John Jones
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A week and a half before Keeley finished her dissertation research she put in her two weeks' notice at the lab, explaining that she had some personal concerns that would be taking up her time. Dr. Kim was sorry to see her go since they had worked together for so long. "I wish I could keep you on post-graduation," she admitted. "But I'm afraid that's not up to me. I'd be happy to provide you a letter of recommendation if you choose to go look elsewhere later on." "Thanks Dr. Kim," Keeley said…
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When Keeley said she had something important happening on October 12th the last thing Jennica expected to hear was that she was marrying Aaron Hale! She found a few hours to go get lunch with her former roommates towards the end of September and broke the news over the complimentary breadsticks. "You're pregnant and marrying who?" Valentina screeched. "Come on, Val, you know him! He was the best man at my wedding. The one with a black eye?" Jennica prompted. She shook her head in disbelief. It…
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All week long Keeley dreaded telling her dad the truth. She didn't want him to be disappointed in her, or worse, ask her if she truly loved Aaron. He would definitely catch onto the fact that they were only getting married because of the baby if he asked her that. She didn't want to face him alone so in the end she asked Aaron to come with her. It was the right choice. To her utter shock, her dad took everything in stride. They chatted casually about wedding plans as if they didn't have a care in the…
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On Wednesday one of Keeley's classes got cancelled because the professor had been throwing up all night so Aaron took that opportunity to leave work and take her ring shopping. They went to a regular retail jewelry store inside a mall like any other normal couple. The ring she chose was a one-carat square cut diamond surrounded by a halo of smaller diamond chips on a platinum band also covered in tiny diamonds. The style she chose was one of the most popular engagement ring trends at the time.…
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Aaron glanced up at Keeley blankly. She was rocking back and forth on the balls of her feet with her hands clasped behind her back. The picture of nervousness. The pieces of the puzzle clicked together in that moment and his eyes immediately jumped to her completely flat stomach. "You mean you're…" He couldn't bring himself to say it. It was too fantastical to believe. Keeley had taken the morning after pill—he had seen the box it came in sitting in the recycling bin. She had told him it would be…
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Walking into the Korean restaurant and being assaulted with shouts of "Surprise!" from a table to his left made Aaron jump. He hadn't been prepared for that at all. Aiden, Cameron, and Jennica all waved at him before yelling "Happy Birthday Aaron!" just as loudly in perfect sync. It looked like Aiden remembered his birthday after all. "You planned this?" he asked flatly. His underlings had never celebrated his birthday before. "Nah, I didn't even know when your birthday was. Keeley told me because…
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All day long Keeley was a gigantic bundle of nerves. She barely managed to say happy birthday to Aaron in front of the coffee machine in the morning because she was too afraid of blurting something and ruining the surprise. He had continued offering her coffee all week even though she had been turning it down ever since she found out she was pregnant because caffeine wouldn't be good for the baby. By this point he didn't seem surprised that she settled for a glass of milk with her bagel instead.…
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Keeley had a plan. She hadn't baked Aaron a birthday cake since they were in college so it was imperative she managed to keep it a secret, which was incredibly difficult to do when you shared a living space with somebody. She was working on making it during her usual Sunday visit with her dad. Aaron liked chocolate cake but not chocolate frosting so she was whipping up a simple buttercream dyed blue, his favorite color. Robert had already asked her why she was making a cake at his place instead of…
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Lacy Knighton was throwing a fit to end all fits. She hadn't been able to drug Aaron at his birthday party on Saturday because he hadn't even been there. It had all been planned out right down the last detail! Why didn't he show up?! Alistair Hale changed it at the last minute to a cocktail party but no one was fooled. They knew Aaron had ditched his family with no regard for their pride and everyone was whispering about it. She had seen Alice Kelly trying very hard to hold back hysterical laughter.…
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It was a good thing that the professors always spent the whole class going over the syllabus on the first day because Keeley wasn't processing a thing. Seeing Aaron yesterday knowing she was pregnant with his child was more overwhelming than she had anticipated. He was acting the same as usual but the entire world had changed. She was going to be a mom. She was going to be his wife again. And she was terrified of both. What if she couldn't protect her child from the viciousness of a rich man's world?…
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