Bought for Her Baby by Melanie Milburne

Author:Melanie Milburne [Melanie Milburne]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 2007-01-28T13:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER NINE

EMILY was asleep almost before the cab arrived, her little dark head lolling against Charlotte’s shoulder as she walked to the hospital entrance with Damon at her elbow.

She could feel his simmering anger; it was almost palpable in the cold night air. It was coming off him in scorching waves that threatened to peel off her skin every time he looked at her.

‘You have a lot of explaining to do,’ he bit out as he waved down a cab.

‘This is not the time or place,’ she said. ‘I need to get Emily home and into bed.’

‘This is not over, Charlotte,’ he warned her. ‘I swear to God this is not over.’

The cab arriving forestalled any further speech and Charlotte sank into the seat with her daughter snuggling up close.

‘Put her in the seat belt,’ Damon instructed.

Charlotte’s blue eyes battled with his for a moment before she did as he demanded, even though it produced a whimper of pain from Emily. She hadn’t wanted to let her daughter go even for a second, but she knew he was right. Even a short journey could be dangerous without the protection of a seat belt.

Damon leaned forward to give the cab driver directions and Charlotte felt her heart give a tiny flutter. He had very definitely had tabs on her if he knew where she lived.

She sat back in her seat with Emily’s dark head on her lap, wondering how he would view her tiny run-down inner city rented flat. It was all she could afford. Childcare cut into her budget and, with Stacey’s ongoing demands, she often sailed a little too close to the wind. There were few luxuries. Some weeks it was all she could do to keep food on the table.

‘I cannot believe you have kept this from me for all this time,’ he inserted into the stiff silence.

‘If you remember, I did tell you,’ she threw back. ‘But you refused to believe me. I tried phoning and emailing you, but you blocked all contact.’

‘You could have told me the first night I saw you at the museum! She’s my child!’ He glared at her furiously. ‘Do you have any idea of how much I have missed out on? Do you?’

Her eyes flashed at his, her tone unmistakably sarcastic. ‘So this is now all about you, is it, Damon? I’m sorry, but I thought it was about a little child who has suffered an injury. Pardon me for being so remiss in putting her needs over yours.’

His jaw tightened until she could see white tips at the edges of his mouth. ‘I should have been told. As soon as I saw you the other night, you should have told me.’

She sent him an embittered glance. ‘I would have told you if I hadn’t thought you would whip her away from me as soon as she was born.’

There was a deadly little pause.

‘I can still do that.’

Charlotte’s eyes flew back to his, her heart threatening to jump out of her chest.

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