Broken Chains (Broken Beauty Novellas Book 3) by Lizzy Ford

Author:Lizzy Ford [Ford, Lizzy]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2017-10-10T18:30:00+00:00

Gianna isn’t at community service this night. I whip through my forms and leave on time for once, hopping into my car with Fabio. The driver already knows where I’m going. I understand now why Chris is micromanaging everything. When I reach Daddy’s … Gerard’s house, I enter with a whole lot of edginess. Does Daddy … Gerard know that I know? What’ll he do if he does?

The senator is rarely home, and I walk down the hallway, through Chris’s lackeys, and into the study. He glances up and dismisses the sole lackey present then returns his gaze to his laptop screen.

Sitting down, I’m trying to think of something to say. I got nothing. I’m still grappling with the truth.

At last, he looks up, eyebrow raised.

“What is it?”

My mouth is dry. “I just … well …” There’s no tiptoeing around what I need to say to him. There’s a reason no one takes Daddy – Gerard – to court, and it’s not just because he’s rich. It’s also because he has Chris. I can’t lie to him even if I want to.

He waits.

“I’m always the last to know,” I manage after an uncomfortable silence.

“You and me both.”

“Are you sure? Mom …um, you know, went to rehab for a reason.”

“I checked your DNA. She’s right.”

“That’s not normal,” I say, flushing. “Wouldn’t your DNA be the same as Dad … Gerard’s since you’re brothers?”

“We’re half-brothers,” Chris replies. “Another dirty little secret. Our father had an affair with my mother.”

“I don’t think I can handle any more secrets,” I whisper.

He says nothing. I clear my throat. I don’t expect him to welcome me to his home with open arms, but I thought he’d be … more human?

Or is it possible he’s as confused as I am?

“Is that why you decided to help me this summer?” I ask.

“Yes.”

“I would’ve been screwed otherwise, huh?”

“As your mother knew. She knows I don’t lose in court or out of court.” He leans forward. “Your mother loves three things: money, status, and you. She had to tell me, if she wanted me to help you.”

“It looks like she beat you and Dad – Gerard both,” I say with an awkward laugh.

Chris does not look amused. I swallow the laughter.

“She extended her loss to a later time. She certainly didn’t win this round,” he tells me, anger in his voice.

“She got you to do what she wanted, didn’t she?”

“She had to give up her last trump card to do it. She’s lost her leverage over Gerard and me. I imagine her next step is to divorce Gerard.”

I’m not sure what to think. My mother divorcing the man I thought was my father who never accepted me? What does that even mean?

“What would you do, if that happened?” I ask, puzzled.

“I work for Gerard, as long as there’s no conflict of interest.”

“Conflict of interest meaning …”

“You. If Gerard continues to press for an outcome I don’t agree with, I’ll resign.”

“Would you marry my mother?” I ask.

“There’s no way in hell I’d marry your mother.

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