A Pregnancy Scandal by Kat Cantrell

Author:Kat Cantrell
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 2016-05-03T16:00:00+00:00

Eight

Melinda, Fyra’s receptionist, smiled as Phillip strode through the glass doors of Alex’s company.

“Mr. Edgewood, always a pleasure. I didn’t know you were in town.”

“Short notice,” he allowed easily. “Alex penciled me in at eleven.”

Melinda glanced at her computer screen, the corners of her mouth tilting down. “Oh, she must have gotten the time wrong. She’s in a meeting with the people who run our accounting software.”

“No problem.” Phillip pasted on his Capitol Hill smile, the one he reserved for lobbyists and the media. “I’ll wait in her office.”

Cooling his heels in Alex’s office gave Phillip plenty of time to think. And the FDA approval process didn’t cross his mind once. There was some movement on that front, but concern for the health of his wife and babies trumped government bureaucracy. By the time said wife strolled through the door forty-five minutes later, he had his strategy laid out for how he would get her out of this place.

“Great timing,” he said pleasantly as she eyed him warily. “I have reservations at the Crescent for lunch. We’ll eat and talk about the status of the FDA application, and then we’ve been invited to the new children’s hospital ribbon cutting this afternoon. We have just enough time to run by the house so you can change.”

“Hello to you, too,” she said with obvious sarcasm. “I have a protein bar for lunch that I brought from home and three meetings this afternoon. The ribbon cutting sounds great, but today is impossible.”

Actually, he’d already convinced Melinda to rearrange Alex’s schedule, and it had been far too easy to sway the receptionist to his way of thinking—namely that Alex needed the break—which told him his wife was definitely working entirely too much. But she clearly hadn’t glanced at her calendar yet in order to notice her clear afternoon.

“We had an appointment that you blew off. You owe me.” He raised his brows, driving the point home. He wasn’t above layering on some guilt if it got her out of the office.

She sighed. “You’re right. The meeting with the software people was critical since it’s nearly quarter end, but I could have scheduled it another time. I didn’t think you’d mind and took advantage of our relationship.”

Well, that was laying it on a bit thick, but it worked in his favor, so he bit his tongue. “It’s okay. I forgive you. As long as you agree to go to the ribbon cutting with me. That’s one of the reasons we got married, right? So we could do things like that together.”

“I’ll get my purse.”

Victory, Phillip. She even let Randy drive and settled into the town car without a peep about leaving her own car in the Fyra parking lot. There was a brief scuffle over Alex changing clothes, but Phillip smoothed over it with the very well-made point that the Crescent Hotel’s restaurant had a strict dress code.

Once at home, Alex scowled and took the green Ralph Lauren from Phillip’s outstretched hand. “I’ve never even seen this dress before.

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