Baby in His Arms (Chicago Secrets Series Book 1) by Elizabeth Otto

Author:Elizabeth Otto [Otto, Elizabeth]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: baby daddy
Publisher: Elizabeth Otto
Published: 2018-07-02T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter Eight

We need to talk.

The message had popped up on his cell at two in the morning and he hadn’t slept since. Despite the unknown number, he knew exactly who had sent it. There was a little winky face after the sentence, the stomach-churning symbol someone he knew too well liked to overuse. Deena G.

There was so much he wanted to say in response but refrained. Instead, he read those four words again and again, mulling over a thousand ways he’d like to reach through the phone and make this madness end. He’d likely be passed over for his dream job because of her; had to watch his every move lest he bring more attention to himself. He walked on eggshells though admittedly he wasn’t doing a good job of that with Afton.

Jesus, he couldn’t resist her. Their forbidden fuck in the hospital yesterday had only driven his desire to a new level. One that had him pacing the hardwood floors of his apartment, wringing his hands through his hair, wanting her so much it took everything inside him not to drive over to her place.

He still wanted that date, a few of them. Many of them. Hours together just to be with her, to learn about her inside and out. To know her. The sweet contentment she brought to him was an unfamiliar feeling and it pulled him like a drug.

She was a mother, bringing with her responsibilities he didn’t want to shoulder again. Even if he wanted to, the scandal he was in was something Afton and her child shouldn’t have to bear. His transgressions, though exaggerated by a sick accuser, were too heavy for someone so young and already taxed. The last thing he wanted was to add weight to Afton’s load.

Noah showered and dressed, headed to the hospital. He’d show the legal team the message and ask their advice on how to proceed.

The ER was unusually subdued when he walked through. A group of nurses huddled together, looking at something one of them was holding. They all glanced at him as he passed, scattering in different directions as if they’d been caught doing something illegal. He frowned, aware of the glances still coming his way from the staff.

What the fuck?

Inside his office, he shrugged out of his wool coat and reached for the phone on his desk.

“Noah.”

He spun to Tom’s voice in the doorway. His mentor came inside, shutting the door behind him. The line of his mouth was pulled tight, an uncharacteristic show of emotion.

“Tom?”

“You may want to consider dying your hair.”

Noah narrowed his eyes. “Come again?”

Tom took off his glasses, rubbed at his eyes, and put them back on. He waved Noah into a seat, his standard gesture, but Noah remained standing, a knot twisting in his gut.

“Deena posted late last night, and I quote, 'Dr. N is a blonde, hot as fuck doctor who belies his age with good genes. He has the bluest eyes you’ll ever see. The kind that ice over when he’s fucking you so he doesn’t have to feel emotion.

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