Forbidden Baby Daddy: A Secret Baby Romance by Swann Lara

Author:Swann, Lara [Swann, Lara]
Language: eng
Format: azw3, epub
Published: 2019-03-24T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter Fifteen

Ash

I drop Chloe a couple of blocks away from her parents’ house, as requested, before turning around to head back to my shop. She’s promised me that after this weekend, she thinks she might finally feel ready to tell them what’s going on - and even though I understand how hard that’s going to be and don’t want her to feel pressured, I can’t deny I’m looking forward to the idea of not having to sneak around anymore.

Either way, my spirits are high as I ride through the streets of Baltimore and make my way back to my shop. Considering the events that prompted it, this weekend has turned out better than I could have imagined. It’s almost hard to believe that intimidation and threat could lead to something so euphoric, but somehow it has. There’s still a part of me that’s nervous about the idea of doing all this properly with Chloe, for so many reasons, but it feels so good to finally tell her how I feel. I didn’t think she’d be the kind of girl who would want to settle down with someone like me, but then, so far she’s always managed to surprise me.

I ride up to the garage door, pressing the button on my keys to open it automatically as I approach - and then have to slow right down as it fails to shift. I frown behind my helmet, pressing it again as I wait outside - until my eyes drift over the garage and to the front door beside it…and I freeze.

The door is hanging at a strange angle, the frosted glass smashed up with shards glittering along the entry steps, in the dim light from a street lamp behind me.

All the concern and worry from only two days ago comes back in a flash, the warm feeling of contentment disappearing as adrenaline hits again.

I park the bike outside, ignoring the garage door as I head straight to the front entrance to my shop. My boots crunch the glass under my feet and when I try to push the door open, it sags on the one remaining hinge - and then that snaps, the door crashing to the floor.

My heart is in my stomach as I walk forward, flicking the switch for the light automatically - and I’m even a little surprised when it works. Or, mostly. There’s still a long strip of lighting down the center that isn’t smashed.

That’s probably the only thing in the shop that’s still intact.

Or at least that’s what it looks like, from the brief, heart-stopping glance around.

The place is a wreck.

Tools and parts are scattered everywhere, boxes and cupboards upended and destroyed. The counters are smashed up, what remains of the cash register is hanging open and the stock of accessories that I keep to the side of that front desk is totally trashed. Not even stolen - just thrown around and broken up, with the wire stock display pulled down on top of it all.

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