My Silver Fox Savior: A Steamy Age Gap Romance by Flora Ferrari

Author:Flora Ferrari [Ferrari, Flora]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2024-11-05T00:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER NINETEEN

LANDON

“He just doesn’t understand me,” Rosita Rubberton, the English heiress who apparently has a one-way crush on me, says. I can feel Ethan glaring at me, silently telling me to focus, flirt, and invest time in this business relationship.

I can’t because I’m distracted. I keep waiting for my cell phone to ring or vibrate. Maybe I shouldn’t have told Vivian about the “kiss,” but lying to Lily’s mom would’ve felt wrong. If we’re going to have a … a what? A relationship? Months, not years.

“Excuse me,” I say, standing up, my chair making a scraping noise on the floor.

“Uh, all right,” Rosita mutters, narrowing her eyes at me.

I go into the hallway, take out my phone, and scroll to Lily’s name. I want to call her so damn badly. I don’t like how we left things at all, but how can I pursue a woman after her mom warned me away? Then, there’s last night. It was too … hell, hot and steamy, but it wasn’t as romantic as she deserved.

“What are you doing?” Ethan snaps, breaking me out of my thoughts.

“I was going to make a call.”

Ethan grits his teeth, then sighs. “It better be goddamn important.”

I can’t take the impatience in his voice or the disappointment. Deep down, I know I’m causing him so much hassle. Somehow, all this seems less important now. “I was calling the oncologist to schedule that appointment.”

“Oh.” He nods, relaxing a bit. “Okay. Good. Sorry, bro …”

I press down on the number on the recent calls list. I need to face this anyway. I need to know just how long or short I’ve got. I can’t keep running. Maybe I’ll find out I’ve got even less time than I thought, making me realize I should leave Lily alone. What can I offer her?

“Hi, I’m calling to book an appointment …”

After some back and forth, the receptionist says, “Our notes tell us you were waiting for Doctor Coleman?”

“No, that’s fine. I can see anybody.”

“Oh, let me see then …” She taps some keys. “It looks like our next appointment is—I’m sorry—the day after tomorrow at five p.m.”

“No, that’s good for me,” I say, trying to hide my relief. It’s another day of putting off the inevitable and not facing it honestly. It turns out I’m not as brave as I felt moments ago. “Thank you.”

“Good, brother,” Ethan says. “I’m happy you did that. Now …” He gestures at the office door. “Can we?”

I sigh, nodding. “Sure.”

I have to remember all Ethan has done for me. When we started this business, he was upfront about what I’d have to sacrifice. “If you don’t think you can give this your all, tell me now, no hard feelings. When we do this, we need to be all in. Let’s be honest. It’s about cash. It’s the opposite of your other life.”

My “other life” was the pro bono work. Ethan was right. In the beginning, this business took everything from us.

Rosita huffs when we return, giving me a look I don’t like at all.

Download

Copyright Disclaimer:
This site does not store any files on its server. We only index and link to content provided by other sites. Please contact the content providers to delete copyright contents if any and email us, we'll remove relevant links or contents immediately.