Much later, after wine and dinner, Damian knelt before her again. “Jillian, will you marry me?” His smile turned to disappointment, his face hardening in anger as the long, silent pause continued.
“We have to talk.”
CHAPTER TWELVE
“I thought you said you wanted to be with me?” Damian was angry. And justifiably so.
“I do.” Jillian held his hands as he sat next to her.
“Then quit him. Just be with me.” The ring was still in his hands.
“There are unusual circumstances,” Jillian began and explained the whole soul mate thing.
“He will die if he doesn’t have you?”
“Most likely, but even if he lives, he’ll never have anyone else. He can never love another, or have children. If I am not with him then he’s alone for the rest of his life, however short that probably will be. I can’t help but feel incredibly guilty. His choice was made for him by me I took away any chance of him meeting someone else. He could have had some Antarean woman to live his life with if it wasn’t for my stupidity.” She paused letting it sink in. “He says he’s willing to share.”
“That makes him a better man than me? I want you for myself, no, I won’t share and you shouldn’t ask me. What kind of wimp agrees to sharing? I’ll kick his ass. That’s being a man, let’s just fight it out.”
Jillian quieted her voice in an attempt to calm him. “Stop, just for a moment. Think for one minute.”
“I don’t want to, I want to punch something.”
“Listen, honey, put yourself in his shoes for two seconds, if it’s share or have nothing at all you can understand why he is willing. It’s also why I don’t want to hurt him or abandon him. I did this to him it was my foolish choice to do what I did.”
“You thought you were helping.”
“Doesn’t change the fact I am his one and only whether I stay with him or not. What if it was you and we had only this and I was going to walk away because he wouldn’t share?
Is that what you’re going to do to him?”
Damian looked down, hands on his hips, “This is impossible.” Then without warning, he punched a fist into the wall. He jumped back holding his hand and grimacing in severe pain.
“You’re so stupid, are you happy now?”
“Actually, I do feel a little better.”
Jillian hugged him. “I’m sorry this is so complicated. I wish it were easier, but this is what it is, I can’t wish it away.”
“I’m not going to be sitting around waiting for you while you’re gone for you knows how long. Thinking about you being away from me for days at a time will drive me mad.”
“Well, you wouldn’t lose any time with me. Within Antares time passes much slower. It’s almost like time travel. I could go there and return to you with virtually no time lost. And you wouldn’t have to know or hear anything about him, I promise. Is what we have worth saving? To me it is.”
He looked like steam could conceivably come out his ears. “Wait, are you saying you are going to marry me?”
“Yes.” She grinned
“And him?”
“We’re sort of already.”
“What? When did this happen?”
“I guess the first time we- I - you know.” She shrugged. “They call it being matched up. Apparently there’s no undoing it.”
He shook his head, “what a woman.”
“You agree?”
Damian threw his hands in the air. “Okay, I’ll give it a shot.”
“Oh, I love you so much! Let’s have the oral sex!”
“What?” Damian asked. But Jillian was already on her knees unzipping, unbuckling and pulling down his pants.
“Well, if I knew it was going to get this response - ” His comments were cut off as Jillian took his full length in her mouth. He was unable to speak at all for the next fifteen minutes, but after that time he managed to squeak out a thank you.
CHAPTER THIRTEEN
A year later both men were with Jillian, one on each side of her, having arrived at an uneasy, but important truce as she gave birth to twin boys - one Antarean, one human. The boys were named Patrick, after Damian’s father and Shuldray after Tae’s father. Both boys were raised together with her and Damian. And then at times Jillian and Dray would join Tae in his world, but always returning with no time lost.
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Table of Contents
Copyright
CHAPTER ONE
CHAPTER TWO
CHAPTER THREE
CHAPTER FOUR
CHAPTER SIX
CHAPTER SEVEN
CHAPTER EIGHT
CHAPTER NINE
CHAPTER TEN
CHAPTER ELEVEN
CHAPTER TWELVE
CHAPTER THIRTEEN
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