Tempted by the Billionaire Next Door by Therese Beharrie

Author:Therese Beharrie [Beharrie, Therese]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 2018-02-06T19:50:50+00:00

CHAPTER TWELVE

THERE WAS A sick feeling in Dylan’s stomach.

To be fair, he couldn’t blame it entirely on returning from dinner with his sister’s best friend to find said sister on his doorstep. No, the feeling had started the moment he’d felt the baby Jess was carrying moving against his hand. When he’d seen her face and worried that the wonder and amazement he saw there—that the wonder and amazement he’d felt—would turn into heartbreak when she gave that baby away.

The feeling had settled when Jess had walked away from him, breaking the warmth of their kiss and their connection that had grown during their dinner. And when he’d tried to do something about it and he’d got the cold shoulder, the silent treatment on the way home.

But now he was home, and his sister was back, and there would be no more time to think of it.

He pulled the car into the garage and then got out slowly. He heard Jess behind him as he walked to the front of his house where his sister was and, by the time he got there, Anja was standing outside, Chet next to her.

Dylan’s eyes first went to their hands—to the tight hold he could see between them. And then he looked at his sister. Really looked. And really saw, for the first time in years. She’d got skinnier. And her face was tougher, its lines creased into a tight expression that told him she wasn’t going to take it easy on him. But other than that she looked the same, and the emotion that clogged his throat had him wanting to walk right to her and pull her into his arms.

Instead, he shoved his hands into his pockets. ‘It’s good to see you, sis.’

‘It’s a...surprise to see you, Dylan.’ Her voice was hoarse and she cleared her throat. ‘How long have you been back?’

‘Just over a week.’

‘And you didn’t tell us? Me or Mom?’

‘I wanted it to be a surprise,’ he said lamely, and belatedly thought that maybe it was lame. That maybe his plan to come home and reconcile with his sister was just plain lame.

‘Well, it’s certainly been that.’

Silence spread between them, and then Anja’s eyes shifted to behind him and her stormy expression cleared. ‘Jess!’

His sister stalked past him as if he wasn’t even there and enveloped Jess in a hug. Jealousy beat an uncomfortable rhythm in his blood and all he could do was stand there as Chet walked past him, too, thumped him on the back in greeting and went over to hug Jess.

‘Your stomach has grown so much!’ Anja said and lowered to her haunches. Jess’s eyes fluttered over to him, and something crossed her face that he couldn’t quite read.

‘Yeah. But it’s only been two weeks, An.’

‘Much too long for my liking,’ Anja murmured to Jess’s belly and Dylan’s stomach dropped slowly, steadily, his mind still trying to comprehend what his eyes were telling him.

Anja straightened and turned to Dylan. ‘Did Jess tell you?’

‘Tell

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