Hired by the Impossible Greek by Clare Connelly

Author:Clare Connelly
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 2020-04-13T12:55:02+00:00

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Amelia had waited up on purpose but the sight of Santos striding into his home still hit her with an unexpected wave of sensation. Emotions fired through her, and her body responded in kind, as though recognising its master. How she hated that.

‘Amelia?’ He stilled, his eyes sweeping over her in that way he had. ‘What are you doing awake?’

‘I want to talk to you.’

He compressed his lips. ‘We’ve already spoken.’

‘It’s not about us.’ Hurt lanced her, his easy dismissal making her feel like a nuisance. ‘It’s Cameron.’

Wariness crept across his features. He moved towards her, pausing a few feet away, a safe distance, but none the less her senses went into overdrive.

‘Go on.’

‘I get that you’re ignoring me, but if the by-product of that is you ignoring him, not being home the whole time he’s awake, then my being here is completely pointless.’

‘I disagree. You being here is meant to help Cameron adjust to life on the island, life in Greece. You’re doing that.’

‘And what about helping him adjust to you?’ she pushed, her eyes loaded with feeling.

‘I told you, my relationship with my son is not your concern.’

‘That’s ridiculous,’ she retorted angrily. ‘How can you say that?’

‘He’s my son.’

‘Not that you’d know it,’ she retorted, then wished she hadn’t when he took a step backward, as though physically reeling from her comment. She took in a breath, needing to remember how to stay calm when calm was the opposite of how she felt.

‘Look, when I’m not here, you’re going to need to know how to be some kind of father to him. You’ve uprooted him, dragged him across to Greece, and for what? So he can be pampered by people he doesn’t know?’

‘He has you.’

She shook her head. ‘I’m not enough. You’re his father. And if the reason you’re staying away all day and into the night is because you don’t want to see me then I’ll go away again, Santos.’

‘Don’t threaten me.’

‘I’m not threatening you. I will pack my bags and leave tomorrow unless you promise to start spending time with him.’

‘It’s not that easy!’ His voice was raised and there was something in his features, a sense of panic or disbelief; she couldn’t say. He controlled his temper, lowering his voice. ‘It’s not that easy.’

‘It’s not meant to be easy. He didn’t choose to lose his mother, and you didn’t choose to discover you’re a father to a six-year-old boy, but that’s the situation.’ She held his gaze. ‘If the idea of seeing me is so distasteful to you—like you’re worried I’m going to throw myself at your feet or something—then don’t. Believe me when I tell you, I’ll very happily go to the other side of the island when you’re in the house, if that’s what it takes.’ She glared at him to underscore how serious she was. ‘Just spend time with your son, Santos. He needs to know you.’

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