Page 12 of My Fiancé's Brother 2

“Marriage is supposed to be two people coming together because they want to be together. Because they love each other.”

“Is that why you were planning on marrying Matt this morning? Because you loved him so much, you couldn’t be without him?”

“No that is why I didn’t marry him.”

He stepped forward and leaned on the island with both hands, towering over me. “What exactly did you think would happen when you told me that you’re pregnant?”

“Not this.”

“Tell me.”

I swallowed. “I thought that you’d just go back to your life and I would get on with mine.”

“You thought wrong.”

I slid off my chair. “I don’t want to talk about this anymore.”

“You’re not running away from this conversation.”

“I need to think.”

“You can think about this all you want, but it’s going to happen.”

“It’s going to happen?” I repeated in disbelief.

“That’s what I just said.”

I shook my head.

His gaze narrowed. “You were going to marry Matt and let him think this was his baby.”

My mouth dropped open. It was a shameful statement, but it was true. Somehow in my mind, I had convinced myself that this small white lie wouldn’t hurt anyone in the long run. “But I didn’t.”

“You no longer had feelings for him, but it didn’t matter that there was no love between you because you needed a daddy.”

My mind raced. Somehow I was losing this argument. “At least Matt wants to be a father.”

“I’m pretty sure if you had asked him, he'd have told you that he wants to father his own kids. Not mine.”

I started to sweat. “I don’t want to trap you into this.”

“But you were essentially okay with trapping Matt.”

I glanced towards the door.

“Emily, don’t even think about running away from this conversation because I’m not in the mood.”

“I don’t want to talk about this anymore.”

He crossed his arms. “Why are you fighting me on this?”

I stared up at this big glorious man who made my heart want to beat out of my chest. I loved him. And I wanted to set him free. I didn’t want to use his sense of moral obligation to trap him into a life that I knew he didn’t want. No matter how badly I wanted that life for myself. Couldn’t he see that I was trying to be the bigger person in this situation?

“Trust me on this, okay?” I avoided his gaze.

“Just tell me why.”

“It won’t work.”

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