Tempting Boss: A Billionaire Boss Surprise Baby Romance by Lilian Monroe

Author:Lilian Monroe [Monroe, Lilian]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Method and Madness Publishing
Published: 2026-03-04T00:00:00+00:00

NINETEEN

DEENA

Cal’s smile was unlike any expression I’d ever seen on his face. It was pure delight, and it lit his face up from within.

I’d seen him surly and annoyed. I’d seen him sly and cunning. I’d seen him turned on and angry.

I’d never seen him full of pure, unadulterated joy.

The force of it hit me like a train. He was so gorgeous. My whole body felt electric, my heart pulsing as my extremities tingled. His eyes met mine, and a touch of guardedness returned to his expression. The distance I’d insisted on creating between us was still there.

“Hang on, Erica,” Cal said. This had to be the sister and niece he’d told me about. “Let me put this up on the wall and then you can go.”

“Yeah, Mommy! We’re hanging my picture.”

Cal stood and taped the drawing to the wall, right between two large canvases of modern art. He stepped back, and his niece joined him to admire the drawing.

“What do you think, Lila?” Cal asked.

Lila scrunched her face, then waved an imperious hand at the wall. “There’s too much stuff on the wall. You can’t even see my picture!”

“Lila, this is Uncle Cal’s office,” her mother chided.

“No, she’s right,” Cal said. He spun around, studying his walls. His gaze landed on a diploma framed behind his desk. His MBA. He strode over to it and yanked it off the wall. Right when I was going to slink away and leave them to their family time, Cal spoke to me without looking away from his diploma. As he put the frame face down on his desk, he said, “Deena, do you mind going to the supply closet at the end of the hall? I think there’s a screwdriver in there somewhere. Willa might be able to help you. Phillips head.”

“Sure,” I said.

He lifted the diploma and showed it to Lila. “You think your picture will fit in here?”

“Yeah!” She smiled at her uncle, then at her mom. She had a gap in her teeth right at the front, just like Riley.

I melted. It was just too cute. I dropped my laptop back on my desk and made my way to the supply closet. After a bit of shuffling around, I found a small tool bag, which I brought back to Cal’s office.

He had one of those big, expensive-looking canvases in his arms. His hair had fallen over his forehead as he shuffled over toward the back wall, the painting brushing his front. Erica watched him with her chin resting on her palm, a fond, slightly lopsided smile curling her lips.

“Is he always like this?” I asked quietly, setting the tools on his desk.

Erica glanced from her brother over to me. She huffed. “Pretty much. He gets an idea in his head and nothing will change his mind.”

And he would do anything for the people he loved, I noted. Like rip apart his office decor just to make his young niece happy. Lila bounced on the balls of her feet as she watched him, then flitted over to study the frame of the painting.

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