by Angelo, Judy
“So…you didn’t marry me because of the baby?”
He laughed. “Please. I didn’t need to marry you to get a child. Trust me.”
“And…you still want to be with me even though I can’t give you a child?”
“I want to be with you as long as I’m on this earth,” he declared. “And who says we can’t have a family? If you have your heart set on a child, I would be more than willing to adopt.”
That brought a smile to her tear-streaked face. “You would do that? For me?”
“For both of us.” He reached out and drew her close, and sighed in contentment as she laid her cheek against his chest.
“Then I’ll stay with you,” she whispered. “I thought if I loved you I had to let you go but now I’m so glad I don’t have to.”
Sloane chuckled. “Don’t you worry,” he said as he stroked her hair. “You’re not going to get rid of me that easily. You're stuck with me for life.”
And he was looking forward to spending every minute of the rest of his life with his beautiful wife.
EPILOGUE
“You did this to me.” Melanie gritted her teeth and gripped Sloane’s hand as the pain ripped through her body.
“Eergh,” she groaned through clenched teeth.
“It’s okay, honey,” he soothed as he dabbed at her brow with a cool cloth. “Just push.”
“Looking good, Mrs. Quest. Now bear down. We’re almost there.”
The doctor’s voice was reassuring in its coolness and Melanie drew strength from his calm. Although the massive pressure on her lower half was a hair's breadth away from unbearable, she fought to stay calm. She was swimming in pain but it was normal. It had to be. The doctor didn’t look the least bit perturbed.
And then she looked over at her husband, so strong and supportive, his furrowed brow and perspiring upper lip telling how much he was sharing her pain. But he was fighting hard not to show it. And he was there with her one hundred percent.
“I see the head,” the nurse said with a hint of excitement in her voice. “Keep pushing, Mrs. Q. Help us out here.”
So Melanie pushed and even as the pain tore through her, her heart soared. She was having her baby.
It had been a long time coming. Good grief, she was all of thirty-seven years old. She’d totally given up hope that this day would ever come. She’d accepted her fate and in her mind, she’d moved on.
And now this.
“One last push. Come on now. Give it all you’ve got.”
At the doctor’s order, Melanie gave Sloane’s hand a bone-crushing squeeze and pushed with all her might.
“Your baby’s here,” the doctor announced.
“And it’s a boy,” the nurse said, laughing.
And then Melanie heard the most beautiful sound in the world. Her baby’s very first cry. And it was a lusty howl.
“My baby,” she sobbed. “My baby.” When she looked up at Sloane she could hardly see him through her tears. But one thing she did make out was the wide grin on his face.
“We have a boy,” he said. “I have a son.” And his voice was so full of wonder that Melanie blinked to clear her eyes, the better to see his face.
And what she saw made her heart melt. Big, bold and powerful Sloane Quest – now overcome with emotion – actually had tears in his eyes.
At that moment the nurse handed her a very pink baby swaddled in a white blanket adorned with pink and green stripes, and as she looked into the face of her own special miracle baby her eyes welled up again.
“Welcome to the world, Sloane Parker Quest,” she whispered as she gazed down at the tiny dark-haired bundle in her arms. “This is your mommy.” She could hardly believe she was saying the word. She was finally a mom.
Smiling, Sloane reached out a hand to touch the top of the baby’s head, then he turned and gave Melanie a gentle kiss on the forehead. “You have your baby at last,” he said, “and as soon as the adoption papers come through we’ll have our daughter, too. We are so blessed.”
At his words Melanie choked up, so much that she couldn’t speak. Finally, she managed a trembling whisper. “I love you.”
“I love you, too,” he said softly. “And thank you.”
“For our son?” She looked up at him, trying to understand.
“For our family,” he said, his voice vibrating with emotion.
And her heart filled with love because she knew exactly what he meant.
THE END
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HER INDECENT PROPOSAL
BAD BOY BILLIONAIRES
Judy Angelo
Volume 1 - Tamed by the Billionaire
Volume 2 - Maid in the USA
Volume 3 - Billionaire's Island Bride
Volume 4 - Dangerous Deception
Volume 5 - To Tame a Tycoon
Volume 6 - Sweet Seduction
Volume 7 - Daddy by December
Volume 8 - To Catch a Man (in 30 Days or Less)
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VOLUME 1 - TAMED BY THE BILLIONAIRE
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Serena Van Buren, the privileged daughter of a wealthy businessman, can't wait to begin her three-month tour of Europe with her college mates. Little does she know that fate has other plans in store!
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WHO EVER SAID BILLIONAIRE BACHELORS AND MODEST MAIDS DON'T MIX?
Celine Santini couldn't have been more shocked when billionaire bachelor Pierce D'Amato offers her a job as nanny to his four-year-old charge. After all, he hardly even knows her. But after finding herself thrown into an unexpectedly intimate encounter with him, are they really strangers? Celine is captivated by the green-eyed heartthrob who takes her heart ransom but how can she give in to her feelings when they're from two totally different worlds?
From the first day he lays eyes on the dark-eyed beauty, Pierce D'Amato knows he is lost. He immediately devises a plan to get her under his roof...and it works. But the more he gets to know the sweetly seductive Celine Santini the more he realizes there's a lot more to this woman than he could ever have imagined. Her intriguing combination of sophistication and innocence keeps him forever off-balance and, before he knows it, his b
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Jake McKoy moves to a tiny town in upstate New York to escape a painful past. He has no idea that it is here that he will find healing and strength and a new start in life. And that healing comes in the form of a fresh-faced woman who steals his heart.
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Meg Gracey is the proverbial 'starving artist', a writer down on her luck. When she is offered a contract as ghostwriter she jumps at the chance, only to later realize that the job will throw her directly in the path of the man she vowed never to 'touch with a long stick'. Caught between starvation and emotional torture she is forced to choose.
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VOLUME 8 - TO CATCH A MAN (IN 30 DAYS OR LESS)
HOW DO YOU CATCH A MAN...IN 30 DAYS?
Indiana Lane is in a pickle. She must find a man, fall in love and get married...all within the space of thirty days. How in the world can she pull this off? And then she runs into Stone Hudson - or, more accurately, he runs into her - and that's when the adventure begins.
Stone Hudson has met his match. He is used to women fawning over him and then he meets Indie, a woman who tells it like it is. And worse, she dares to tease him wherever and whenever she desires. Stone is intrigued, to say the least, but then his heart is snagged on a wire from which there is no escape.
Will the wedding bells ring for Indie, and will they ring in time? Thirty days is not a lot of time...
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SLEEPING WITH YOUR BOSS – CAN ANY GOOD EVER COME OF THAT?
Dana Daniels considers herself to be the consummate professional and she would never, under any circumstances, mix work with pleasure. She’s got the reputation of being the ‘office bulldog’ and has killed the hopes of many an interested male co-worker. But when her kindly boss is replaced by a rigid block of stone, that’s when she knows that she’s in trouble. Because the man who now runs the show, a man she would love to hate, is the only one who has ever made her want to forget the rules and partake of forbidden fruit. But how can she give in to her desires? The man is her boss, after all.
From the first day he lays eyes on her, Rockford St. Stephens is blown away by his executive assistant. Much good that will do him, though. The woman hates him from day one…and she says so. But although he knows how she feels, he can’t resist the pull of attraction. Boss or not, he wants Dana Daniels. And if ever there were a situation that could lead to trouble, this is it. Can he afford to go down that road?
Conflict meets passion – a heady combination…
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VOLUME 10 - HER INDECENT PROPOSAL
GIVE ME A BABY...NO STRINGS ATTACHED
Melanie Parker is at the top of her game. Thirty-three years old, owner and CEO of Parker Broadcasting Corporation, with assets totaling over a billion dollars. There are many who would die to be in her shoes. But there’s one thing Melanie feels is missing from her life. A child. She’s always dreamed of one day being a mother but just never found the time to fall in love. And now time is running out. So she seeks out the one man who she knows can give her what she wants and will demand nothing in return, a man who’s a billionaire himself.
Sloane Quest can’t believe it when the owner of Parker Broadcasting Corporation – his biggest competitor in the media business – makes him the craziest of all proposals. The decision he makes is quick, and it probably defies all reason, but he has an ulterior motive which will not be denied.
Complications, intrigue and a baby bargain in the middle. Can love conquer all?
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The NAUGHTY AND NICE Series
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THE NAUGHTIER THE BETTER...
Tessa Tyndale is known for her naughty nature. Although she's a high school teacher she's no angel. She's been guilty of a prank or two. And then she meets Wolf Spencer, gloomy and serious, the very opposite of Tessa's idea of the ideal mate. But, strangely enough, this is the man who makes her heart race. Now if only she can change him from grumpy to fun-loving...it's a challenge that she's willing to take on. With Tessa, anything is possible.
Wolf Spencer is intrigued by the petite blonde pixie he meets at his friend's wedding. But when he tries to make friends he's surprised to find that she's not at all interested in him. And then he realizes that she's nothing like w
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Wolf soon finds out that around Tessa nobody is safe, especially not him...
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