Dazzle: The Billionaire's Secret Surrogate (Contemporary BWWM Romance) by Destiny Davis

Author:Destiny Davis [Davis, Destiny]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi, azw3
Published: 2015-09-21T23:00:00+00:00

Chapter 21

Kady sat in the back of the courtroom when Archer’s case was called, but he was never brought into the room at all. Instead, a lawyer came inside and handed some papers to the court. As he did so, he said, “If it pleases the court, in the matter of Archer Devonshire, his lawyer is unavoidably absent and has asked that a continuance be issued in concordance with his schedule, which said document has just been handed to the facilitating representative for selection of an appropriate date.”

“Very well,” the judge replied. “I believe Mr. Devonshire has been in compliance with the terms of his release into the community. You may find an appropriate date not to fall outside of a period of four months for the selection.”

The woman who was searching gave him a date about three months out, and the new appointment was entered into the ledger, which could also be seen on an overhead off to one side.

That was it. They moved on to the next case. Kady sat there for two minutes just to make sure they weren’t going to call Archer’s name yet again, and then she quietly wandered out into the hall, where she saw that Archer was speaking to the lawyer and some woman she could only see from behind.

“Hey, Miss Kady,” said Daryl, stopping her before she could reach Archer and the little group huddle in intense conversation a few feet ahead. “Archer’s going to be busy for a while, so he asked me to bring you over to the restaurant for lunch and then back to the hotel. He’ll probably be rejoining us there in a couple of hours.”

“Oh, okay,” she said on a sigh of relief. “Who is that with them?”

“His mother,” Daryl replied, and Kady turned with interest, trying to get a better look at her. However, the group had stepped into one of the rooms, and the woman was already out of sight. She sighed, wondering if Archer would bring her by later so they could actually meet.

Daryl swept her outside, leaving the courtroom and anticlimactic trial behind. She knew she should feel happy, but mostly what Kady felt was confused and exhausted. She had been dreading this day for months now, and when it came…nothing. Nothing happened, and it seemed like nothing would happen for another three months if she correctly understood everything that had transpired earlier.

The whole thing seemed beyond her at the moment, as hunger made itself known in full force. She had been too nervous to eat anything before the trial, and with the small human she was busy growing inside her, she was eating for two. Her stomach rumbled, adding an exclamation mark to her thought.

They were just driving by a cozy looking diner, and Kady asked Daryl to stop. It was a gorgeous day so they decided to have lunch outside, and they passed the meal in light, friendly conversation, the whole time Daryl giving her advice on dealing with the pregnancy along with funny anecdotes about when his own wife was pregnant with their child.

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