Having the Baby by Ellis O. Day

Author:Ellis O. Day
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: billionaire romance, office romance, romantic comedy, romcom, steamy romance, workplace romance, later in life romance, friends to lovers romance, fake marriage romance, alpha male, sexy romance, hot romance, fun romance, second chance romance
Publisher: LSODea
Published: 2021-07-26T16:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER 25: Alison

Alison sat on the couch in the living room going over the progress Mac had made on Angel Face while Irene played in the playpen a few feet away. The work was the same and yet, so different. She used to live and breathe coding, but now, she only kind of missed it.

Harker walked into the house. “Hey.”

She glanced up at him. She may as well get this done. “What happened last night can’t happen again.” No matter how tempting, she couldn’t fall back into his bed...into his arms.

“Fuck. Can you give me two minutes before you start bitching at me?”

“Fine, but we do need to talk about it.”

He shot her a dirty look but didn’t say anything as he walked to the bar.

“I've been looking over the work that Mac’s been doing. It's going great.” It was a little depressing. The company really didn’t need her. She’d done her part by increasing the speed of the calculations. Now, Mac was working on the facial recognition component, and he was doing a phenomenal job—better than she could’ve done.

“Why are you working?” He poured himself a drink and her a soda. “You're not supposed to be working yet.”

“Irene is playing, and it’s not like I’m out digging ditches. I'm only working on the computer. Plus, I’ve already napped twice, and I’ve been getting kind of bored just sitting around here.”

“You’ll be back to work soon enough. Enjoy the time you have with her.” He handed her the glass and his eyes softened as they fell on the baby.

“I do enjoy my time with her, but I’m capable of doing more than taking care of our daughter.”

“That’s not what I meant.” His jaw tightened. “Let’s not argue about work too.”

“Okay.” She took a deep breath. “Like I said, Mac’s doing great, but things are slipping.” The project timelines weren’t being updated and he was skipping some of the testing. It was tedious, but it needed to be done.

“Of course, they’re slipping. You’re not there, and I’m too tired to follow up on everything.”

“You don't have to get up with Irene anymore.” The baby had been sleeping longer during the day and in the evening. “I can do it.”

“Don't start with how you don't need me and—”

“That’s not what I meant. You're the one who said you're too tired to work.”

“That’s not what I said, but you're good at twisting what I say into what you want to hear.”

“Oh, no. I didn’t do any twisting.” They were no longer talking about work. “I begged you to let me go so I could think things through, but you refused.”

“There was nothing to think about,” he almost shouted.

“Maybe not for you, but there was for me. That’s what you just can’t understand.”

“Alison, please.” He sat next to her. “We can make this work. For you. For me. For Irene.”

“Ah, here’s the real Gus Barker. Shout, and if that doesn’t work, manipulate. Do anything you have to do in order to win. No one else matters.

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