Stolen Kiss with Her Billionaire Boss by Susan Meier

Author:Susan Meier
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 2020-09-06T21:18:30+00:00

CHAPTER EIGHT

EAGER NOW, WISHING the day was over so he could have time with Erin, Hugo bounced out of his seat and walked into what he considered ground central. Things were progressing. Painting done in some places, on target in others.

He saw one of the specialty plasterers and walked over to talk about design. But before they got into their conversation, he saw Sally heading toward him. He’d known she was in the hotel today, but as had been his practice, he let his brother and sister work alone, at their own speed. And while Jay phoned him with updates, Sally still preferred the more impersonal method of emailing.

She looked hesitant walking to him. Then her steps faltered, and he noticed that her color was off. Her face a pasty white.

His chest tightened with fear and he sped up his steps as she reached out her hand. “Hugo!” she said, her knees buckling.

He caught her just as she fell.

An ambulance was called, and Hugo had to fight with the attendant to be able to ride with Sally. But he won. After she was seen by the doctor, he’d waited for her to awaken, but the conversation they’d had hadn’t pleased him.

She was pregnant and not intending to marry the baby’s father.

Because she wanted to be independent.

The words cut through him like a knife. Not because his little sister had grown up to be strong and capable, but because underlying those words was a worry that having her father die, her older brother desert her and her stepfather cheat her had given her the wrong impression of all men.

Which was why, when he ran into Edward Chen in the Harrington Park lobby on his way out of the hotel to dress for his date with Erin, he almost took the man’s head off. He had to be the baby’s father. Hugo hadn’t seen Sally with anyone else. Not that he saw a lot of her. She rarely told him when she was in the hotel—

But Edward was the guy she’d been staying with when she’d traveled to Tianlipin.

“So? You’re just going to drop your responsibilities to my sister?”

Edward gaped at him. Tall and dark-eyed, Edward quietly said, “Drop what responsibilities?”

“To your child!”

Edward eased back a step. “I don’t believe this is any of your business.”

“Oh, do not kid yourself. My sister and I might not have seen each other for a long time, but she is still my sister and I want to know your intentions.”

Edward turned on his heel. “Right now, my intention is to go to the hospital. If you’ll excuse me.”

With that, he was out the door, and Hugo counted to thirty-five. It wasn’t that he didn’t believe he had a right to confront Edward. It was more that when Sally found out he’d yelled at her baby’s father, she was likely to hit him.

But a weird happiness filled him. His sister was pregnant and no matter who liked it and who didn’t, he had held the father accountable.

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