Bound by My Scandalous Pregnancy by Maya Blake

Author:Maya Blake [Blake, Maya]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781474097956
Publisher: Mills & Boon Modern
Published: 2020-01-23T14:29:41+00:00

CHAPTER SIX

THE MOMENT STRETCHED as we stared at one another, a tight little sensual bubble wrapping itself around us, making it hard to breathe as heat and need and desire filled my body.

This time he was the one who broke contact, his chest expanding on a long breath before he said, ‘Which item do you wish to discuss next?’

None, I wanted to say. But, reluctantly buoyed by the promise of utilising my marketing knowledge, I wanted to hear him out. See where he was going with this.

‘What do you suspect about my mother?’

He shrugged. ‘That she’s far too dependent on you—perhaps uses you as an emotional crutch to hide a deeper problem?’

I pressed my lips together, unwilling to betray my mother.

‘Whatever those problems are, they’ll only grow if ignored,’ he said.

With a grimace, I exhaled. ‘She gambles online. It’s small sums, but—’

‘Addiction like that is insidious, Sadie. It needs to be curbed now or it’ll become a problem.’

Unable to meet his gaze, I toyed with the hem of my dress.

‘Has it already become a problem?’ he intuited smoothly.

The answer spilled out before I could stop it. ‘Yes. I’ve spoken to her about it. Asked her to get help.’

His face hardened. ‘You might have to be a little more insistent. Ruthless, even.’

‘Like you?’

A look flashed in his eyes, but he shrugged. ‘If it makes you feel better to think that way, then so be it.’

Temptation swelled higher. I knew I had to tackle my mother’s problem before I lost the only parent I had, but... ‘She’s my concern. I’ll find her the help she needs.’

Neo nodded after a handful of seconds.

I licked my lips, knowing the most important topic still needed to be tackled. ‘Let’s talk about the baby.’

‘Yes,’ he replied, his voice deep and heavy, with that yearning that still had the power to rock me.

‘How would it even work?’

‘Our marriage would simply legitimise my child and formalise any agreement as to childcare when it’s dissolved.’

A beginning and an end. So...a temporary marriage. A get-out clause and a possible end to his duties as a father when the appeal wore off?

The sting of abandonment registered, deep and true, those flippant words in my father’s letter burning through my brain.

‘You’re pulling out the stops to get what you want now. How do I know you’ll even want to be a father when this baby is a reality? That you won’t simply abandon him or her?’

The hands he’d shoved in his pockets slowly emerged. Purpose vibrated from him. But there was something else. A fleeting look of doubt which evaporated in the next instant as his confidence returned, expanding into the room as he strode forward and sank down in front of me.

This close, the look in his eyes captivated me, made me hold my breath.

‘I’ve experienced what it feels like to believe that fatherhood will never happen for me. The feeling is...indescribable. So perhaps this is one of the things you’ll have to take on faith. I want this child, Sadie.’

The fervour brimming in his voice.

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