Boss Daddy by Annie J. Rose

Author:Annie J. Rose [Rose, Annie J.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2019-03-31T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter 24

Missy

I felt embarrassed when the waiter walked over and saw how we were holding each other’s hands. I didn’t know the man, and I didn’t care if Colt did or not. The fact that someone was seeing us being so familiar with each other made me feel exposed in a way.

I had grown used to keeping secrets, and though I was sure the waiter wouldn’t care whether we were together or not, I didn’t like the feeling I got when I knew people were noticing us.

Colt had always been the person I’d admired from a distance. I’d slept with him twice now, and when I got caught up in the moment, like I’d just done, I did things that revealed how I truly felt inside. In the moment, those feelings were great. I felt like I had someone there for me; someone else on the planet who was there to bear the burden I carried.

I wasn’t the only one who had to make the choices and deal with the pain. I could share it with someone else who was strong enough to hold on.

Then, all at once, the feeling would be gone. I would feel vulnerable, exposed. I would worry that I wasn’t good enough for Colt. That if I told him about Mason, he’d be angry at me for withholding his son from him for so long. But deep down I knew that wasn’t the case. I knew Colt might be angry at first, but then he’d cool off and he’d be a good dad. I knew that in my bones.

So why didn’t I tell him? With everything in my life so out of control, holding on to that damn secret was the only power I felt I had. As sad as that probably sounded, it was the only way I felt I had any say in the events of my life.

“Are you ready?” Colt asked with a smile.

“I am, thank you,” I said with a nod, breaking out of my reverie.

“Let’s go then,” he said.

I grabbed my purse and slung it over my shoulder, and the two of us headed for the gate. We walked down to the salad bar, then ate outside in the sunshine. It felt good to be outside for a while. Mason was rarely up to playing at the park, and I spent most of my time either working or hanging out with him while he did his own thing.

We reached the sidewalk and headed back to the office, walking in silence for a few minutes. We were a couple city blocks away from the building, and I wracked my brain for something to say. I wanted to keep the conversation as light as possible. I didn’t want to talk about Mason, and I didn’t want to talk about any of my own personal feelings on the issue.

But, most of all, I didn’t want to talk about us specifically, or the past, either. Work would be great. That was something safe, something we both could engage in, and something that was actually productive.

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