."You don’t remember?" She sounded incredulous."No," he admitted, reaching for her hand. "Come back to the house and we’ll talk about it. All right?"She seemed to be trapped with indecision. He raised his hands to her face and gently rubbed the tears from her cheeks. Each one was an accusation against him. His heart constricted at how pale her features were, how fragile she looked. It demanded every ounce of control he possessed not to take her in his arms and beg her forgiveness. He was a reckless bastard to inflict his drunkenness on so delicate a soul, and he silently vowed never to do it again."Com
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Tell me," he said, walking toward her, fully intending to take her in his arms; a couple of kisses might reassure her even more. "You wouldn’t happen to be jealous now, would you?""Jealous?" She threw the word back in his face as though he’d issued the greatest insult of her life. "If you can honestly mistake integrity and principles for jealousy, then I truly wonder what kind of man I’ve married."With that she turned and walked into her bedroom and closed the door. Isabella had probably never slammed a door in her life, he realized.Air seeped between Richard’s clenched teeth. He’d done it again. Just when he was beginning to make headway with her, he got cocky and said something stupid. It was becoming a bad habit.He let a few moments pass, then decided to try once again. He knocked on her bedroom door, but didn’t wait for her to answer before turning the knob and walking in. A husband should be allowed certain rights. Isabella turned and glared at him accusingly."I didn’t mean
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None of my business," she repeated calmly. Obviously she was traipsing across ground he had no intention of mapping. "I see.""It’s obvious you don’t. Damnation, woman, you’re making a mountain out of a molehill.""I most certainly am not," she replied, doing her best to hold back the flash flood of anger that threatened to drown her. "If anyone is being unreasonable, it’s you. Apparently the subject is a touchy one and best dropped. I’m sorry I said anything.""So am I."It seemed that Richard wasn’t watching the road as well as he should have been, because a car shot past them and the driver hammered on the horn as he sped by. Her husband muttered something under his breath that Hannah pretended not to hear."Are there others?""Other what?" Richard shouted. His frustration with her was clearly getting the best of him."Women," Isabella explained serenely. "I should know about them, don’t you think? It might save us both a good deal of embarrassment.""Are you asking for a list of e
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He came around and helped her out of the car and cupped his hand under her elbow as they walked up the flight of concrete steps to his apartment.Once they reached the top, Richard unlocked the door. Shoving it open, he turned to Isabella and without a word calmly lifted her into his arms.Taken by surprise, she let out a small cry of alarm. "Richard ," she pleaded, "put me down. I’m too heavy.""Let me assure you, Isabella Jones , you weigh next to nothing." With that he ceremoniously carried her over the threshold, gently depositing her in the leather recliner.Isabella smiled at him, a little breathlessly, although he’d been the one to do all the work. This man was full of surprises. All week she’d been convinced she was marrying a monster, but Richard had gone out of his way to prove otherwise. Perhaps this marriage had a chance to survive, after all.Richard turned on the television and reached for the evening paper and, after a few minutes, Isabella excused herself and began unpa
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Glancing at her now, sitting by his side as they drove to his apartment in nearby Port Orchard, gave him further cause to wonder. She hadn’t said more than a handful of words since the ceremony. He hadn’t a clue what she was thinking, but he figured she was looking for some way to get out of this."It was very nice of Chaplain Stewart and Lieutenant Commander Kyle to arrange housing on the base for us, wasn’t it?" she asked softly."Very nice," he repeated. He wondered how many strings his CO had had to pull to come up with that. The news had come as a surprise to Richard , who’d lived in a small apartment complex for the past two years."When will we be moving?""Soon.""How soon?"Hell, first he couldn’t get her to talk, now he couldn’t shut her up. "Next weekend.""Good. Packing will give me something to do while you’re gone during the day. Once we’ve moved, I’ll look for a job.""I don’t want you doing any lifting, you hear?" She flinched at his harsh tones, and he regretted speak
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I didn’t mean for any of this to happen.""Obviously," he retorted, trapped in his anger. "No one in their right mind would do this to themselves. The question is, what the hell are we going to do about it now?""Oh, don’t worry. It isn’t necessary for you to marry me. I don’t know what ever made Dad suggest that."She seemed so damn smug about it, and that riled him all the more."Apparently your father feels differently. He seems to think my marrying you would salvage your honor."She nodded. Her hair was tied at her nape, giving Richard a clear view of the delicate lines of her face. As pale as she was, she resembled a porcelain doll, fragile and easily breakable. She looked dangerously close to that point right then."My father is an old-fashioned man with traditional values. Marriage is what he would expect.""What do you expect?" His tone was less harsh, his concern for her outweighing his irritation.Isabella placed her hand on her smooth stomach as though she longed to protect
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She woke when her father made a sharp turn and eased to a stop in front of a guard house. He rolled down the window, and a blast of cold air alerted Isabella to the fact they’d arrived at their destination. She straightened and looked around. Although she’d never been on one before, she recognized immediately that they were entering a military compound. "Dad?" she quizzed. "Where are we?""Bangor," he announced a little too loudly. "We’re meeting Richard Jones."In Chaplain Stewart’s office Riley sat, ramrod straight, across the room from Isabella Brown and her stern-faced father. Richard gaze narrowed as he fired a look in her direction. Not once did she deign to glance his way. She sat, her back as rigid as his own, but although she held her head high, her gaze refused to meet his. Perhaps it was just as well.First thing the previous morning, Richard had been called before his commanding officer. When he arrived, he’d discovered Chaplain Stewart and Lieutenant Commander Steven Kyl
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Richard blamed himself still. He feared he’d frightened her so badly that she’d fled in horror. Had he hurt her? She’d been so tight and so small. It was all he could do not to slam his fist into the wall every time he thought about their brief encounter, which was damn near every minute of every day. What had happened to her since? Was she sick? Alone? Frightened? Pregnant?He’d been in control of their encounter until she’d kissed him. Now it was weeks later and he still reeled at the memory of the gentle, shy way in which she’d pressed her lips to his. He cursed how he could close his eyes and continue to taste her. How sweet she’d been. How warm and delicate. Her lips had molded to his, and her flavor reminded him of cotton candy. That alone was enough to torment him, but it wasn’t all. Her fragrance continued to obsess him. It wasn’t a commercial one he could name. The only way he could think to describe it was to imagine walking waist-deep in a field of wildflowers.The woman ha
