Accidental Baby: A Billionaire Secret Baby Romance by Lara Swann

Author:Lara Swann [Swann, Lara]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2018-08-20T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter Sixteen

Damien

The day I get back from New York, Ava isn’t there.

She doesn’t appear the next day either - and even though I know it’s probably largely my own impatience, I start to get concerned. I wish I could simply ask after her, but after everything that happened between us - and what I’m hoping might continue to happen between us - I know what she’d think of me drawing attention to my interest in that way.

And yeah, I know it would be a bad idea too.

I don’t even have her number to call and check she’s alright - despite our two intense nights together and seeing each other almost every day for a few weeks, we’ve never actually exchanged numbers. Probably deliberately.

I’m guessing she’s just sick and will be back soon, but I wish I could see her anyway. I hope someone is looking after her.

I hope she’s not just trying to avoid me again.

It’s an unfair thought, but it’s still there at the edge of my mind. All her comments about not getting involved seem to come back to me on repeat and I can’t help wondering whether Friday night freaked her out more than I’d thought. I’d left that night with the hope that all those objections might have given way to something else…with the feeling there was something there between us. I still don’t know what - but I thought we both wanted to find out.

Now…now I’m left wondering.

And it’s frustrating me endlessly.

It’s a good thing that we managed to start smoothing things over with Prestige - just about - with that extra time in New York. Thompson might be an arrogant bastard - but at least they’re fairly predictable. I had to swallow my pride and kiss ass a bit, but unsurprisingly Thompson was more than amenable to that. That might even have been what he wanted, more than anything to do with the deal - the chance to watch the kind of new money tech CEO defer to him. Not my favorite thing at all but finally easing some of Katy’s worry was worth the bitter aftertaste it left in my mouth.

Now that I’m back home and out of the spotlight they were trying to shine on me, it’s a relief to know I can get back to the actual work that needs to be done for the deal, instead of clashing with the people involved. Not to mention, with Ava’s absence destroying my focus, I’m not sure how well I’d do going toe-to-toe with Thompson again right now.

She doesn’t make an appearance for the rest of the day - and as I see Tina leaving, my resolve almost breaks. But I don’t ask.

She’ll be back tomorrow. You can talk tomorrow. You can see if that look in her eyes is still there then…

I stay late at the office, but it’s not until I get home that I get a distraction that actually works.

“Damien!”

The moment I walk in the door of the elegant Italian-styled home I bought after Indivest started taking off, my sister’s excited voice greets me.

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