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"I need to go and pick the girls up in half an hour. Are you going to stay for dinner?"
"I don't know. Will they be upset that I've been here with you alone?"
"What you think they'll be jealous that I had you all to myself?"
"No. I meant that they weren't here as chaperones."
"That was the general idea." She kissed him and laughed. "I'm glad we made the most of it because I have no idea when we'll have some time to ourselves."
"We'll find time. I might have more free time than I thought anyway."
"Oh. Why?" She stroked his chest as he spoke, his fingers rubbing the back of her hand.
"Bob is on the mend and thinking of making a comeback."
"Does that mean you might leave?" Her hand froze.
"Not necessarily. As I said before, my business can be operated from almost anywhere. It might just mean I'll be away more. But I can buy a house here so I'll have a permanent base. I have already been looking at some details. I made sure to tell the agent I needed room for ponies."
She sat up, pulling the sheet to her chest. "You're looking for a family home?"
"Why not? I can rattle around it on my own until you get divorced. I figured I'd at least have Laura on my side if I offer her a pony." He smiled as her face dropped. "I'm joking. I'm getting too old to have no fixed abode. So I thought I'd settle in England, it is my home after all. Bob is never going to be able to take the bank on without help. So I will split my time between him, my business and you." He kissed her lips. "No pressure."
"Wow. Things do move fast."
"One thing I've learned Helen, is that if you don't move things in the direction you want them to go, they tend to go their own way. And not always the way you want them too."
"Have you heard from the private investigator? Or is it too soon?"
"I'm hoping to next week. Once we have all the information, you can begin to get some idea of what you want to do. But like I said. No pressure. We've only known each other for two weeks. I know how I feel about you. But I also know the sensible thing to do would be for us to date for six months or a year to let your family adjust. I don't just mean your kids. Your parents and brother will want to be sure you are doing the right thing. I know they've been worried about you in the past. I don't want them to worry again. We'll just take it slow."
"It sounds so perfect. You are so perfect."
"You are the only person that thinks so."
"That's not good when you see the bad taste I've had in husbands."
"Once I'm your husband Helen I will never let you go. I will try my hardest to make you happy."
"You already do." She kissed him. "Oh, damn. I have to go."
She jumped out of bed and pulled on her clothes. Making sure, she at least had her shirt on the right way before heading out the door. It was too late to worry about the way she looked. She grabbed her keys and ran out to her car, calling, "Get dressed and put the kettle on. I'll be home in ten minutes."
Chapter Twenty - Oliver
He watched her park her car. Leaning against his own with his arms folded as she approached.
“Oliver, why are you outside?” she asked coming over to him and kissing his cheek. While the girls ran up and down the road, still excited from their play date.
“I felt a little uncomfortable in your house when your husband came in.”
“What?” she looked confused, as though he was talking gibberish.
He lowered his voice so the girls didn’t hear. “Luckily I was dressed and in the kitchen when he let himself in.”
Her face paled. “You’re not joking.”
He tried not to glare at her, but his temper was severely tested. “Do you think I would joke about this?”
“I don’t understand.”
“He let himself in as if it was his right to be there, Helen. In his words he had been on a sabbatical.”
“A what?”
“I don’t know what’s going on here Helen. Are you taking me for a fool or what? What’s going on?” He looked at her face and saw the confusion there. He wanted to believe her, but the evidence didn’t look good.
She had been worried it was him who might be stringing her along. Now it appeared that it was the other way around. She had been playing him. A bit on the side while her husband was away.
“Will you wait while I speak to him?”
“Call me instead.” He pulled away from her and opened his car door.
“Please, Oliver. Wait here for five minutes while I find out what the hell is going on. I swear to you everything I said was true.” She placed her hand on his arm, looking him directly in the eyes.
He had to believe her. In all of his experience, he had been able to read people so well. If she was lying, it would tear down everything he thought he knew. Her eyes spoke the truth.
“Five minutes.”
He heard them go into the house, the excited cries of ‘daddy’. When the front door slammed shut, he struggled to stand his ground, feeling like a complete fool.
The minutes passed seeming endless. He found himself replaying every minute they had spent in each other’s arms. Every time she had told him, she was his. Why had Joel come home? Had his private investigator poked the hornets’ nest?
Determined to go in and confront Joel he approached the house. He refused to hang around any longer. Oliver wanted Helen and if he had to fight for her, he would. He was stupid. He should have gone inside with her. What if something bad had happened to her? While he was standing outside allowing his mood to dictate his behaviour.
He knocked on the door. Helen opened it almost at once, avoiding his eyes. In the pit of his stomach, something he had never felt before reared its head and took breath. Fear. She was about to tear his dreams from him. Dreams he had only dared to give life to since he had met her.
“Helen. What’s going on?”
“I’m sorry, Oliver.”
“Sorry,” he repeated. “About what?”
“For leading you on. I guess I was in love with the thought of having no money worries. You’re a good man. But Joel is back.”
“Don’t do this Helen.”
“Do what? He’s my husband. He has explained why he left, he’s told me he had some kind of breakdown but he’s better now.”
“You mean you are taking him back?”
“Yes, Oliver. What we had was a dream. I don’t fit in your world and you don’t fit in mine. Joel is the father of my children. We are a family and families stick together.”
“Helen,” he said, grabbing her arm.
“Let me go, Oliver. I’m sorry.”
“I’m sorry. That’s it?”
“I made a mistake.”
He opened his mouth but nothing came out. All he could do was stare at her.
“I think you should leave.”
“Helen. I don’t believe what you’re saying.”
“Please Oliver. It would be easier if you left rather than causing a scene.”
“I don’t believe you,” he said more firmly, knowing how desperate he sounded.
“It’s the truth.”
“Look at me Helen.”
“Goodbye, Oliver.” She stepped back into the house and shut the door in his face.
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