Burned by Eve Vaughn

Author:Eve Vaughn [Vaughn, Eve]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2017-10-28T04:00:00+00:00

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Rhys sat in his study that night with the lights off, his third glass of gin in hand. It was Friday so he could afford to get stinking drunk if he wanted. Carys had gone to bed over an hour ago.

I’m pregnant and the baby is yours, played in his mind over and over again. His reaction that followed shamed him. If Sadie had followed through with that slap, he would have deserved it. Regardless of how things had ended between them, he could have been more civil, but seeing her only made him hurt again. He wished he could turn off his feelings as easily as turning off a tap, but he couldn’t stop thinking about her.

He was going to be a father again. He and Sadie would be connected for the rest of their lives through this child. It was his. Even though Sadie was not the person he thought she was, her words were too genuine for them not to be real. He didn’t know what to think of it. What kind of life would the child have if he and the mother couldn’t get along? What about Carys? How would she feel knowing he had a biological child on the way?

He was still trying to figure out what Sadie’s parting shot about Carys had been about? What did she mean by that? It was true, a handful of his former girlfriends seemed to have an aversion to Carys, but he assumed it was because of the type of women he’d been attracted to. He thought things would be different with Sadie. There was no way he would demand answers from his daughter when she’d already been through so much, with losing her mother, Sadie’s attack, and finally letting go of the secret she’d been holding about her paternity. To top it off, she nearly lost her horse. It had been touch and go for her beloved Buttercup but the horse was slowly but surely making a recovery. It would probably be a long time before she could be ridden, though. Carys was at the stables every day taking care of her.

Downing the remaining contents of his glass, he grabbed the half empty bottle off his desk but stilled when he heard a knock on the door.

Without waiting for him to say come in, Carys poked her head in. “Daddy, can I talk to you?”

Rhys immediately put his glass down and capped his bottle. “Uh, I thought you were in bed?”

“I couldn’t sleep.”

He sighed. “Can we postpone this until tomorrow sweetie? I’m kind of out of it right now.”

“You mean you’re drunk.”

“Not yet, but if you leave me to it, I’ll be there in about an hour.”

She flipped on the lights and walked in. Her eyes were bloodshot as if she had been crying. This sobered him.

“I’m sorry, sweetheart. What’s the matter?”

“I can’t live with this anymore, Daddy and I’m so sorry.”

“What, baby?”

She burst into tears. “Promise me you won’t stop loving me if I tell you something.

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