A Baby Surprise For My Billionaire Boss (Bossy Bachelors) by Holly Rayner

Author:Holly Rayner [Rayner, Holly]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2024-11-23T00:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER 12

ELI

Eli pulled the door to Charlie’s room shut. “That was fun,” he told Maddie. “That whole bedtime routine. Is that what he does every night?”

“Yeah. We get ready for bed, he washes his face and brushes his teeth, and then we each pick out a book for the other one to read aloud.” Maddie smiled. “It’s what my parents used to do with me when I was a kid. It’s nice to get the chance to continue the tradition.”

“I like it,” Eli said.

“Did you mean what you said about coming home earlier this week?”

Eli nodded. “I meant it when I said I was going to try,” he said. “Do you think I made a mistake, saying it in front of Charlie?”

“Well…”

“You do.”

“I don’t think it’s a mistake if you’re going to do it,” Maddie said. “He’s really looking forward to it. You saw the way he lit up.” Eli had made the promise after finishing the book he had read to Charlie, and Charlie had become so excited that for a moment Eli had worried the boy wouldn’t be able to get to sleep. “If you really are planning on coming home for dinner tomorrow, like you said, then it’s nice that he has that to think about. But if there’s even a chance that it won’t work out, I don’t want to see him disappointed.”

“I’m going to do it,” Eli said. “Tomorrow, at least, I’m going to make it happen. We’ll have to see from there, but I can do one day.”

“I suppose you managed today,” Maddie said. “I couldn’t quite believe it when you stayed with us all day long. I kept thinking that at some point something was sure to pull you back to work. You surprised me.”

“I just hope it made a difference to Charlie.”

“Oh, it did,” Maddie assured him. “Take it from the person who’s with him every day. He’s not an unhappy kid or anything, but today was the happiest I’ve ever seen him. He loved having the chance to spend time with you. I hope it happens more often. This coming home on time for dinner thing, if it works out — that’s a big step in the right direction.”

“Well, I have you to thank,” Eli said.

The two of them had reached the kitchen, and Eli moved automatically to take out the bottle of wine they hadn’t finished a few nights ago. They had re-stoppered it after a glass each, but now Eli removed the stopper and poured some out for each of them. Maddie had taken her usual place at the kitchen island, and as Eli handed her a glass, it occurred to him that this had become a routine. He never would have believed the two of them would develop a routine together, but obviously they had, and that routine had nothing at all to do with Charlie or his care.

That was a thought best left unexplored. If he pulled too hard at that thread, he would be forced to

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