The Billionaire's Secret Wife by Nadia Lee

Author:Nadia Lee
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Tags: Romance, Contemporary
ISBN: 9781508489498
Publisher: Four Isles Press
Published: 2015-02-16T05:00:00+00:00

Chapter Thirteen

Vanessa went to the office the next morning. Justin had left early, promising to come back as soon as he could. Now that she couldn’t work weekends, he’d reintroduced the idea of flying to Mexico for a getaway. She’d agreed. She was going stir-crazy without anything to do at the firm.

“Hi, Zoe,” Vanessa said to her secretary, but Zoe didn’t even raise her head to say hi back. She was staring at her monitor in rapt absorption. “Zoe?”

“Oh my gosh! I didn’t see you.” Zoe put a hand on her chest. “Did you hear the news?”

“What news?”

“There’s been an accident. A private jet lost control and skidded off the runway in San Francisco and crashed into a crane.”

“A crane? At the airport?”

“It says they were doing some expansion work.”

A cold dread formed in her belly. “Whose plane?”

“Justin Sterling’s.”

Spots swam in front of her. Her knees buckled, but she caught herself against a filing cabinet. They’d just kissed each other good bye only a few hours ago. She couldn’t believe it might have been their last one.

Zoe jumped to her feet and grabbed Vanessa. “Are you all right? Vanessa?”

She blinked, trying to clear her vision. “Did anyone…were there any survivors?”

“So far only one seriously injured, and two with minor injuries. They didn’t say anything else.”

“Nobody…died?”

“I guess not. I don’t know.” Zoe’s face was filling her vision, looking concerned. “Here.” She handed Vanessa a tissue. “Wipe your tears.”

“Oh.” Vanessa hadn’t realized she’d been crying.

“Do you know Justin?”

Vanessa nodded.

Zoe’s face tightened. “I hope he’s all right.”

“Thanks.”

Vanessa managed to drag herself to her office, locking her door. She was shaking so violently that she finally collapsed on the carpeted floor, feeling like she was going to throw up. Was it Justin who was seriously injured?

Hands over her belly, she rolled onto her side. This was all her fault. She’d been so resentful of his high-handed act in Chicago that she’d insisted on keep their marriage secret, claiming she didn’t want her in-laws to affect her career. Now that she thought about it, she could’ve just told her partners she wouldn’t be used to bring in her in-laws’ business either. If her refusal to persuade her family to bring its business to the firm hadn’t hurt her, a refusal to get the Sterlings for Highsmith, Dickson and Associates wouldn’t have either.

Her fault, her fault.

She pressed a fist against her mouth, trying to muffle a sob.

My god…Justin…

She should google for updates on the accident. But every time she tried to sit up, nausea hit her. She lay back on the floor and prayed harder than she’d ever prayed before.

* * *

Justin paced in the hospital. His pilot was seriously injured, while he and the cabin attendant had some bruises. There would be an investigation into what had actually caused the accident, but he was certain it was due to the poor visibility at the airport with thick and heavy fog.

He wanted to call Vanessa, but he’d forgotten to charge his phone the night before, and there was no juice.

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