One Flight Stand: A Bad Boy's Baby Romance

Author:Kim Linwood [Linwood, Kim]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Kim Linwood
Published: 2017-02-13T18:30:00+00:00

30

Andrea

Twist, twist, flip, and my hair’s neatly put up in a towel. I totally needed that shower. Finally, my brain is coming to life. Another hour or so, and I might just be awake.

Turning my side to the bathroom mirror, I run a hand over my stomach. Is my belly starting to bulge just a tiny bit? Or am I just eating more again now that I don’t feel queasy all the time?

Do I want it to?

How can something I can’t see or feel cause so much trouble?

I pull on my favorite fuzzy, green robe and leave the steamy warmth of the bathroom. Goosebumps tingle on my skin as the cool, dry air of my bedroom hits me. It’s tempting to dive right back under my covers, but I don’t have time for that.

A dark shape by the window casts an indistinct shadow across my bed. For a second my heart squeezes tight, but it’s not him.

Not Montana.

Franco turns to face me. He looks like he’s been up all night. “Don’t do this.”

“Do what?” I cinch my belt tightly, fingers nervously playing with the knot. “And what are you doing in my room? Ever heard of knocking?”

What’s going on? Just last night my father made it perfectly clear to me that our reputation and the future of our family rests on me not screwing this up.

Whoops.

“Sorry, but I needed to see you before he does.” Franco steps forward. Worry lines score his face and heavy bags hang under his eyes. At least I’ve gotten some sleep. “I know that guy’s here to take you to Caporossi, but I don’t think you should go. Not today. Not until your father clears it.”

For a second there, I almost believed someone was looking out for me.

I make a point of glancing around the room. “Well, where is he?”

“Who?”

“My father. I don’t see him.”

“He’s out, but—”

“So, let me get this straight. I’m still licking my wounds from last night, and now something’s changed, but nobody thinks it’s important enough to explain it to me?” Pulling one top after another out of my closet, I toss them on the bed. “But you’re here, so what’s going on?”

Franco’s lips squeeze into a thin line. I love my cousin, but the last week or so has given me a new outlook on how important I really am to my family. As a chess pawn? Lots of value, apparently. As a person? The one who actually has to live with all the decisions other people want to make for me?

Not so much.

“Nothing?” I prompt. He licks his lips, but doesn’t say anything as I walk over and look him right in the eyes. “Because if you don’t open your mouth and start talking, I’m going to walk out that door and the next time you see me, I might be Andrea Caporossi.”

“Don’t be a smart ass,” he snaps.

“That’s what everyone wants, isn’t it? One big happy family? You want me to stay? Give me a reason not to go.

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