Billionaire Playboy by Terry Towers

Author:Terry Towers [Towers, Terry]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Soft & Hard Romantic Publishing
Published: 2018-02-16T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter 27

Devon

To protect me? What in the hell is she talking about?

“What are you saying? Protect me from what? Spending the rest of my life with the woman I love? Having a family?” I ran a hand through my hair in frustration. The woman wasn’t making sense. “What is going on, Abby? Why did you leave?”

“Oh god…” She backed away from me and sat on the edge of the large free-standing claw tub.

Not sure what to do but feeling the need to comfort her, I sat next to her and slipped my arm around her shoulders. “What is going on? I thought we were good together.”

“Amy. I left because of Amy.”

“I don’t follow.”

“She came by your place the day I left with a copy of the contract we’d signed. She said if I didn’t leave that night, she’d give it to the press. That once it became public, you’d lose control of your company.” She leaned over and grabbed a tissue from the box sitting on a brass stand by the end of the tub and blew her nose.

Her nose honked loudly, making me chuckle. She looked up at me, though teary eyes, and the grin left my lips as what she’d just said began to process in my head.

“She said that she’d just resigned,” Abby continued, “and that she had nothing to lose. She said I couldn’t tell you, I had to just leave and never speak to you again.”

That fucking bitch! Clenching my jaw, I worked to keep my anger in check. It wasn’t Abigail’s fault, even though her thought process was seriously misguided. She did what she thought was right. It was indeed a really fucking bad call, but she had done what she’d thought was best for everyone.

Turning on the edge of the tub, I took her shoulders in my hands and urged her to face me as she sniffed. There was a little shine under her nose, so I leaned forward, grabbed a tissue and gave her nose a little wipe.

She laughed and moved away, giving my hand a bat. “I’m fine. Stop.”

Crumbling up the tissue, I chucked it in the brass waste can, sitting just behind her.

“If you’d told me, we could have worked through that together.”

She lowered her gaze, starting at some random spot on the floor between out feet. I refused to allow her to not look at me, grasping her chin in my hand and forcing her eyes to line up with mine.

“Talk to me. God knows, we have a fair amount to go over.”

“I was scared. Carrie confirmed that it would be possible, and I couldn’t let you lose the thing you care about more than anything else.”

“I did, when I lost you and Isabella.”

She huffed and rolled her eyes, but a hint of a smile began to form on her lips. “I think you’re overstating a bit.”

“I’m not. I may love my company, but I’m in love with you. After our last night together, I thought we’d gotten to the point where we could talk about anything.

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