Free The Cowboy's Secret Baby: A BWWM Pregnancy Romance by Monica Castle Page A

am asking you to let go of your mistakes and let me give you a whole new life that is based out of our marriage! I am asking you to give me what you promised me you would give me when you asked me to marry you,” she insisted.
    He shook his head and backed further from her. “I’ve given you your choices. I’m not going to let them go. I won’t. I gave my word.”
    She glared at him. “You gave your word to me first!”
    “My daughter comes before anyone else,” he said quietly and he turned and walked out of the room, closing the door behind him.
    He couldn’t believe she had the gall to try to make him choose between his daughter and her. He had left his daughter alone long enough, and nothing was going to ever keep him away from her again.
    Anger and frustration building in him just being around Janis, he decided to go for a drive. He climbed into the car and drove toward town, his mind completely tangled about Janis and her demands, and his emotions toward Maggie and his dedication toward Carly.
    He drove through town, and around the streets and eventually, he found himself at Maggie’s without really meaning to be there. Her home had not been his original destination. He saw that her light was on and he went to her door and knocked softly.
    She answered it and looked up at him in surprise. “Hi! I thought we had seen the last of you tonight, but it’s nice to have you back. Come in!” she smiled at him.
    He walked in and sat on the sofa and she brought out a bottle of wine and poured a glass for him, and then sat beside him.
    “What brings you back?” she asked him curiously. He looked troubled to her and she wondered what was wrong.
    He shook his head. “Just things at home that I need to work out. I didn’t even really mean to come here, I just... sort of wound up... here,” he said smiling lightly at her.
    She frowned a little and tilted her head. “I’m sorry things aren’t great at your place. I got some good news today when I got home, though.”
    Jonathon brightened slightly. “You did? What is it?”
    She could not hide her happiness. “Well, you know the company I wanted to work for?”
    He nodded.
    “They have a job opening here in Jackson Hole and because of your help with the baby, I am able to take care of all my student debts and finish my last semester, which I found out today that I can do online now, and that has changed, because I couldn’t before. Then, when I graduate I could work here. I think I would be able to get the job as I’m already here. Wouldn’t that be incredible? I put an application in for it. If I get it, that means that I could keep living here and you could help me raise Carly. Your parents could see her whenever they want to, and she could have all of her family around her.”
    Maggie had been so thrilled to get the news, and none of it would have been possible without Jonathon’s help, and his parents’ gift to her as well. Their generosity had opened her future back up to her, and she hadn’t been so happy since before she was pregnant. She felt as if her life had been given back to her and nothing was holding her back from the future she was meant to have.
    Jonathon grinned at her in excitement. “That’s wonderful news! I’m so happy to hear it. Now you can do what you wanted to, and nothing can stop you!”
    Her happiness was contagious and the anxiety and frustration he had felt began to dissipate a little.
    “I thought it was going to be at least four more years before I was able to do this. It means so much to me, and I couldn’t have done it without you and without your parents. Thank you.” Her eyes were shining with happiness as she took his hand in hers.
    Jonathon smiled. “I’m so pleased for you. That really straightens so much out for you.”
    She raised an eyebrow. “Do you want to talk about what’s wrong for you and maybe I can help you straighten that out too?”
    He shook his head. “It’s.... it’s just that Janis and I