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“It’s the reason I asked you so soon.” She simply looked at him. But he could tell by her expression she still didn’t believe he loved her and really wanted to marry her. Damn, she was frustrating. It dawned on him he might be thinking about this the wrong way. How he felt wasn’t the problem. How Laurel felt was the issue. “You think I’m going to screw you over. Like your ex did.”
“I didn’t say that. Or think it, either.”
Bullshit. That’s exactly what she was thinking. He struggled with his temper. “I can understand how him deserting you and the kids the way he did would make you reluctant to trust again. But damn it, Laurel, we’ve known each other for years. Do you honestly think I’d treat you like that? That I’d treat any woman like that?”
“No. But I never thought he would do what he did, either. At least, not when we were first married.”
“I’m not your goddamn ex-husband.” And frankly, it pissed the hell out of him that she was comparing him to that piece of shit.
“I know that.” She put her hand on his arm. “I know you’re a good man. It’s not that I don’t trust you so much as I don’t trust myself.”
“What the hell does that mean? You don’t trust yourself?”
“I married Stan. I stayed with him, even after—” She stopped abruptly and averted her eyes.
“Even after what, Laurel?” Was she going to tell him the real problem or would she blow him off? Again.
“It doesn’t matter. But I can’t make this decision now. It’s too important.”
There it was. The unmistakable sign to back the hell off. It cost him but he managed to swallow his anger. Or at least, delay it. “All right. But promise me you’ll think about marrying me. Just think about it, okay?”
“I will.”
