Claiming his Secret Baby_One night and a lifetime of consequences... by Clare Connelly

Author:Clare Connelly [Connelly, Clare]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2018-08-06T16:00:00+00:00

He ignored the rush of regret that shrouded him. He ignored everything except his goal. That child, their son, would be his, and to hell with anything else.

But was hurting Elizabeth essential to that? His subconscious prompted, and Xavier winced, because that was a fair point. He didn’t need to wound her the way he was, and yet he found it impossible to stop.

He’d been so angry to discover Joshua, he’d barely stopped to think. He’d lost so much in the accident. It had taken him several long, painful months to regain anything near his usual range of motion, and even now he experienced flashes of pain in his body from time to time. His mind would never be the same. His brain was tired, his memories were bare, like a tree in the brink of autumn, leaves loosening, becoming lost forever.

Yes, he’d lost a lot, and to discover that he’d also lost the chance to be a father – it had been the final straw. And Elizabeth had been an instrument to that loss, so he’d been punishing her, using her sensual need against her. Because in bed, their bodies didn’t lie, and everything made sense – even just for a moment. In bed, he could hold her in his arms and whisper Spanish spells in her ear, and she welcomed him and he could forget. He could forget what he’d lost and what he was doing to regain some of that.

But it was no way to live – with this harsh sense of acrimony chewing up the air between them.

For the sake of their son, he knew he needed to make an effort to separate his anger from his wants. To forget that she had taken so much from him and focus instead on what she was giving him.

If only intentions could so easily translate into being…

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