Chapter 87 - Not a monster like I thought.

Elizabeth

“Jason, if this isn’t going to work for you, then I would prefer we call it quits now.” I was stunned at the sound of my own words! I sounded so cold! When did I become this girl?

“No, that is not what I meant.” He sighed, pulling his fingers through his hair, but before he could finish what he was going to say, my brother arrived, and we had to sit down for dinner. I wasn’t spared by his mother, who had far too many questions about her future grandchildren and when we were planning on starting a family. I didn’t have answers since Jason and I hadn’t talked about it yet, which made things uncomfortable. What made me even more uncomfortable was that he didn’t stand up to his mother on my behalf!

After dinner, the ladies went to the library for tea and Jason joined the men in my brother’s office. After sitting there trying to avoid his mother’s questions about grand-babies for over an hour, I was actually relieved when he appeared at the door and invited me to join him for a w