You stay here, with me, for the duration of your pregnancy. Finally she said the first, the only, word she could. ‘No.’ ‘Why not?’ ‘Because…’ Her mind grasped at reasons he would understand, that she could admit to. It’s impossible. Dangerous. I might fall in love with you. ‘I just can’t.’ ‘Can’t?’ he repeated. ‘Or won’t?’ ‘Both.’ ‘Why not?’ He sounded so reasonable, so unruffled, and she felt as if she were falling apart. Aaron’s suggestion, so calmly made, had rocked her to the core. ‘Why should I?’ she countered, knowing she sounded childish. ‘It’s not practical for you to live in some walk-up studio alone—climbing all those stairs.’ ‘I’ll get a ground-floor apartment,’ Zoe said numbly. ‘Never mind that. What if something happened to you? Who would even know? As far as I can tell, you’ve lived a very independent, isolated existence.’ ‘I like being independent,’ she snapped. She’d ignore the ‘isolated’ bit.
What do You think about His Brand Of Passion (2013)?
