A Cowboy In Love

What could I do, to face the matter once and for all. He knew he wouldn't budge, stubborn as he was. She plucked up her courage and got to her feet, turned to where her towel was and ignored him completely. She didn't care what he thought, even if she was scared to death. He looked very surprised at her slightly bulging belly, indeed the wet blouse had stuck t her body giving away her secret, she covered herself with the towel and waited for Jack's verdict.

The silence became eternal between them, and in Jack's eyes there was a great sadness as if he had lost something very valuable, she wondered if he was capable of suspecting that the baby was his.

~1 have to go now!

- Why didn't you tell me?

- Jack, this is not the time.

~ When I came to see you, you were already pregnant, and yet you made love to me. When you came here, you were pregnant?

He thought I was already pregnant long before, he couldn't believe his eyes. Did he think his baby was someone else's? What kind of woman did he think he was? If she had been pregnant by someone else she would have been more than six months pregnant, according to the doctor and his accounts she had gotten pregnant the first time she had been with Jacl he remembered that neither of them had taken any precautions, in fact none of the times they had been together had th used a condom.

Is that what you think, Jack?

~1 don't think you don't care what I think!

~ Then think whatever you want. She put on her dress and started to walk.

~ When you were sleeping with me did you have another relationship in Atlanta?

~ Why do you have to be so rude and such a jerk Jack. Leave me alone!

She gathered the rest of her things as best she could and kept walking, Jack's horse was tied to a tree grazing.

- Wait... You're not going to tell me anything else?

- What do you want me to tell you? That I'm pregnant, that I'm going to have a baby? That's what you want me to tell you That you're a brute?

~ 1 want you to tell me if you were making love to me while you had someone else in Atlanta?

~1 don't have to tell you anything! You and I don't have any kind of relationship, you made that clear. Then I don't want y to claim anything from me, besides you don't have a date tonight, what right do you have to claim anything from me?

- A date! I exclaimed in surprise, I wonder if she was referring to the meeting with the cattle buyers that she had that nig in her office, how did she know that? -Listen Megan...

- No! You listen, I don't want you to tell me anything else. I want you to understand that am pregnant and this is none o your business. She kept walking but he was quick to catch up with her.

- Why didn't you tell me?

- Leave it Jack yes!

-1 won't, I need to know.

- Since when with a demon? she shouted at him. -You haven't bothered to see me these days that I've been here and whe you went to see me in Atlanta you only wanted to sleep with me, don't come to me saying that you care why I didn't tell you, I'm not going to believe that story. It's over Jack, I'm pregnant and nothing else can be done.

- Will you marry the baby's father? I asked with a frown waiting for his answer.

It took Megan several minutes to answer such an easy question, as she held him in endless agony.

- Not

As crazy and selfish as it seemed, she was relieved to know that she wasn't going to marry the father of her child, but the what was going on there, that bastard had impregnated her and abandoned her?

~ Why, where is the baby's father?

- He doesn't want to marry me, simply because he doesn’t love me.

- Does that mean that you love him?

That was worse than knowing that the guy didn’t want to marry her, but that she was in love with him.

- Yes, I do. He's the father of my child. Jack please don't go on, I'm tired and I want to go home, well your home.

He was stunned by the answer he just heard, as he watched her walk away. She loved another man and her love was not reciprocated, would she have got involved with someone who was married? No! That was impossible, Megan was not that kind of woman. But she was pregnant and that baby was not hers.

it had been a crazy day for poor Megan, confronting Jack and then confronting her grandmother and lying about the real father. In the end her grandmother was happy about the news and assured her that she would spoil her for the few days she stayed at the ranch, she also told her that she would travel for the birth of the baby.

When she was already lying in her room, she couldn't stop thinking about everything Jack had told her, was he really such beast not to realise that he was the father. Although he didn't ask her how long she was pregnant, he decided to draw his own conclusions, “what an idiot”, while she was having her head blown off, he was probably ready for their date. He decided it was best to sleep and not think about it any more.

Megan was fast asleep when a soft knock on her door woke her up with a start, she felt a bit disoriented but then she understood that the noise came from the door. She got out of bed half asleep and went to open the door.

- Jack? What are you doing here? She stifled a yawn with the crook of her hand.

- Were you sleeping? he asked innocently.

- It's obvious! What time is it, for God's sake, because you wake me up at this hour.

-1 don’t know, a little after one.

- Great! What do you want? Don't tell me your date stood you up at the last minute and now you've come here looking fo me, because I tell you, looking like this I doubt I look at all attractive. And secondly, I have no intention of relieving your frustrated date.

He entered the room without even waiting for Megan to give him permission, she had no choice but to close the door anc folded her arms.

- First of all, my date wasn't frustrated, on the contrary, it was perfect. And secondly, I think you're a very attractive, beautiful woman.

- Yeah, right! Well, if it went well, what the hell are you doing here? How dare he talk about his fabulous date in front of her, jealousy had already robbed him of what little sleep he had left.

~ 1 wanted to see you and talk to you.

- Oh right! Am I your confidant or something?

~ Hmm... He shrugged his shoulders. -I'm fine with the time, no one will bother us.

She hadn't noticed how he was dressed, he was wearing jeans that fit like a glove, a white shirt and a grey jacket, and of course his Texan boots. He was really handsome that night, she didn't doubt that their date would be perfect because th man smelled wonderful.

- Anyway, do you want something? Because that's what you came for, isn't it? It was better not to look at him too much, h stood by the door with his arms crossed.

~1 didn't come because I wanted something specific, I just wanted to see you, I know you're leaving tomorrow.

- That's right, tomorrow afternoon.

- When will you be back?

- 1 won't be back Jack, I won't be able to make these trips anymore, my grandmother and Melisa are travelling for the birt of my baby and they will stay with me for a few weeks.

He looked at her in silence, and that was starting to make Megan uncomfortable. Why didn’t he just tell her what was stu in his throat?