Monday was Valentine's Day and Will had spent a lot of time making plans to surprise his wife with a romantic evening.

When Elizabeth and Georgie got home from school, Will was beside himself with excitement. Georgie just smiled and shook her head before she headed upstairs while Richard and the security guys mumbled something and went outside to patrol.

Will picked Elizabeth into his arms and he felt joyful and complete when she was with him. She tilted her head towards him and he lips came down on hers as he took what she offered.

When he lifted his head, Elizabeth was breathing deeply and she laughed, "Will Darcy, what is all this exuberance about?"

Will grinned in a way that made Elizabeth feel tingly all over, "I have a special Valentine's night planned for us." His heart beat faster as he saw the smile light up his wife's face, "Now you need to go upstairs and put on something romantic." He set Elizabeth down on her feet and he slapped her playfully on her rear end.

She turned back and smiled at him, "I think I have some sweats and a sweater that should do nicely." She raised her eyebrows flirtatiously before she turned and dashed upstairs.

Will caught her about half way up the stairs and threw her over his shoulder while Elizabeth giggled as she flailed her feet. He tossed her onto the bed gently and turned to the closet, his voice teasing, "I guess I will have to pick out something for you."

His hands moved along the cloths until his fingers came to rest upon the white dress she had worn at the Christmas party and their wedding ceremony and he looked at her with a wicked grin. "I would like to see you in this one." The lascivious look in his eyes shot shivers down her back, "I never have had the pleasure of removing this from your luscious body and I would really like to do that."

Elizabeth blushed as she understood his meaning and she moved to stand behind him, slid her arms around his waist and laid her head on his shoulder. "You may have whatever you want, my love."

He turned around and enfolded her in his arms, "Now that I have you, I have everything I've ever wanted." His eyes glinted with love.

"Since we are going out tonight, I'm going to take a quick shower." Elizabeth said as she slipped from her husband's arms.

"We could take a shower together." Will said suggestively as he reached for her.

"Now that would defeat the purpose and it would no longer be a quick shower." Elizabeth laughed as she turned to walk into the bathroom and then he heard the water begin to run.

Will turned around when there was a knock on the door and he heard his sister ask, "Are you two decent?"

Will opened the door and ruffled her hair, "We're always decent."

Georgie rolled her eyes, "Will I wanted to ask you a question?" Georgie said nervously.

"Go ahead." His eyes narrowed suspiciously.

"Neal wants to come over for Valentine's." Georgie looked into her brother's eyes and rushed to finish, "I know you have plans with Elizabeth but I was thinking that since Carter is here he could chaperon us."

Will was shaking his head in the negative before she stopped speaking, "No, for one thing, you're too young to be in a serious relationship and for another, it is not Daniel Carter's job to chaperon you." He saw the devastated look on Georgie's face and he tried to soften the blow, "If Elizabeth and I were going to be here, you know that we would be happy to have Neal join us but I want to do something special just with Elizabeth for our first Valentine's together."

"Will, that's not fair." Georgie protested and stomped her foot angrily, "You always get what you want. I don't see why Carter can't be our chaperon when he is going to be here anyway."

Will had never seen his sister behave like this but he wanted to explain, "Georgie, you know Carter is here to protect you. It is his job to keep you safe and what would happen if he is in here with you and Neal and Wickham managed to get into the house because Carter wasn't patrolling the perimeter."

"Fine, whatever," Georgie said angrily as she ran out the room.

After Will had his conversation with Georgie, he went downstairs to make sure that he was clear with Daniel Carter before he and Elizabeth left for their date.

When Elizabeth walked out of the bathroom, Georgie was waiting for her.

"Where's Will?" Elizabeth asked as she looked at Georgie quizzically.

"He's downstairs." Georgie answered before she said, "Elizabeth, I want to talk to you about something."

"You know you can talk to me about anything." Elizabeth smiled at her sister.

"I want to invite Neal over tonight while you are on your date." Georgie told her, "I want to spend a romantic Valentine's with him." Georgie looked up at her with pleading eyes.

Elizabeth shook her head, "I don't think that's a good idea, you're too young to be getting that serious about a boy."

"So were you but that didn't stop you from marrying my brother." Georgie lashed out at her in anger.

Elizabeth stood there for a moment shocked that Georgie would speak to her that way.

Georgie's anger drained away as she looked up at Elizabeth. She saw the hurt etched across Elizabeth's face and she was immediately contrite, "I'm so sorry, Elizabeth but I hoped you would be on my side."

"I'm always on your side, Georgie." Elizabeth said emotionally as she suddenly had an insight into Georgie's meltdown, "But what did Will have to say when you asked him?"

"He said the same thing." Georgie admitted glumly.

"Georgie, you have to understand." Elizabeth's voice was low, "You know that I like Neal but he is much older than you and he will be going away to college in the fall." She shook her head, "I don't want you to get hurt when he leaves and as much as it pains me to say, I think you would do better keeping your relationship casual so that neither of you get any more emotionally involved than you already are. Georgie you're thirteen, you will fall in and out of love a number of times before you finish high school, trust me." Elizabeth smiled weakly as she finished.

"I guess you're right." Georgie said mildly, "It's just that I watch you and Will every day and I just want what you have."

"You will one day," Elizabeth's voice cracked with emotion, "When you're ready."

"Thank you," Georgie smiled, "Now we need to get you ready for your romantic date."

Will had watched the interaction between Georgie and Elizabeth from the hallway and as always Elizabeth seemed to know exactly what to say to Georgie. His wife had a real gift for making other people feel better. He decided to give the two some bonding time together and walked back down to his study.

Will was waiting for Elizabeth in the living room when she and Georgie descended the stairs. His heart did a somersault as he saw her in the white dress. She looked so lovely that he once again found himself wondering what he had done to deserve such a wonderful woman.

He pulled the wrap from his wife's hands and wrapped it around her shoulders before he slid his arm through Elizabeth's and walked her to the door.

"Will," Georgie called and when he turned to look at her she was smiling, "It's a school night so I expect you to have Elizabeth home at a decent hour."

Will led Elizabeth down the same path that they had walked on their first date almost three months ago. The path was lit with twinkle lights as it had been that night but Elizabeth's breath caught in her throat when they turned a corner and she saw that a romantic table had been set up and there was a string quartet playing.

Will pulled out the seat for Elizabeth with a smug expression and when he sat next to her the waiter bustled over to pour them champagne.

Elizabeth took a sip and looked at Will expectantly.

"I wanted to celebrate our first Valentine's Day together in style." Will said with a smile as he saw the awe expressed in his wife's face.

She chuckled, "So are you trying to tell me that I'm not to expect this treatment every year."

Will leaned in to kiss her lightly on the lips, "I will always feel blessed to have you in my life and will strive to keep surprising you, my love."

Their dinner was served and the pasta was exquisite but when they got to the desert, Will watched his wife as she ate the apple pie which he knew was her favorite. The way she savored every bite was so erotic that he couldn't keep his eyes off her.

As she finished, he leaned forward and with a soft kiss and nibbled her lips. "You taste like apple pie." He said as his tongue dipped into her mouth for a taste. "So sweet and tart, just like you," His voice was playful as he felt Elizabeth move against him as she deepened the kiss.

"You taste good too." She breathed against his mouth before she moved to sit on his lap, "I love you, Will Darcy." Her voice grew husky as she murmured, "Can we go home now?"

He stood up with her still in his arms and carried her back to the car and drove home quickly. He carried her upstairs to their room where he set her on her feet. He unzipped the dress slowly and caressed her back as he molded his body to hers while he kissed her passionately. When he had finished with the zipper he pushed the dress off her shoulders and watched as it dropped to the floor.

Will stood there in surprise for a moment taking in his wife's naked form and heard her throaty laugh before she leaned forward to unbutton his shirt. "I like to surprise you too."

Elizabeth worked each button loose on his shirt before she ran her tongue along the exposed skin and Will's breathing became heavy and ragged. Once she had discarded his shirt, Elizabeth pulled him to her by the waistband of his slacks. She pressed her hand against her husband's obvious arousal as she worked the button free. She slid the zipper down and when Will was free of his clothing he moved Elizabeth to the bed.

As they fell laughing onto the bed, Will looked into the eyes of his wife and saw the dark desire there was a mirror of his own need. Elizabeth turned him over so that she was straddling her husband and she leaned down to kiss him as they drove each other's bodies to the limit while the ferocious desire fueled their bodies' reactions. As they wore each other out the culmination of their love exploded around them and they found release in each other's arms.

While he was at work on Friday, Will tried to figure out something that had been bothering him for a while. Once in a while since the night that he had found Elizabeth crying because she had found out that she wasn't going to have a baby, he had witnessed a look of sad yearning on her face. Will had come to the conclusion that it was possible that Elizabeth really wanted to have a baby. He sighed as he ran his fingers through his hair in frustration and realized that there was also the possibility that is was just wishful thinking on his part because he wanted to have a baby with her so badly.

He had been thinking about this for too long and his brain was still going around and around in circles. He needed to get advice from someone he could trust and he thought about Charles Bingley. He breathed a sigh of relief, not only was he going out with Elizabeth's sister Jane but he had always been a good friend to Will.

Will walked to Bingley's office and he saw him at his desk when he entered the room.

"Charles, can I ask you a question?" Will asked tentatively because he was unsure about how to phrase his request.

"Sure, how can I help?" Charles asked not looking up from his paperwork.

"Do you find that women don't tell you what they really want?" Will looked at his friend and waited for an answer.

"Will, what is this about?" Bingley asked as he looked up at Will and when he shook his head in the negative, Bingley said, "You're going to have to give me some more information if you expect me to give you an informed answer."

"I don't want to go into specifics as it might not be something I should be discussing." Will looked at his friend with a shrug of his shoulders, "It's personal."

"I kind of figured that out as you are asking a question about a woman who I have to assume is your wife." Charles responded with a laugh, "Just give the situation without the details."

"I have a situation where I think that Elizabeth wants something and is not telling me because she doesn't think she should want what she actually wants." Will shook his head, "So my question is should I make sure that Elizabeth gets what she wants or will she be mad at me for going against her stated wishes? Does that make any sense?"

Bingley nodded, "If I understand you correctly, you think Elizabeth has told you one thing but means another."

"That's the crux of the matter." Will admitted with a sigh, "She always puts other people's needs above her own and I think that is what she is doing in this instance."

"Jane does the same thing." Charles said thoughtfully, "When we were out shopping for her engagement ring she picked out a very inexpensive ring but when we were looking, I caught her sighing over the ring I was sure she wanted."

"That's it exactly." Will said excitedly as he sighed with relief, "What did you do about it?"

Bingley looked embarrassed, "I got her the ring I thought she wanted."

"Did she like it?" Will asked as his hope flared.

"She nearly jumped for joy." Charles admitted, "She's been extremely happy ever since."

Will sighed, "Okay so I'm not crazy." His thoughts swirled around his head, "I just have to find a way to give Elizabeth what she wants without her feeling guilty about getting what she desires." Will ran his fingers through his hair, "This is going to be tricky." He turned to leave and said over his shoulder, "Thank you, I appreciate your help."

Later that afternoon, Charles Bingley walked into Will's office waving a piece of paper, "We've finally got the report from the auditors."

Will looked up, "So what is the bottom line?"

"There is another hundred thousand dollars unaccounted for." Bingley said in a flat, tired voice, "The good news is that there hasn't been any more money missing since the original embezzlement came to light." Bingley looked exhausted, "The books were so cleverly manipulated that it took this long for the auditors to find all of the false trails and discover the proof we needed."

Will sighed, "I'll transfer the money into the winery's account this afternoon." He chuckled, "At least this time Elizabeth and I don't have to get married again to take care of her father's debt."

Will's voice trailed off as he spoke the last word and he knew he had a solution to the problem he had been pondering all afternoon. A way to give Elizabeth what she really wanted without her feeling guilty had just fallen onto his lap.

Will sighed with relief when he looked up as he heard Bingley say on his way out the door, "I'll write an e-mail to the board."

Will called his bank and made the arrangements for the transfer before he contemplated what he was going to do. His heart beat with worry as he thought about what he was going to do and he knew there was a chance that this could backfire on him but he was sure that he knew Elizabeth well enough to know that her desires in this instance were the same as his. For just a minute he let himself fantasize about Elizabeth holding their child in her arms. A look of joy and radiance would be on her face as she thanked him for the wondrous gift.

He loved Elizabeth so much that he would always make sure that she always got what she wanted even if he had blackmail her to take the gift.

He waited nervously at the house for Elizabeth and Georgie to get home and he ruffled Georgie's hair when she came in the door, "How was school, Munchkin?"

"Great." Georgie said, "I got an A on my English test." She glanced over at her sister, "Elizabeth helped me study for it."

"That's wonderful." Will said as he glanced around distractedly, "Elizabeth can I see you in my study?"

"Sure." She lifted herself to her toes as she brushed his lips, "What is it? Did they find Wickham?"

"No not yet." He put his arm around Elizabeth's waist and guided her while Will's heart thumped loudly when they got to the study.

He shut and locked the door as he settled onto the sofa with Elizabeth next to him. He stood up and paced the room for a minute, "Elizabeth, we got the final report from the auditors firm."

"Oh." Elizabeth said quietly as she stood and crossed the room to stand in front of her husband, "We knew this was coming but how bad is it?"

"There was another hundred thousand dollars missing that could not be accounted for." Will said trying not to give away any emotion.

"Will…" Elizabeth began to speak when Will held up his hand for her to stop.

"Elizabeth, I am willing to cover the amount and transfer the money on one condition." Will took his wife's hand as he rubbed circles on her palms absently and his voice was husky with desire as Elizabeth looked at him speculatively, "I want you to give me a baby," He looked into his wife's eyes but he couldn't read her reaction, "We can start trying tonight."

Elizabeth stepped away from him as though he had burned her, "Will we've talked about this and it's not the right time for us to have a baby."

"My darling," Will said softly aware that he hadn't made his condition clear, "You give me a baby and I'll replace the money." He had a catch in his throat, "If I don't replace the money the board will go after you father and take everything that your parents have, the house, the cars… everything." His voice took on a desperate quality, "Elizabeth, I know you want a baby too and it's not such a great thing for me to ask in order to save your family."

Elizabeth's eyes grew stony and cold, "Let me get this straight, you're using the situation with my father to blackmail me into having a baby when I've made it abundantly clear that I don't want a baby right now."

Will started to panic, this wasn't going the way he thought it would, "Yes but is it really blackmail when I know how badly you want the baby too." He reached out to stroke her face, "Remember how you felt the night you found out you weren't pregnant and I know that I've seen you with that same look of longing since then too."

"Will, I would never sell my baby to the highest bidder." Elizabeth said with hard steely determination, "You of all people should know that about me because you're supposed to be the man who loves me, the man I love."

Will gasped as he words cut him, "Elizabeth I didn't mean it like that."

"I don't see any other way that you could have meant it." Elizabeth glared at him as she spoke, "Will this marriage is over." She ground her teeth as she spoke, "I'm leaving you and if you want to punish my family for that then I'll just have to live with that but I'm not going to live with you anymore." Her eyes blazed with fury as she spat out, "But you know what, I don't think you will punish my family because you don't want the truth of our marriage to become public knowledge."

"Elizabeth," He stepped towards her and took her arm, "Please don't do this, I love you"

"Let go of me Will Darcy," Elizabeth snarled, "And if you really loved me, you wouldn't be doing this to me. You've never loved me; you just want to possess me. That's why you want a child so badly, just another possession to show off and admire." Her voice was harsh, "Get out of my way, Will don't make me hurt you and you know I can."

"I don't want to lose you." Will said with desperate pain as Elizabeth stepped away from him

"You should have thought about that before you tried to buy my baby." Will saw the pain mirrored in Elizabeth's eyes and he knew that he had the biggest mistake of his life.

Elizabeth stormed out of the room as she left Will standing there in stunned silence. He came to his senses quickly as he followed behind her as she headed for the front door without a backward glance.

"Elizabeth." He called and she turned for a moment but he had never seen her so angry and he knew that he had lost everything when she turned away from him and twisted the knob, "Please, don't go." His voice was so quiet that he didn't know if she heard him.

Will's eyes were filled with pain as he watched Elizabeth walk out of the house and out of his life. He turned to Richard, "Go with her and make sure she is safe."

Richard followed Elizabeth out of the door as she walked to the garage to get her car, "Elizabeth, wait for me." Richard yelled.

Elizabeth stopped and when she turned, Richard saw the tears streaming down her face. He reached out and hugged her to him while she cried her grief.

She pulled back from him once she had composed herself and Richard was emotional as he spoke, "I don't know what just happened but I'm sure that you two will figure it out."

Elizabeth sniffed, "No we won't." She hiccupped through the words, "You don't understand." Elizabeth rubbed her hand over her face and her breath was quick and shallow, "I will never forgive him for what he's done." She cupped her face in her hands as she turned and fumbled with the keys to her car.

"Where are you going?" Richard asked with concern.

"I don't know." Her voice cracked as she slumped against her car.

"Let me take care of it." Richard had his cell phone in his hand and arranged a hotel room for her in a few minutes. When he got off the phone he took the keys from her hand, "Let me drive."

"You don't have to." Elizabeth protested, "I'm okay."

"Elizabeth," Richard's voice was gentle, "It's my job to take care of you and you know that Wickham is still out there." His eyes bore into her with intensity, "Don't think that he wouldn't take advantage of this opportunity to hurt you."

Elizabeth shuddered with disgust, "Elizabeth, I'm here for you to keep you safe, only you." His eyes were gentle, "Do you understand?"

"Yes." Elizabeth answered as Richard helped her into the car and hopped into the driver's seat.

Richard settled Elizabeth into her hotel room and he arranged for Forster to watch her and made sure that the hotel's security was briefed. He then went to the Darcy's house to pick up some cloths and personal items for Elizabeth.

He saw the light was on in the study but he ran upstairs and knocked on Georgie's door. "Richard what's going on?" Georgie asked when she saw the look on her cousin's face.

"I need you to help me get together some clothes and other items that Elizabeth will need." Richard said quickly, "I don't a clue what she will need."

Georgie looked confused as she sat upright in her bed, "What is it? Where is Elizabeth?"

"She's gone Georgie." The voice came from the door, "Elizabeth has left me." Will said and Georgie saw that his shoulders were slumped and his eyes were red as if he had been crying.

"Why?" The word came out of her mouth before she could stop it."

Will looked from his cousin to his sister and shrugged, "I can't tell you." He leaned down and placed his hands on his thighs as his breath came in short gasps. "Not without telling you everything."

Georgie glanced at Richard begging for help, "Let us help you to your room." Georgie said as she took his hand and led him down the hall.

Will sat on the end of his bed and laid his head in his lap while Georgie rubbed his back, "Tell me I might be able to help." Georgie said quietly.

He sat up as she looked into his eyes with sympathy and he realized that there would be not holding back now. He had messed things up so badly with Elizabeth that he was going to need all the help he could get.

"Elizabeth didn't want to marry me." Will's eyes were clouded in pain, "After the audit, we found out that her father had been embezzling money from the company for years and I used that information to force Elizabeth to marry me."

Georgie and Richard gasped when they heard Will's words and Georgie asked, "But why?"

"I'm a selfish man and I couldn't face life without her." Will's face was full of pain, "I knew that she would do anything to save her father from jail." A sob escaped his throat, "I used that knowledge to make her do something that I knew she wasn't ready for."

"But you two seemed to be so much in love." Richard said, "I envied your relationship, I thought you had everything."

"We did have everything." Will's face shifted and he had a faraway look in his eyes, "She did come to realize that she loved me but I ruined the love and trust she gave to me by being greedy for more." His lowered his head and he spoke so softly that Richard just barely caught the words, "I really did think that she wanted my baby."

"What was that about a baby?" Richard was perplexed, "Is Elizabeth going to have a baby."

"No." Will moaned, "But I've been trying to convince her to have a baby with me since we were on our honeymoon."

"Will." Georgie spoke out, "Elizabeth is too young to have a baby." She looked at her brother sternly, "She's still in high school and she wants to go to college. Why would you think that the two of you should have a baby now?"

"Because I'm an idiot," Will admitted, "Elizabeth said the same thing to me many times but I kept pressuring her." He closed his eyes, "There was a time that we thought she might be pregnant and when she realized that she wasn't I found her crying." Will's eyes were full of pain, "I convinced myself that she just needed a reason to get pregnant so I told her that I would cover the rest of her father's debt if she would have a baby with me."

"You did what." Georgie cried in outrage, "You tried to blackmail her to have a baby."

Richard's face drained of color as he shouted, "I don't blame her for leaving you." He glared at Will, "I can't believe you would throw away your life with her because you are so impatient that you can't wait for her to grow up before you insist she gives you a child."

Richard paced the room as he tried to contain his fury, "Georgie can you help me collect some things for Elizabeth." His eyes blazed with anger, "I had a little hope that this could get cleared up but after hearing that I don't believe she'll ever come back and would be surprised if she did."

Will looked terrified at his words and bolted to his feet as he watched Richard grabbing clothes from the closet, "Will I think you should leave the room while we do this." Georgie said as she led him to the door and closed it behind him.

She went into the bathroom and collected Elizabeth's things then she sorted out the clothes that Elizabeth would need.

Richard hugged Georgie and picked up the bags. He was so angry that he stormed out of the house without saying goodbye to Will.

Georgie looked for Will when Richard was gone and found him in his study pacing the small room in a panicked frenzy. When he heard the door open, he turned and saw her, "What am I going to do?"

She saw the pain in her brother's eyes but she had no idea how he was going to fix this, "I don't know Will, I'm sorry."

She just watched for a few minutes as he stalked across the room before she spoke, "Will, the only thing that I know is that Elizabeth loves you and I hope that she will be able to forgive you."

Tears glinted in Will's eyes as he gulped for air, "Ever since I met Elizabeth I've done everything wrong and this was just the last in a long line of horrible decisions that I've made when it comes to Elizabeth." His voice lowered and he seemed to be talking to himself, "I don't know how to live without her because she is the air I breathe, she is the sun, the moon and the stars. She is everything to me."

Georgie hugged Will and wondered if there was any way to salvage her brother's life and marriage to Elizabeth. She knew they loved each other but she didn't know if that was going to be enough to overcome what he had done.

A/N: This has been a wildly emotional chapter for me and I hope you liked it and thank you to everyone who has been supporting this story. This has been the plan all along and there is alot more to this story. Thank you to everyone who supports me and this story. I appreciate all of your input.

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