The Shock Cassano Baby (One Night With Consequences) by Andie Brock

Author:Andie Brock [Brock, Andie]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Literature & Fiction, Women's Fiction, Contemporary Women, Romance, Contemporary, Contemporary Fiction, Series, Harlequin Presents
Publisher: Harlequin Presents
Published: 2016-04-02T04:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER EIGHT

UP, DRESSED AND with her bag packed, Isobel was ready to leave by first light.

On their return to the hotel the night before, Orlando had briskly informed her that they would be leaving the following morning, his private plane taking them both back to London and then him on to New York. Seating himself at his laptop, he had then pointedly immersed himself in work, leaving no room for further conversation. Not that Isobel had wanted any. She’d just wanted to put as much distance between them as fast as possible, although she suspected even an ocean apart wouldn’t be enough.

Taking herself off to bed, she had hoped for the oblivion of sleep but it hadn’t happened. Instead she had found herself staring up at the ceiling, thinking about the baby and about Orlando, trying to come to terms with everything that had happened to her within a few short weeks.

To her surprise, the baby was already a source of great joy. The tiny scrap of life growing inside her which had caused so much trouble, turned her life upside down, was already loved with all her heart. She had never imagined herself as a mother, somehow convinced that she wouldn’t have the necessary qualifications—whatever they were. After all, she had failed dismally as a daughter, something her own mother managed to enforce tacitly every time they met.

But now that the completely unexpected had happened she had been surprised to discover a new-found confidence. She was going to be a good mother. The responsibility didn’t frighten her—she had been coping with responsibility ever since her father had died. And she had plenty of love to give...bucketloads of it...already spilling over when she thought of holding the child in her arms. What did scare her was Orlando, and the fact that he was so determined to play a large part in their baby’s life. Which would mean a large part of her life. Something that managed to astonish, terrify and secretly thrill her in equal measure.

Inevitably, the sleepless hours had seen her torturing herself with what they had done the evening before. She was furious with herself for letting it happen, and yet couldn’t stop thinking about it, replaying what they had done until it had driven her half crazy.

The memory of the expert skill of his lovemaking, the exquisite sensations he had aroused, had sent spasms of awareness through her sleepless body that had seen her clenching her thighs to stop their progress, had made her sit up and grope for the glass of water on the bedside table to try to douse the spreading ache. It was madness—she knew that. But it was a madness she could no longer control.

As the hours of darkness had crept on, so had the cold certainty that as far as Orlando Cassano was concerned, she was way out of her depth. In fact, she was drowning.

By the time dawn had started to fan its light across the ceiling, Isobel had been forced to face up to the terrible truth.

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