Pregnant by the Rival CEO

Author:Karen Booth
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 2015-01-02T16:00:00+00:00

Eleven

Anna could no longer tiptoe around Adam. Hiding her relationship with Jacob had become ridiculous. His birthday had illustrated that they were moving in a good direction, but they were both clearly holding back. She’d sensed it all night from him, that there was something he was dying to say. Was it that he loved her? If those were the words he wanted to say, the only thing she could imagine stopping him was Adam. There was no other explanation.

Could she persuade Adam to set aside the feud? The more she thought about it, the more convinced she was that it could be fixed. If she could get her two favorite guys to bury the hatchet, everything in her life would be better.

Anna buzzed her assistant, Carrie. “Can you let me know when my brother is out of his meeting? I need to speak to him this morning.”

“Sure thing, Ms. Langford. Anything else?”

Anything else. Maybe get Adam’s secretary to slip a shot of bourbon into his coffee cup. “No, Carrie. Thank you.”

Twenty minutes later, Anna got the call. “Mr. Langford can see you now.”

She strode down the hall, feigning the confidence that wavered inside her. Her relationship with Adam had improved so much since he’d had his revelation about how hard their father’s death had hit him, but she still had no idea how he would react to this news. Would he feel betrayed? Would he be angry? He’d be entitled to either reaction. She only knew that the time had come to finally own up to everything. It was her only chance to have Jacob, for real.

“Hey. What’s up?” Adam asked, glancing up from his computer screen.

His upbeat and affable tone convinced her she’d gotten the timing right. This was the morning for progress. “I was hoping to speak to you for a few minutes about something personal.” She closed his office door behind her and took a seat opposite his desk.

He closed his laptop. “Of course. Is everything okay?”

“For the most part, everything is great, but it could be a lot better if I could just fix one thing.”

“I’m listening.”

“You and Jacob. I’d really like to see you two find a way to be civil to each other and stop the fighting. It’s gone on for far too long.”

He shook his head. “I thought you said this was personal. Sunny Side is not personal. And we agreed to table that.”

“I’m not talking about that. I’m talking about me.” Did she have the courage to say what had to come next? She had to do it. Now or never. “Me and Jacob. Together. Personally. Very personally.”

His eyebrows drew together. “I don’t understand.”

“Me and Jacob. You know...”

“Working together?”

“Do I have to draw you a map, Adam? Jacob and I are involved. Romantically. Not business. Personal.”

He reared back his head as if she’d just told him that the world was flat. “How in the hell did that happen? You can’t be serious.”

She took a deep breath to steel herself. She’d worried this might be his reaction.

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