The Billionaire Bargain (Millionaire's Club) by Han Barb

Author:Han, Barb [Han, Barb]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Tags: Contemporary, Multicultural
Publisher: The Wild Rose Press, Inc
Published: 2013-04-20T06:00:00+00:00

Chapter Seven

“Do you want food? You didn’t eat much at lunch,” Daegen said. His concern was evident in the lines on his face.

“I can try.” Knowing her father was on his way and receiving the best possible care settled her nerves. She was surprisingly hungry. She should work, but campaign files were the last thing she could concentrate on. Would she have a job to go back to? She doubted it. Walt had spelled out his intentions clearly with his attitude.

Daegen feathered a kiss on her palm before disappearing.

Her thoughts wandered to the boy. It was almost incomprehensible to think of Daegen Tan as a father. Although, when she really thought about it, she’d seen him in tender moments. Especially since she’d returned. His son would be fiercely protected.

Even so, she remembered how adamant Daegen had been about never having children. He was a bachelor through and through. His lifestyle wasn’t set up for diaper genies and staying up all night consoling a teething baby.

The image of Daegen wearing only his boxers with a sweet baby curled over his chest almost brought her to tears. Hey, maybe you wouldn’t be such a bad dad.

Daniel wasn’t a baby. In fact, he was dangerously close to being a teenager. What was he like? She didn’t see any of Daegen in his features. Had he inherited his father’s personality? Or had a lifetime of poverty beaten him down?

Anger surged through her when she thought about the sparse food she’d been given on the farm. She already knew he was too thin. Had he been treated the same way in the orphanage?

A stone weight centered on her heart and ground in.

She retrieved the photo from the nightstand and stared at it. She thought about all the lost years without his dad. Every milestone Daegen had missed. Daniel’s first steps. His first words. The first time he used a fork.

His expression was too serious. She bristled. Has anyone ever tucked you in a warm bed at night? Made you feel safe?

Or did he lay awake every night, like her, praying his father would show up and rescue him? She’d held onto a variety of fairytale worthy fantasies of the day her own father would arrive. He’d show up strong. Capable. He’d roar up on a four-wheeler fresh from an overseas adventure. Or on a motorcycle. Then there was the fantasy he’d show up on foot, tired and desperate, having gone for days without food and water because he needed to find her.

She sure as hell hadn’t expected to find him weak in a hospital bed in a broken-down facility. The memory crashed down on her, making it difficult to breathe. She pulled the covers up to her chin.

Daegen returned with a tray. “I wasn’t sure what sounded good.”

Red apples cut into slivers, pasta, and grilled fish. He remembered her favorites. “Looks amazing.”

She pushed up on her elbows as he placed the tray on her lap.

He fluffed her pillows and checked her forehead. “The doctor said to keep the bandage dry.

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