Accidental Triplets by Layla Valentine & Holly Rayner

Author:Layla Valentine & Holly Rayner [Valentine, Layla & Rayner, Holly]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2018-05-28T18:30:00+00:00

Chapter 19

Rhys

Shutting the door after my last dinner guest left, I began to pace slowly across the living room of my apartment. I had no idea what to expect from Cassidy's big news. At first, I’d been worried there might be something wrong with the baby, but she’d been quick to dispel that notion.

What else could it be?

I headed over to the bottle of wine that I'd opened and poured myself another glass, eager for Cassidy to hurry up and get there.

The evening air was cool and fresh as I stepped out onto the balcony. The city was aglow with evening lights, and the sky was still and dark. The troubles stirring within me were a sharp contrast to the calm cityscape spread out ahead. The words of my parents repeated over and over again, and deep down, I knew that they were right. If anything, the lies I'd been living were simply becoming too much to keep straight.

But coming clean…it was an overwhelming option, not to mention a potentially messy one. I supposed that I could simply tell Nina that this little ruse of ours was over, but that would carry its own costs. And if people found out that I'd gotten an employee pregnant, it would be the scandal of the year. Especially if the gossip rags started putting together the timeline and finding out that Cassidy's conception date was around the time I'd begun to “date” Nina.

It would be a mess all around, no two ways about it.

A low chime sounded through the apartment, alerting me to someone calling from the lobby. Cassidy. I headed inside and pressed the button next to the elevator to allow access.

Moments later, the doors opened. Cassidy stood in the elevator, a hesitant expression on her face. Despite her casual clothes, I couldn't help but be struck by just how beautiful she was.

I realized with a jolt, in that moment, that I had real, true feelings for her.

As if I needed another complication.

“Come on in.”

She stepped into the apartment and as she passed, I noticed that she had a small folder tucked under her arm.

“Something to drink?” I asked, remembering as soon as the words left my mouth that she couldn't have anything alcoholic.

“Just some coffee. If you have decaf?” she said, her voice small.

“Of course.”

I stepped into the kitchen to pour her a cup, her strange, faraway expression weighing heavily on my mind. What could be going on that would cause her to act like this?

“Here you are,” I said, setting a mug in front of where she sat, a couple of cubes of sugar and a small pitcher of milk on the saucer along with the decaf coffee.

She plunked one of the cubes into the mug and stared down into the drink.

“Listen,” I said. “You know that I'm trying to do right by you. Whatever it is, you need to tell me so we can figure out how to work through all of this.”

“I know,” she said. “It's just that this situation just gotten a lot more complicated.

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