You Can’T Have Her!: Tug of Love

By Peggy Chan

Darryl has discovered he has a daughter and wants to be a part of her life. However, Merry has refused to have anything to do with the man who betrayed her trust. She has disappeared with little Merryl. Darryl is obsessed with getting her back.

Can he find them? Will his jealous wife accept Merryl? His wife, Laura, is expecting a baby, which he doesnt want because it isnt his. Laura learns of his past and is determined to get rid of the competition. Both are equally relentless in their pursuit of mother and child. Who will find Merry first? Laura or Darryl? What will happen to them?

• Language: English
• Publisher: Partridge Publishing Singapore
• Release date: Mar 14, 2018
• ISBN: 9781543744729

Peggy Chan

Peggy is a retired educator, holding an Honors Degree in English. She has published English grammar books in Malaysia: English Grammar: A Malaysian Student Guide and Casey and Penny’s Guide to English, a series of four books. She has also published the Yes, I Can Read series of well-loved tales, retold in simple language for young readers. Bragging rights include three children and four grandchildren. Her hobbies are golfing, traveling, reading and creative writing. Her short stories and non-fiction books are also available online. She also blogs at Blogger.com. www.swingingby.blogspot.com shares places of interest which she has traveled to. In www.bubblyluv.blogspot.com you can read the musings and random thoughts of an Asian woman straddling a liberated society and a conservative background.

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Table of Contents

Chapter 1     Merry

Chapter 2     Touching Base

Chapter 3     Merry

Chapter 4     Grandma

Chapter 5     New Beginnings

Chapter 6     Three Years On…

Chapter 7     The Search

Chapter 8     Merry

Chapter 9     Laura

Chapter 10   Found

Chapter 11   Laura

Chapter 12   The Lemon Tree

Chapter 13   In Pursuit

Chapter 14   It’s Over

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1

Merry

Merry paced in her room. Darryl had left a short while ago. She had broken all her resolutions never to be taken in by Darryl again. He had kissed her, held her tightly and she had lost her senses, carried back into the time when it had been only the two of them.

Her hunger and need for him had made her throw caution to the wind. I couldn’t help it. I wanted him so much. It had been heavenly to be in his arms again and they had made love. Her heart still ached for him. Can the void he left ever be filled again?

I’ve come home, Merry. This is where I belong, he had whispered as he entered her.

The sweetness of their reunion was still fresh in her mind as she battled against the voice of reason. This can never be, Merry. The sooner you put him out of your mind and the greater the distance you put between him and you, the better it will be for your future and Merryl’s. He’s married and you can never be together. He can never be seen with you and Merryl. Do you really believe that he will give up his