Their Pregnancy Bombshell by Barbara McMahon

Author:Barbara McMahon
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 2013-10-14T16:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER SIX

TUESDAY afternoon Sara almost fell asleep at work. She was so tired. They’d been packing since Sunday afternoon, staying up late to get things organized, then making love before going to sleep. She had more work than she could handle, but after the praise from her boss, she didn’t want to disappoint him by asking to shift some of the load to one of the other accountants.

She got up and walked around, hoping to wake up. Maybe a soft drink with caffeine would help. She couldn’t even focus on the numbers.

The phone rang. She lifted it up, still standing. If she didn’t get something to wake up, she’d have to close her door and see if a quick catnap would work.

“Sara Tucker,” she said.

“I like the sound of that,” Matt said.

“Me, too. What are you up to? Is something wrong?” He rarely called her at work.

“Not wrong, just an inconvenience,” he said.

She caught on at once. “Not another trip?”

“Stockholm. But just for a couple of days.”

“You said you’d be here for the move.”

“I will, that’s a promise I’ll keep. I’m taking one of the new representatives with me. Once I’m sure he’ll manage, I’ll return home. I probably won’t be gone more than two or three days.”

She didn’t say anything. What was there to say? It was his job. She’d known it from the beginning.

Stockholm.

She looked at the piles of folders, printouts and tax books on her desk. Maybe she should just say goodbye now and take off for Europe with her husband.

She wanted to go so badly she could almost taste it.

“Sara? I’m sorry.”

“Don’t be, Matt. I just was wishing I could go.”

“Ask for time off.”

It was so tempting.

“Not now. I just can’t. But I’ll be writing my resignation letter earlier than I thought.”

“Good. Quit. We’ll get settled in our new place and then be ready to go when the next call comes.”

“I hope you get another assignment in Paris soon.”

“I’ll see what I can do.”

“You’re not leaving before dinner are you?” she asked, suddenly wondering if that’s why he called.

“No, we’re leaving tomorrow morning. But I thought I’d get it over with, telling you.”

“Gee, you make me sound like some kind of grouch or something.”

“This way, you’ll get your anger out and be loving when we’re together tonight.”

She laughed. “You’ll be lucky if I stay awake long enough to watch you pack. I’m so sleepy this afternoon.”

“We’ll go to bed early tonight, I promise.”

The conversation went a long way to waking Sara, and she plunged back into work with renewed enthusiasm. The sooner she finished, the sooner she could go home.

Amber called just as Sara and Matt finished dinner.

“Hi, honey,” Sara greeted her daughter.

“Mom, Jimmy’s leaving in the morning.”

“Oh, so soon? I thought he had a little longer.”

“I did, too, but they want him somewhere else now. I hope he has better luck staying in one spot with his next assignment. You’d think they’d have enough communication specialists over in Germany they wouldn’t need one more right away.

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