Super Nova.

Chapter 28

~ Jenna's POV ~

"I want you to meet my girls" Marshall said as we sat at the dinner table my sixth day as a guest in his house. We had just finished a fantastic candle light dinner and I was just enjoying my ice cream dessert as he dropped this bomb on me.

I dropped my spoon and the noise it made when it hit the bowl made us both jump.

"Why?" I asked and he frowned at me.

"'Cus you're my girl and I want you to be a part of our family". He made it sound as the most normal thing on earth.

I stared at him and felt my anxiety rise. His family? He wants me to be a part of his family. Is he delusional? I can't be that. I don't know how.

You can cook and clean slut. That and to fuck is the only thing ya need to know to be a family.

I pinched the bridge of my nose and closed my eyes. How am I going to tell him no? He loves his girls and he would choose them over me any day but I don't think it's a good idea that we meet.

What if they don't like me? Will he send me home?

I started fidgeting with my napkin and I had a hard time to meet his gaze so I looked everywhere except at him.

"You promised me to talk to me, Jenna" he said and I got even more nervous. "With words" he added.

"I don't know what to say" I tried to get out of the conversation but he wasn't a man easy to trick.

"Say what you're thinking" he urged me.

"Look away?" I asked him. We had figured out that I could talk with much more ease if he didn't look right at me.

"Of course" he said and turned around so all I saw was his back and shoulders.

"Okay. I ... I don't know how to act in a family. The only family I had was very dysfunctional and I was never a part of them, they owned me" I sighed.

"But how do you act in Chrissy's family?" he tried.

"That's different because they know where I'm coming from and they know my strange behavior" I whispered.

"Please Jenna, you don't have a strange behavior. My girls are very keen to meet you because they do know how I feel about you, ya know what I'm saying".

He wasn't giving in. I just have to accept that I was defeated.

"How do you feel about me then?" I said quietly and closed my eyes in hope that he would say something nice and not just that I'm okay.

"Ain't gonna tell ya with my back against ya, that's for sure" he smiled, I could hear it.

I giggled and he peeked over his shoulder at me to see if I was okay with him turning around again. I nodded and he turned to meet my eyes again.

"I don't think we're gonna have a table between us when I tell ya" he said and rose from his chair coming around to my side.

He took my hand and I rose too so he could fold his arms around me. I lay my head against his chest and heard his hearts steady beat in there. This heart that were so full of warmth and care for me.

"I need to see you when I tell ya" he said and lean back and I raised my head so our eyes locked.

"I think you are a very special woman and I'm a lucky son of a bitch to have you in my life. You are kind and considerate and you're always looking out for me. You are the strongest girl I've ever met and your will to do right by others are sometimes over the top" he smirked at me and nodded.