Daddy by December (The BAD BOY BILLIONAIRES Series)

Author:Judy Angelo
Language: eng
Format: mobi
Published: 2012-08-16T14:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER SIX

Meg drew in a deep breath then let it out slowly. She picked up the leather briefcase from the seat beside her, pulled her coat tighter around her, then got out of the car. “Well, here goes,” she whispered under her breath.

This would be her first appointment with Drake since their dinner and that awkward conversation and she wasn’t looking forward to the meeting. She still couldn’t believe the man had asked her to marry him. What if he brought up the subject again? Heavens, she hoped he didn’t. If that first time had been uncomfortable then this time she’d just die from embarrassment because…she didn’t have an answer for him.

She honestly didn’t know why she was even worrying herself about it. The logical answer was no. First, he’d hurt her terribly – however unintentional – and second, there had been a ten year gap between their brief encounter and now. Who ever heard of picking up where you left off…ten years later?

Meg sighed, her head full of questions for which there were no answers. But although her mind was in total turmoil she kept her face bland. She had a job to do and she was going into Drake’s office, the perfect professional. When he saw she was all about business and nothing else he wouldn’t dare bring up that contrary topic again.

But later as she sat across from Drake to interview him on a particularly risky business venture Meg couldn’t help but wonder if she hadn’t done too good a job in projecting a no-nonsense image. If she thought she’d be cool and businesslike, Drake was even more so. He almost seemed aloof, his face not showing a flicker of emotion, his tone clipped and curt. It was as if Saturday night had never happened. Where was the man who had begged her to marry him? Well, maybe ‘begged’ was too strong a word, but he’d asked. She hadn’t dreamed the whole thing. Meg frowned. Or had she?

She shook her head, distracted and frustrated all at once, and trained her eyes and her attention back on Drake. The heat rose in her face as she saw his sardonic smile. He knew she was perturbed by his behaviour. He knew she’d expected him to continue where he’d left off. But he’d done the exact opposite.

When the hour finally came to a close she slipped her notes back into her case and zipped it shut. “Thank you,” she said, her voice as formal as she could make it. “I’ll be back next Thursday to wrap up this section.”

“Sounds good,” Drake said with a nod. “I’ll see you then.” Then he got up and walked her to the door and that was that.

Wow. Meg sat in her car and stared straight ahead, trying to figure out what had just happened. It was like she was in the presence of another man. She let out her breath slowly and started the car.

Well, so much for wanting to marry her. It was obvious that right now that idea was the farthest thing from his mind.

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