The Bachelor's Games by Cooper J. S

Author:Cooper, J. S. [Cooper, J. S.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Amazon: B08146YS5T
Goodreads: 48724127
Published: 2019-11-06T08:00:00+00:00

Chapter 20

Ella

Jacob cooed up at Ella and she felt her heart melting. She knew that she shouldn’t be so happy to see him but something about Jacob set a fire in her belly. She knew that she loved this little baby already. There was something so precious and innocent about him. This was a baby that would one day grow up to be one of very few men she trusted and believed in. The only other two men that she believed in right now were her father and Max and even then she didn’t know how much she would trust Max if he weren’t her brother. Something about holding the baby reminded her of all the times she had thought about getting pregnant to keep one of her boyfriends when she first started dating. She didn’t understand why she felt so starved for love but holding Jacob made her feel whole and warm inside.

She sat down on the couch with Jacob in her arms and turned on the TV. She was worried about Sophie. She had looked so distraught and upset, she could only imagine the sort of pain she must be going through. It didn’t seem quite fair; they’d only just seemed to have gotten it together but already Sophie and Max were going through another crisis. Ella sighed. She really didn’t know if they were going to make it. Max had really screwed up this time. It took a pretty amazing woman to take care of someone else’s child. For a second Ella wondered if she should ask to take Jacob off their hands—but she knew that she couldn’t manage to take care of him by herself. She knew less than nothing about babies. And she knew that she was too young to take on that responsibility. She was twenty-two; she had the world to conquer first. She jumped as she heard someone banging on the door.

“Sophie, Sophie, let me in.” Max’s voice rang out as he continued thumping the door.

“Gosh dangit, Max.” Ella jumped up and walked as quickly as she could to the door without waking Jacob. “Shut up, Max.” She glared at her brother as she opened the door. He looked a wreck and she felt her heart go out for him. It seemed like neither of them could get it together in love.

“Where’s Sophie?”

“She left.” Ella’s voice was cold. She was still mad at Max for having never told her that he loved Sophie.

“Oh my God.” He fell back against the wall, his voice anguished and his face contorted in pain.

“Don’t you want to see your son, Max?” Ella held Jacob to him and he stared in her eyes and laughed bitterly.

“Way to turn the knife, Ella.” He stared down at the baby in her arms but felt nothing but numbness. “He looks like a Van Harkel.” He laughed uncontrollably and Ella looked at him in concern. “Or a Phillips.”

“Oh Max.” She touched his arm. “I’m so sorry.”

He looked at her bleakly and smiled. “No sis, I’m sorry.

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