Stalker CEO: BAD BOY BILLIONAIRE ROMANCE by Helena Vera

Author:Helena Vera [Vera, Helena]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2017-08-14T16:00:00+00:00

19

CHAPTER

“Totally useless!” I exclaim, dropping the burnt cornbread onto the counter. Didn’t I follow the instructions and time it perfectly? Why the hell is it black? The state the cornbread is in, it’s fit for only one thing and that’s to throw in the trash. As soon as the baking tin cools, that’s exactly what I would do.

Bored out of my mind, I’d decided to try and bake cornbread, using the recipe my grandmother had given me when I left for college. I’ve never tried to bake anything before and maybe never will again! Maybe it’s time to throw in the towel with this whole cooking thing. Like I should throw in the towel with the whole Axel thing.

A whole week and no word from him. My heart aches. I’m tempted to call him but what would I even say to him? He is the one who owes me an apology for going through my bag. He should be the one to call me but he doesn’t seem inclined to do this any time soon.

The ringing of my phone sends me heart racing. Is he finally calling? I grab the phone from the table where I’d dropped it in my haste to get the cornbread from the oven. My heart slows in disappointment. It’s my grandmother and not Axel.

“Hi Gram.” I force an upbeat voice which has me sounding falsely high pitched than I naturally am.

“Joyce, I haven’t heard from you in days. How are you?” Her tone is chiding.

“Sorry, gram. Had a lot of things on my mind.”

“Is everything okay between you and Axel?” she asks.

“Why’d you think anything was between me and Axel?” I return.

“Well, if there wasn’t anything between you two, the man would have hardly called me.”

I am so stunned at the news, I didn’t know how to react. “Axel called you?”

“A time or two. Just checking up on me.”

“Are you sure it was Axel?” Good Lord, is she getting one of those mental diseases that plague older folks?

“Of course I know it’s Axel. Why do you sound so surprised? You two are together aren’t you? I suspected that’s the reason you’re too busy to call me.”

I ignore her question to ask one of my own. “When was the last time you spoke to Axel?”

“He called me yesterday morning. Why dear? Is something wrong?’

Something is wrong alright. How could he call my grandmother, talking to her while he hasn’t called me not once!

“No, gram everything is fine.”

“That Axel Ash is a special sort of man, Joyce. It would be sad for you to lose him.”

“I don’t have him much less to lose him,” I respond at the same time a knock sounds on the door. “Gram, can you hold a sec. There’s someone at the door.”

“I’ve got to go anyway. Spare your gram a call next time.”

“I will gram. Promise. Talk to you later.”

I hang up and go to get the door, wondering if it’s the guy from Orkin. They come every month to check the

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