Falling for Her Boss by Kay Lyons

Author:Kay Lyons [Lyons, Kay]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781946863140
Google: 7IQ4vwEACAAJ
Amazon: B07PDWY2RZ
Goodreads: 44499922
Publisher: Kindred Spirits Publisher
Published: 2019-03-07T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter 10

MELISSA BLINKED, unable to comprehend what he’d just said because of the blood rushing to leave her head. “That’s not funny.” Her dad stared at her, his gaze, his expression, dead serious. Remembering her comment to Ashley about her dad meeting her in public to drop yet another bomb, she laughed, the sound high-pitched. “I don’t believe this— I don’t believe her!”

“Stop right there and lower your voice.” His cheeks took on a ruddy hue.

She was too shocked to care that her outburst had gained the other diners’ attention. She sat back in her chair and crossed her arms over her stomach, unable to stop the near-hysterical laughter bubbling up and out of her chest. No doubt she sounded manic.

“Melissa.”

“Oh, the irony!” She snickered, earning an even deeper scowl from her father. “This is just too good. I mean, she arranged for Bryan to hire me so she could get me out of the way and marry you sooner, but as a backup plan, she got herself knocked up!” Her father’s face was awash with angry color, his eyes glittering dangerously, but it didn’t keep her from saying what had to be said. “What, she didn’t tell you about coercing Bryan into hiring me? Why am I not surprised? I wouldn’t have found out myself if Bryan hadn’t slipped. For the record, he defended her, too.”

“You didn’t have an interview set up with Booker that day at the station?”

Guilt stirred, but she clamped it down. She would not feel guilty. “No, I didn’t. I was stunned when I heard you talking about your old age and how I was holding you back so I…fibbed and hoped for the best. Then Bryan appeared behind me, courtesy of Ellen, and the rest is history.”

“I can’t believe you thought lying would solve anything.”

Leave it to her father to focus on that. “Yeah, well, despite everything, I guess I have some pride left, and being discussed like a child left me a little wobbly. Besides, you can’t honestly blame me, can you? I mean, you can thank Ellen for all the time I’m spending with—” she leaned toward him and lowered her voice “—Bang ’em Booker, right?”

Her father shifted in his seat, unable to sit still. She heard his teeth grind together, felt the frustration rolling off him in waves and identified with it.

A baby? The air left her lungs. Growing up, she’d always wanted a little brother or sister, but not now. And certainly not like this when it meant her dad would have a new life with a new wife and a new kid to replace the old one, the sick one who’d caused so many problems over the years. How could she possibly fit into a situation like that?

Her father released his breath in a rush, a slow nod turning into two, three. “You needed a job,” he murmured finally, “and Ellen thinks of Booker as a friend. She was trying to help you. That’s why she did it. That’s why he hired you, too.

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