Page 71 of The Rancher Married the Wrong Sister
That was their son's legal name, and just the memory of it had his fists clenching against his sides.
"D's father took care of the paperwork when I gave birth to D," Betsy revealed painfully. "I was just so gratefulthat he was footing the bill even though we had already broken up, it didn't even occur to me to ask what name he had written down. I...figured that whatever it was, it should be okay. By the time I realized what he had done, it was too late, and I didn't have enough money to request the court for a name change."
Lukas' jaw clenched when Betsy then shared how she had confronted their son's biological father about it, and how the latter had only said it was a joke.
It had Lukas imagine planting his fist on the other man's face and saying afterward that this, too, was a joke. Maybe then, the guy would understand—-
"This isn't what I came here for."
His gaze swung sharply to his wife at her whispered words. "It wasn't?"
Betsy's eyes were beginning to blur. "N-No."
"Then what—-"
His wife burst into tears, and it took him a few moments to understand what she was sobbing out.
P-prenup...
She had come here to sign aprenup?
Even Lydia, whose own inheritance was not to be scoffed at, had at first resented the fact that he wanted her to sign a prenup. And yet Betsy, who had not a penny to her name, had come to his office willingly to sign one.
Lukas crouched down on one knee and waited patiently until Betsy lifted her tearful gaze to his.
"Why do you want a prenup, Betsy?"
R-rumors...r-relatives...trust...
Her reason still wasn't completely clear, but he understood enough that it was a challenge to suppress his smile. "One last thing..."
"W-What?"
"Youareaware that prenups only apply to couples who have yet to marry?"
"You know what I mean," she sniffed out. "And j-just so you know, y-you're not being fair."
"I'm not?"
"You s-say you d-don't want me to l-love you, but you k-keep doing things that make me love you more."
He immediately rose to his feet, saying, "I'll have legal draw up apostnupcontract right now."
"I'm serious."
"So am I." But Lukas' teasing mood turned wary when his wife suddenly stood up with a determined look on her face. "What is it?"
"I'm thinking that I love you so much—-"
Lukas did his best not to wince at the words.
"—-that I just need you to take me now."
His head shot up.
"Please?"
A shaken laugh escaped her as Lukas came back to her side in a flash, but she ceased to think at all when he had her flat on his desk the next moment, and she heard the distinct sound of her husband unzipping himself.
