The Billionaire's Secret Love Child(113)

He let it sling over his shoulders and took a deep breath as he looked down, and then his eyes met mine, bright and piercing as the sky.

“You’re not running this time,” he said.

I folded my arms across my chest and looked away.

“What do you mean? I’m not--”

“I’m running.”

I looked at Matty. He stepped toward me.

“What?” My eyes grew wide.

“It’s my turn to run,” he brushed his hand through his golden-brown hair. “And, apparently, it turns out that Allison and Steven--”

“The lawyer?”

He sighed and nodded, with a smirk.

“I’m really unlucky at weddings.”

I almost let out a laugh, but so many emotions were swirling around.

I didn’t know how to respond. I knew this scenario all too well. It was nothing like I planned. Matty stood in front of me, his golden hair whisking in the wind. He looked at me softly, his eyes saying everything.

A wetness began falling across my cheek, and before I knew it, I was already crying.

“No, no,” Matty’s strong, warm hand caressed my face. “Please don’t cry now, I only just started. I didn’t even get to profess my love to you yet--”

He cupped my chin with his hands and brought his forehead to rest on mine.

“I can’t believe you ran,” I said.

“I think that makes us basically even,” he said, wiping at a tear.

I pushed away from him and wiped my sleeve against my face, tucking my curly hair behind my ear. My cheeks grew warm and I began to laugh.

“Basically?” I said.

Matty came and brought me back into his arms once again, and this time, my cheek rested against his broad chest, his strong arms enveloping me. And I welcomed it.

“Well, you did keep my son from me for five years.”

“Oh,” my voice muffled against his shirt. “That. How did you know?”

“I can do basic math, Erin. It’s really not that hard to figure out.”

I squeezed him tightly.

“I was going to tell you--”

“But?”

“I needed to know if you really loved me. I didn’t want to make you feel obligated.”

“I’m always obliged to you, Erin McGarity,” Matty laughed and then brought his hand to my chin, and guided my face to look up at his. “How else am I going to keep you out of trouble?”

My heart felt as if it was going to leap out of my chest.

“I promise not to run anymore,” he said. “If you promise to stay.”

I never intended life to be the way it was, but I guess that’s what makes it life. I had spent a long time looking for adventure, when the greatest adventure of life was always right home. In that moment, I only really remembered the smell of wildflowers and the golden-green grasses swaying against our legs.

He stroked at my cheek, and gazed at me with his endless blue-gray eyes. When our lips met, I felt like I might burst, feeling him warm and soft against me.

“I love you, Erin McGarity. I always have.”

Then he held me close as he whispered, “I always will.”

And we danced with the fireflies.

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THE END





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Gold in Texas – A Cowboy Billionaire Pregnancy Romance


Three months and I was finally hitting my stride. I could feel my hands starting to grow tougher, and my legs were growing stronger. The best part of the whole thing was being able to ride a horse almost as much as I ever wanted.

“Hey Jennie,” Larry shouted from the barn, “Buck said it would be a good time to get the livestock into the barn. Said there’s a storm comin’ up, and he don’t wanna see nothin’ bad happen.”

“I’m on it,” I shouted back. It wasn’t hard, herding in the few animals they kept on the ranch. Just a couple milking cows, some chickens, and a few horses. I didn’t mind herding them in, either.

Larry already had the door open for all the animals as I shooed them in. Only took about fifteen minutes or so.

I could already see the storm off the plains, a crack of thunder lit the sky in the distance and the blackened clouds rolled slowly in our direction. I never liked storms where I grew up, but out here it was like watching a masterpiece unfold.

I can’t say I ever really believed in a greater power until I got the chance to look out along the horizon and view the perfect simplicity of the landscape.

“Jennie, you gonna to get inside? I bet Mike is already lookin’ for ya,” said Larry, peeking over my shoulder.

“Don’t know why he’d be lookin’ for me, not like I have any chores left for the day,” I said as I wheeled around toward the house.

It was a small house, barely two stories. The white walls displayed their age as though rings on a tree and the windows were still a bit dirtied from the harsh winds that swept up dust from all over.