Billionaire's Baby Surprise, Part One by Mia Caldwell

Author:Mia Caldwell [Caldwell, Mia]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2015-03-29T23:00:00+00:00

Chapter Four

She was shocked when her doorbell rang at nine-thirty that night, and Mae showed her visitor to her room a moment later. Sondra stared at Jake with openmouthed wonder. “What are you doing here?” Her voice emerged as a shriek, and she quickly closed her mouth.

Jake ran a hand through his hair, which was already disheveled. His jacket and tie were gone, and the top two buttons of his oxford shirt were open. “I finally learned from Eleanor around three p.m. that you just abruptly resigned.” He paced around her small bedroom with the grace of a jungle cat and a sense of familiarity with the surroundings that showed his adeptness at fitting in with his environment.

She lifted a shoulder, not compelled to get up from the bed. The object she held tightly in her hand was probably going to leave its trademark pressed into her hand from how hard she grasped it. “What difference does it make?”

He stopped and stared at her. “It makes a huge difference, Sondra. You can’t just disappear like that. It was one stupid moment. One kiss. I get that you don’t want me. Or maybe you do, but only physically. I swear to you I’ll keep my hands to myself in future if you come back.”

She shook her head. “It wasn’t that. Well, not entirely…” Sondra bit her lip, struggling with how much to reveal about Eleanor’s motives. Finally, with a sigh of defeat, she said, “I found out Eleanor picked me because I’m chubby and outside your race, not because my skills impressed her, or because I had done a good job. I couldn’t keep working in the position under those circumstances.”

Jake looked bewildered as he dropped down onto the bed. “I don’t understand. What do you mean?”

Sondra supposed she should feel guilty for betraying Eleanor, but she couldn’t muster the energy to even feign the emotion. “She’s in love with you, or maybe she just wants to fuck you. Whatever the case, she wants to make sure you don’t screw around with yet another assistant. I guess she probably knows you’re way out of her league, but she must gain some satisfaction from thwarting your office liaisons.”

Jake’s mouth was tight. “I don’t have office liaisons, Sondra. You’re the first and only employee with whom I’ve ever crossed a line. I don’t know what Eleanor said to give you that impression, but it must have been a misunderstanding.”

“Yeah, sure.” She was too tired to keep fighting about it. “It doesn’t matter.”

“It does. You can’t just leave me…the company. You have a job to do, Sondra, and I need you.”

She rolled her eyes. “Please. There are ten more people in the admin pool who are qualified to replace me.”

Jake’s lips skinned back. “You signed a contract to give thirty days of notice before resigning.”

She shrugged. “So? Are you going to wreck my career prospects with a bad reference?” Did he plan to ruin her life? Too late.

“It’s a legally binding agreement—”

“So sue me.”

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