CEO's Expectant Secretary by Leanne Banks

Author:Leanne Banks
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Publisher: Silhouette
Published: 2010-05-01T22:00:00+00:00

When Elle returned home, she felt like crawling back into bed and hiding. Marrying Brock was clearly the biggest mistake of her life. She should have quit Maddox and fled to Mexico or Canada or Paris. Anywhere but here with Brock’s Cruella de Vil mother. Feeling suffocated, Elle snuck out of the house and drove to her mother’s. They spent the afternoon talking and baking cookies together for one of the members of Suzanne’s support group.

When the clock passed seven in the evening, her mother slid her arm around Elle. “Sweetie, shouldn’t you be with your husband?”

“He’s working. He won’t mind me spending time with you,” Elle said.

“But it’s getting late,” her mother said. “Are you sure you shouldn’t go home?”

Elle’s cell phone rang. She winced, pretty certain she knew who was calling.

“Elle?” her mother prompted, when she didn’t race to her purse.

Elle reached for her phone and answered it. “Hi,” she said.

“Where are you?” Brock asked.

“With my mom,” Elle said, forcing her lips into a smile. “Baking cookies. Where are you?”

“At home looking for my wife,” Brock said. He paused a half beat. “My mother scared the piss out of you, didn’t she?”

Elle laughed nervously. “Cannot lie. She’s a little creepy.”

“Come home,” he said. “I’ll protect you.”

“You can’t protect me during the day when you’re at work,” she said.

“I can buy her a new place,” he said. “Let her fill it up with all the stuff that’s in the house.”

“She can’t be all bad,” Elle said. “She had you.”

“Don’t remind me,” he muttered.

“I don’t know,” Elle said. “I bet you don’t know everything about what went on between her and your father.”

“You’re not defending her,” he said.

“No, but I think there may be more than meets the eye.”

“I can’t disagree. There’s Botox, face-lifts, Resty-lane—”

“Give the woman a break. Her whole life was being Mrs. James Maddox.”

“She sucked you in,” Brock said.

“I can see some of her points,” she admitted.

Silence passed. “You’re joking.”

“No. I’m not.”

“That’s it,” Brock said. “I’m sending Roger to get you.”

“I have my car,” Elle said.

“I don’t want you driving in the dark,” Brock said.

Elle rolled her eyes. “Too bad,” she said and hung up. Feeling her mother’s gaze on her, she pretended to continue her conversation. “Of course, I’ll come home darling. Right away,” she said and turned to her mother. “I guess I should go home.”

Her mother studied her suspiciously. “Are you sure everything is okay between the two of you?”

“I’m sure,” Elle fibbed, making sure not to look directly at her mother because her mother could read her like a book. “We’re newlyweds. We’re working things out. Plus, I’m pregnant. It’s complicated, but Brock is an amazing man.” Elle wasn’t shading the truth about most of what she’d said. “I’ll see you soon,” she said and gave her mother a hug.

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