Saving The Cowboy (BWWM Pregnancy Romance) by Tasha Jones Read Free Book Online Page A

breath and proceeded to tell him everything. She had watched his face change over the course of her story. From disbelief to anger to sadness. She had failed to share with him the intimate parts, but she had shared her feelings and that she was in love with him. Finally, when he did speak, he took her hand in his.
    “Jasmine I loved your mother with every single part of my being. She was the light in my life until you girls came along, that is. She was the best thing before you and I would never want to be without her. Sadly, life happens and when it does you can’t always control the outcome. All I can tell you is that even knowing how things would end up I would do it all again because loving someone is the greatest thing in the world.”
    She took his words to heart and hugged him before going to bed. Her sister had class tomorrow and she would take the day to figure out her next move. From then on she would get something right and finally put Parker Jackson out of her mind.
    The days turned into weeks and Jasmine was sicker than she had ever been in her life. She had been home exactly three weeks when the flu had hit her hard. The issue was, it seemed to flare up in the mornings more than any other and she was having a hard time eating anything. She moved through her days slowly, one step at a time. She finally had found a job at a diner on the east end of town, close to home and she was right back where she had started before Parker. Even thinking about him hurt. She glanced down at her hand at the band she still wore. Some part of her liked it, liked knowing they were still married. He had tried to call her a few times, but she had ignored him. She couldn’t afford to be distracted by emotion. After her shift Jasmine decided to go to the doctor.
    Working third shift had its perks. She was able to leave there and swing by the hospital on her way home. She didn’t have insurance anymore, surely Parker had cancelled that by now. She was laying in the bed waiting for the doctor when her phone rang. It was him. She knew she would have to face him eventually, if for any other reason than to sign the divorce papers. Suddenly the doctor came in with a smile.
    “Miss Turner it appears you are not sick at all, in fact you're fine. You are pregnant.”
    The world fell from under her as he spoke the words. She listened as he told her all about prenatal vitamins and finding a doctor locally. There was a numbing haze surrounding her as she took it all in. Her phone rang again after he left and she knew she would answer this time.
    “Parker.” She whispered into the phone.
    “Jasmine, oh my god I have been trying to find you for weeks, we need to talk I am going crazy.”
    “Parker I’m pregnant. I am at the hospital now. I know things were messy, but I’m scared.”
    “Where are you Jasmine?” she told him her address.
    She heard him hang up and she took a deep breath.
     
     

Chapter Twelve – Parker
       He was frantic. He was terrified and angry. He was a good many other things as well, but right now he couldn’t put a name on every single one of them. She had been gone three weeks, three weeks and then when she does respond it’s to tell him she’s pregnant. He had never expected her to go. He had said all of those things to her that night, but he didn’t mean right at that moment. He had gone to bed angry with himself and the next morning was when he realized, she was gone. He had sent her messages and voicemails and nothing. He tried to contact the agency to get her address, if she wouldn’t respond, he would just go face her, but they wouldn’t give it to him.
         She was still his wife, damn it! They had signed all of those papers in that office and the moment they’d had sex they had consummated this sham of a marriage they had created. She could keep the baby now, hell she could do anything she wanted. Everything had slowly fallen apart, and it was his fault. What could he blame her for? Being