Not Another Billionaire: A Clean Second Chance Romance (Billionaire Tech Tycoons & Titans Book 2) by Gigi Marlowe

Author:Gigi Marlowe [Marlowe, Gigi]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2018-12-16T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter Eight

Scott had experienced this feeling more times than he cared to count: his life was about to fall apart. He’d long ago learned that no amount of money could hold it together. The look on Kylie’s face made his bones ache as he turned back to Joseph.

She had found out his secret.

Finding it impossible to return to his carefree play with Joseph, Scott decided it might be prudent to leave now. As much as he adored Olivia and Oscar, he didn’t want to have such a personal discussion in front of them‒or Joseph.

Pain shafted through him as he looked at his son happily stacking square blocks.

His son. But the boy didn’t even know it.

He rose to his feet, suddenly feeling old as his knee joints crackled. He should see his doctor about that.

“Well I think it’s time for us to head out,” he heard himself say to the room in general.

Kylie’s head bobbed in agreement, but she didn’t meet his eyes. Olivia gave him a worried, “I-told-you-so” look as she walked them to the door. He wasn’t surprised when Kylie acted like nothing was wrong in her goodbyes to his favorite family, but the moment the door closed behind them, she shut down again.

He took his place behind the wheel. Being chauffeured was a nice perk of his lifestyle, but he’d never give up the freedom to drive himself around.

He turned the key in the ignition and glanced at Kylie. Her face looked pale. What could he say?

He didn’t know where to start. So he didn’t try. The silence almost hurt his skin as he navigated the roads back to his personal palace. When at last he put the car in park and cut the engine, Kylie spoke.

“He’s your son. Isn’t he.” It wasn’t a question.

“Yes,” he said softly. How could he explain to her why his own son didn’t know who his father was? That he’d given him away in a haze of grief and still lived in the same haze, only now it was guilt that blurred his vision? He could explain the intricacies of a rocket’s composition, but his own choices he could not.

When Kylie turned to him, he expected anger, even fury. That would have been preferable to the intense hurt lining her face as she looked him in the eyes. Her eyes looked watery, but she stalwartly did not let them overflow.

“How could you have kept this from me? And for so long?”

He closed his eyes, unwilling to look at her pain for another second. “I’m sorry, Kylie.”

“You call me ‘girlfriend’ in front of NASA, but you can’t tell me you have a child?”

He pinched the bridge of his nose. He didn’t know what to say except more murmured apologies.

“Don’t you trust me?” she asked in an anguished whisper.

He did, didn’t he? No, trust wasn’t the issue. Then what was it? Not something he knew how to explain.

“I do trust you. So much.” He tried to take her hand, but she jerked it away.

“This doesn’t feel like trust.

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