Star by Lilliana Anderson

Author:Lilliana Anderson [Anderson, Lilliana]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: LA Romance
Published: 2019-10-17T18:30:00+00:00

Twenty-Three

Sandra

I’m freaking out.

“Tell me more about your trip,” I ask, my voice a little high pitched. I’m lying on the blanket Brad brought to the open-air cinema for our date. He’s talking, but I’m not listening. But I need him to keep talking because I’m freaking the fuck out.

I’m pregnant.

I’m pregnant. I’m fucking pregnant, and the baby is Jonathan’s. It has to be. He’s the only guy I’ve been with in, well, too long to count.

Did we use protection?

I don’t know.

We were drunk.

I can’t remember much past the orgasms…

I’m pregnant. To Jonathan Masters: the movie star, my friend, the guy I didn’t want, but who kissed me so hard today that I can still feel him on my lips.

Jonathan is the father.

I’m having a baby.

Fuck.

“And they use a really interesting technique that—Am I boring you?” Brad frowns, though he sounds amused.

“No. Not at all. I find the whole process fascinating, and I’m really interested in hearing about your trip. I just think I got a little too much sun today,” I say, offering him a reassuring smile.

“Are you sure? Because we can talk about something else. You could tell me what story you’re working on, for example.” Or we could talk about the pros and cons of having a baby with a movie star while I’m dating a celebrity chef…

Sitting up, I push those thoughts to the back of my mind and take a hold of his hand. There’s no sense in ruining our date when I haven’t had time to process the information myself. I don’t even know if I want a baby. And if that’s the case, perhaps I shouldn’t tell anyone at all? “Tell me how you came to be a chef. When did you decide that food was your calling?”

Brad has a glint in his eye that only those who truly love their chosen vocation have. When he speaks, he rubs the pad of his thumb soothingly across the back of my hand, and it’s that I draw comfort from. Just keep going through the motions, Sandra. Focus on the moment and worry about everything else later.

“When I was fifteen,” he says. “I applied to do work experience at a hotel not far from where we lived. I’d eaten in the restaurant with family, and the food and the presentation amazed me. Once I got in there, I worked so hard that they ended up offering me an apprenticeship. So, when I finished year ten, I took them up on it and worked my arse off. I gained the notice of a few food critics, which meant I was offered positions at more prestigious establishments and then when I turned twenty-four, I was offered the job at Quay as the youngest head-chef they’ve ever employed.”

“From what I’ve read, you’re a bit of a visionary.”

“I don’t know I’d say that, exactly, I just love what I do and so far, my risks have paid off.”

“And what about Bradley Rae, the man? Are you living the life you

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