Page 9 of Married to the Boss

Chapter Eight

I’ve been backwith Everett for four weeks now and it’s been heaven. His mother ignores me when she comes into the office. But I notice that Everett makes her wait to see him and he leaves his door open.

Their relationship has definitely changed, but her opinion of me hasn’t. She looks at me like she wants to kill me every time she walks past me.

I just smile and rub my stomach. I know; call me bitchy.

When the lift door chimes and I hear the clip clop of heels coming across the floor and I know that it’s her.

She stops at my desk and puts her hands on her hips. Shit she’s going to talk to me.

“I hope you know what you’ve done to my relationship with my son. He doesn’t want to see me, have dinner with me and the only way I get to see him is when I come in here. You’ve done this.” She points her finger at me. “Whore. You think you can get pregnant and trick my son into thinking he’s the father. Just wait until I demand a paternity test, then I’ll be laughing when he kicks you out of his life. That’s the day I’ll have a party for him.”

I can’t believe all this shit that she’s spouting. Why does she hate me?

I can’t take any more, someone needs to stand up to this bitch.

Standing up, I copy her and put my hands on my waist. My pointy finger comes out and goes up to her face. “Now listen here, you bitch. I love Everett and he loves me.”

She laughs. “Really? Does he though?”

I know she is trying to make me believe that he doesn’t love me, but I know better. I know how much he missed me and how much he loves me. I stand taller. “Yes, he does. He loves me and he loves our daughter.” I watch her eyes widen. Shit I guess he didn’t tell her we are having a girl.

“A daughter? You know the sex of your baby?”

“Yes, we do. And I know that Everett loves me and our daughter so much that he would do anything to make us happy.”

She looks at me and her eyes bore deep into my soul. But I’m not backing down. Not this time.

She grunts. “Just wait until the baby’s born and he does a paternity test, then when he finds out you’re just a whore he’ll walk away from you.”

“Really? You think I’m a whore? Well, I think you’re a cunt, God help me I hate that word, but you are one. I can’t believe that you raised such a wonderful son; I’ll always be grateful for that, but don’t think that you’ll be a part of my daughter's life if you keep treating me like this. I won’t stand for it.”

Her face dropped when I called her a cunt. Clearly no one has called her that before.

“You… You despicable woman. I can’t wait until Everett sees the real you and he walks away from you both. He’s my son and he would never call me that. You need to get into your head that He. Does. Not. Love. You.” She punctuates every word with a poke of her long finger into my chest.

I can feel the tears pooling in my eyes. I won’t cry. I won’t cry. I won’t let this bitch see me crying because of her.

Suddenly, there’s a roar across the room. “Mother. Get your hands off her.”

“But, Everett, she’s a whore.”

Everett’s eyes open wider. He stalks his way over to her and he grabs hold of my hand. “Mother, if you can’t understand that we love each other then let me explain it to you. Saylor is the love of my life. She has taught me things about myself that I didn’t know before. I never knew that I could love someone as much as I love her. We are having a baby girl and I know that I love her already. I will not be doing a paternity test because I know she is mine. I know that because I trust Saylor and I just know. I can’t explain it but I just know. She is going to be in my life forever and that’s a long time for you to not see us. Me. My daughter. Your granddaughter.”

“You wouldn’t dare, Everett. Are you threatening me?”

“No, Mother, I’m not threatening you. I absolutely mean what I said. If you won’t accept Saylor into your life and treat her well, then I’m afraid I won’t be visiting either.”

I squeeze his hand. “You don’t need to do this, Everett. You have to still see her, she’s your mother. If she doesn’t like me then you can see her on your own. Don’t judge her. She just doesn’t know what real love is all about.”

He turns to me and he holds both my hands. “I love you, Saylor. Even when she’s being bitchy to you, you still see the positives. I’m sorry, this is not how I imagined this going, but…”

Everett drops down to one knee. Shit. In the office. In front of everyone. In front of his mother.

“Saylor, I love you. I wanted this to be perfect, but I realized that this is the perfect moment. This is me telling everyone, including my mother that you are my future. Both of you are. I don’t know how I resisted you for so long and going to Vegas was the perfect timing for both of us. Since then I’ve never felt so happy and I know we’ve had our ups and downs, but I want to keep living this life with you. So, Saylor, will you marry me?”

I can’t see the man on the floor because of the tears that are flowing down my cheeks. He looks at me as if he’s afraid I’m going to say no. I could never say no to his amazing man.

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