Falling for Your Boss: a Sweet Romantic Comedy (Love Clichés Sweet RomCom Book 2) by Emma St. Clair

Author:Emma St. Clair [St. Clair, Emma]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2020-12-18T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter Sixteen

Gavin

I’ve never been sky-diving. But my current level of panic and the drop in my stomach is what I’d imagine feeling the moment after someone pried my fingers off the plane to toss me out.

I have a daughter.

Or do I?

I don’t know Ella’s exact age, but she looks around either eight or nine. She could be mine, but none of this makes any sense. How has Eleanor kept this hidden for so long? And why?

As I’m listening to Eleanor’s phone ring and ring, I realize I’m holding the phone so tightly that I might crush the thing. Voicemail. Again. I mutter a curse under my breath and dial again.

“Still nothing?” Zoey asks.

I shake my head, willing my ex to answer. This is the first time in years I’ve ever wanted to talk with her on the phone. I guess this is more of a need, not a want. I’m definitely not looking forward to this call.

I glance down the hall, where Zoey managed to find Ella’s tablet cord. She’s apparently watching a movie in the guest bedroom.

“You sure she’s okay?” I ask.

Zoey nods, lowering her voice. “I think this whole situation is ridiculously hard. But it doesn’t sound like things were … stable with her mother either.”

I definitely wouldn’t call Eleanor stable. I don’t know if I want to imagine what Ella’s life has been like. As far as I know, Eleanor bounces from bed to bed in posh mansions and lavish estates all over the US and Europe. Did Ella go with her? Did she have a nanny?

I thought I was humiliated when I realized Zoey took care of me when I was sick, seeing me at my worst. Smelling me at my worst. And now … this.

What must she think of me?

And why haven’t I sent her home?

Zoey doesn’t need to be dragged into the mess that my orderly world has turned into. I thought a divorce would end the drama. That paying Eleanor well enough would keep her out of my life forever.

Wouldn’t she have asked for more money? For child support?

This is what I’m clinging to—the idea that this is another of Eleanor’s games. Dumping some other man’s daughter on my doorstep while she traipses off to who knows where. The other thing I’m clinging to like a lifeline is the blue of Zoey’s eyes.

She’s grounding me in a way that doesn’t make sense, given our relationship in the past. Consummate professionals. Ignoring my raging attraction to her, anyway, which is what I’ve managed to do for two years. One flirty text exchange, a fever, and suddenly it feels like we’re playing house.

But I’m going to completely lose it if she leaves me alone with Ella, who has yet to speak to me. After Zoey told me that Ella is mine, the girl silently got out of the pool and disappeared in her room. Clearly, I didn’t handle the announcement well. Is there a way to handle this well?

Zoey must sense my desperation because she hasn’t tried to leave.

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