Baby For The Billionaire: New Adult Second Chance Romance by Erica Frost

Author:Erica Frost [Frost, Erica]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Hewlett-Packard Company
Published: 2022-09-13T18:30:00+00:00

Chapter 14

Matthew

I was in meetings all day. There was a problem with distribution in Europe and I had to talk to the head of our office in the UK about the hold up in customs. Then there was an issue with a supplier in Michigan. My uncle had asked me to look into a contract with one of our original suppliers. I had sent it to our legal team, but I delayed in looking at the email he sent back. The lawyers often sent very long, wordy messages that took forever to wade through. But I couldn’t put off my uncle much longer. As chairman of the board, Albert had considerable power and influence. I suspected he thought he should have been named CEO, but my mother had always been very firm on carrying out the wishes of my father and since these were set out clearly in his will, going against them would entail a legal battle that would be costly and most certainly cause great conflict in the family.

It was late by the time I went home. Traffic was bad, and I found myself gridlocked between the traffic lights. I waited for the cars to move and leaned back, closing my eyes, and taking a deep breath.

In that moment, my thoughts drifted to Lauren and to the conversation we’d had in the morning.

I heard her words again.

There was nowhere for me to go. I couldn’t avoid thinking about what she’d said to me anymore.

Strangely enough, it was the last thing she’d said to me that had upset me most. My perfect pretend world.

How did she know?

I had everything. Money, power, a great job, good health, and excellent family connections.

But I wasn’t happy.

I hadn’t ever been happy.

Back in college, Lauren had already noticed that. She’d once asked me, right in the beginning of our relationship, what I wanted to do for a break that we had between terms. I told her I had to go back to the city to see my mother. She asked if I wanted to go. I told her it wasn’t about what I wanted, that this was what was expected of me, and I had to do it. Lauren had given me a mischievous grin and asked me what would happen if I didn’t go; if I went with her on whatever adventure she had planned. Wouldn’t that make me happy? I’d gotten annoyed with her, snapping at her that she didn’t get it, that I wasn’t like her and that I had important things I had to do. I couldn’t jump in a camper van and head for the hills whenever I felt like it. I told her I couldn’t think about what made me happy all the time, that I had other responsibilities.

She had touched on a major weakness, something that had been bothering me for a long time, but I’d not allowed myself to think about. The fact that I was unhappy, that I didn’t really care about the family the way my mother wanted me to.

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