Passion: An Age Gap Secret Pregnancy Romance (The Forbidden Attraction) by Lydia Hall

Author:Lydia Hall [Hall, Lydia]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2024-03-08T00:00:00+00:00

“You paid Mr. Fink to get me that job, didn’t you?”

I shrugged and looked down at my plate. “Guilty as charged.” The way she’d said it made me feel like she was upset with me for meddling, and maybe she should be. I should have just trusted that she could get the job on her own merit, but the man had all but told me they wouldn’t be hiring her. “Why? Are you unhappy with me?”

“Uh, no. I just wanted to say thanks. After the scandal with Daven, I didn’t figure I’d get another job in the industry.” I looked up at her. “Thank you.”

I smiled and shook my head. “It’s what I do, Vera. Besides, they needed an investor and it paid off. You are exactly what that firm needed, and look—in six months, your face will be on the cover of Vogue and that bastard who broke your heart will be furious that he let you go.”

Vera smiled, but it looked forced. I could tell she was still a bit sad, and I wanted to fix it, but money only fixed some things. Not everything could be remedied by me, and I had to accept that. She was, however, the most perfect thing that had come into my life in years, and I wanted to make sure she felt that way.

“Are you okay?”

She looked down at the plate again. “Just not feeling well. I think I might lie down early.”

I was surprised to hear she’d retire early. I'd hoped to swim a bit, but I could see she wasn’t feeling it. I didn’t want to swim alone, however, so maybe I’d just work on the Bertruccio code for a while. The developers needed specifics from the client in order to continue working on the product backlog, and with our fifteen-minute scrum scheduled for tomorrow morning, it was imperative that I flesh things out.

“I’ll just sit in the guestroom and work for a while, then. You want me to bring you anything when I come to bed?” I was elated when she agreed that we could share the same bed even after she’d kicked me out. I didn’t mind sleeping in the other bed—it was comfortable—but I hated sleeping there knowing she was in my bed. I wanted to be with her.

“No, I’m okay. Thank you. Goodnight,” she muttered as she rose and left the dining room. I looked at her plate, barely touched. The entire dinner had been cold and awkward, not at all like normal. I knew I had allowed my disappointment to show through when she told me about the apartment, but I didn’t think it would upset her that much.

Frustrated with myself for letting her down, I retired to the guest room, taking my briefcase with me. I pulled out my laptop and settled on the bed. The code wasn’t as difficult as some of the others we as a company had produced, but the client had a few particulars I needed to make sure were communicated.

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