Her Secret, His Heir by Elizabeth Lennox

Author:Elizabeth Lennox
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Contemporary Romance
Publisher: Elizabeth Lennox Books
Published: 2020-01-06T00:00:00+00:00

Melanie pushed the sheets off her legs and forced her feet over the side of the bed.

Then sat there. She didn’t want to get up. She didn’t want to cook breakfast. She didn’t want to do anything.

She’d called Jake last night, out of desperation, needing to know that Jackson wasn’t hurt or killed. Jackson hadn’t arrived at her place for dinner as planned so, when he still wasn’t there hours later and he hadn’t answered his phone, she’d finally convinced the security guard to contact Jake Hughes to make sure that Jackson was okay.

Jake had texted an hour later, letting her know that Jackson was fine, just getting drunk. Although, Jake didn’t know why.

And Melanie hadn’t heard anything from either of them since. She hadn’t slept at all, wondering why Jackson was getting drunk and she couldn’t believe he would simply ignore her phone calls and texts all night. That was so unlike him. They texted several times a day when he didn’t have back to back meetings. Sometimes the messages were fun and flirty. Other times, he told her exactly what he was going to do to her as soon as he saw her, causing her to tremble with need and anticipation until he walked through her door.

Roy turned when she walked into the kitchen, sympathy in his eyes as he handed her a cup of coffee. “No word?” he asked, pulling her into his arms.

“I’m sure he’s okay,” she told her brother, leaning her head against his shoulder.

“Why don’t you go talk to him face to face, find out what happened last night?”

Melanie bit her lower lip, not sure what to do. Jackson’s silence last night seemed to tell her exactly what was going on. “I don’t know,” she replied, thinking that she should have anticipated this. Jackson was a player. He’d warned her from the beginning that he wasn’t a long-term kind of guy. She should have been prepared for this.

But something told her that there was more to this story than just Jackson being finished with their relationship. Something was wrong.

Roy sighed and patted her back as only a brother could. It was an awkward gesture, but filled with love and concern. “Talk to him, Mel. From what you’ve told me about this guy, last night was completely out of character.”

Melanie wiped the tears from her eyes. “Fine. But you have to come with me. I can’t face him alone.”

“Scary man?” he teased, tweaking her nose slightly.

“He can be very scary at times.”

An hour later, wearing in her favorite dress, which made her feel powerful, she stepped into the executive area of JJH Technologies.

“Good morning, Ms. Larsden,” Doris greeted Melanie as soon as she walked in.

“Is Jackson avail–”

“No. I’m busy,” Jackson interrupted, coming up from behind her and simply walking into his office and slamming the door.

Melanie stared at the empty doorway, her heart feeling as if it might explode from the pain lodged there.

Melanie turned, looking into the shocked eyes of Jackson’s assistant. Melanie didn’t know what to say, how to react.

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