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Christakis's Rebellious Wife by Lynne Graham
5.0
Book 2 of The Legacies of Powerful Men Trilogy (I haven't read the other two), Gizmo became my favorite character from the start. Well, even before I met him, Gizmo the mutt, though he should've got more space in the story.
A story of Nik (Nikolos) Christakis and Betsy who are on the verge of a divorce, with Betsy, it seems, wanting to rip him off of all his billions. But a bout of makeup sex leads to pregnancy, which brings them together again. Nik had had an abusive childhood, and hence didn't want to have children, for which he even had vasectomy done. While after her parents' and grandmother's death at the age of eleven, Betsy had to go into foster care, which led her to not wanting babies. But her view changed when she found herself lonely, what with Nik always away on business trips.
Nik is a complete take charge kind of a guy. He constantly steamrollers Betsy, even to the point of saying that "this is how she should feel"! But, he is out of his emotional depth, due to the abusive childhood he had suffered.
What really shocked me was that in spite of knowing he couldn't have a baby, Nik kept Betsy on the hook for almost a year, while she had to go through the disappointment of not falling pregnant for such a long time. That was just outrageous! But, equally horrific was what Nik had to go through in his childhood, with no one to turn to. But, instead of bottling it up, he seeks help from a therapist, and finally opens up to Betsy, which was not at all easy.
This book had the most wonderful of endings.
A story of Nik (Nikolos) Christakis and Betsy who are on the verge of a divorce, with Betsy, it seems, wanting to rip him off of all his billions. But a bout of makeup sex leads to pregnancy, which brings them together again. Nik had had an abusive childhood, and hence didn't want to have children, for which he even had vasectomy done. While after her parents' and grandmother's death at the age of eleven, Betsy had to go into foster care, which led her to not wanting babies. But her view changed when she found herself lonely, what with Nik always away on business trips.
Nik is a complete take charge kind of a guy. He constantly steamrollers Betsy, even to the point of saying that "this is how she should feel"! But, he is out of his emotional depth, due to the abusive childhood he had suffered.
What really shocked me was that in spite of knowing he couldn't have a baby, Nik kept Betsy on the hook for almost a year, while she had to go through the disappointment of not falling pregnant for such a long time. That was just outrageous! But, equally horrific was what Nik had to go through in his childhood, with no one to turn to. But, instead of bottling it up, he seeks help from a therapist, and finally opens up to Betsy, which was not at all easy.
This book had the most wonderful of endings.