Expecting the Playboy's Baby by Sam Crescent

Author:Sam Crescent [Crescent, Sam]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Published: 0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter Seven

The press had a field day when the papers showed Patrick going into a baby store the following day. Jennifer sat at the counter eating her bowl of cereal as the telephone started. Patrick stood behind her. One of his hands touched her shoulder as the other rested on the counter. They stared at the paper together.

“You didn’t know you were being followed?” she asked.

“This was taken from someone’s camera. I wasn’t followed by the press. Someone sold their picture for money.” He cursed.

Her cell phone went off, which made her jump.

“You shouldn’t be worried, Patrick. We knew this was going to happen eventually.”

“I’d hoped we’d be the ones to announce it. Half the world knows something now.”

Linda’s picture flashed on her screen. “I’ve got to take this.”

“Go ahead. I’ll answer the one that has been ringing off the hook.”

“This is your home, Patrick. Not mine.” He took a step toward her, cupping her face.

“This is your home as well, Jennifer. We’re in this together.” Patrick kissed her lips deeply before disappearing out of the kitchen and down the hall.

“Hello,” she said.

“Have you seen the news? The press is having a field day with this story.” Linda spoke over the phone.

“We’ve seen the paper, and his phone is ringing. He’s a popular guy.”

“You’ve not been mentioned yet. I imagine it won’t take them long to put two and two together.”

Jennifer listened to her friend babble on about the news and what they were saying.

“How was your first night together?” she asked.

Glancing over her shoulder to see if he was listening, Jennifer walked toward the door at the back of the kitchen.

“It was amazing. He went shopping after he found out about the baby, Linda. That has got to mean something, right?”

“He’s smitten, honey. He looks it on these clips on the news. I missed you last night. Waking up in this place is not the same without you.”

“It was strange being here.”

They spoke for several more minutes, and when she hung up, Patrick walked through.

“You don’t look happy.”

“I’ve been asked to make a statement to the press. I thought we could announce our engagement to the press later this afternoon,” he said.

“Engagement? Patrick, we’re living together. That is not an engagement.”

“Dad thinks this will go better if we’re engaged rather than living together.”

She put her empty bowl in the sink and stared at him. Putting her hands on her hips she tried to think of a reasonable argument.

“This is how it’s going to go? We’re going to be controlled by them no matter what?”

He took a step forward. “We’re not being controlled.”

“No? Then why are we making a statement? Can’t we just continue on as if this never happened?” She pointed at the offending paper and then back at him.

“Our lives don’t work that way, Jennifer. You know this.”

Shaking her head, she backed away from him. “I need to get some air.” She opened the door leading out into the garden. Jennifer heard his footsteps as he followed her. She continued on until she stood inside the gazebo.

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