For Pete's Sake: An Enemies to Lovers Marriage of Convenience Standalone Romance Novel (Tobin Tribe Book 1) by Coakley Caitlyn

Author:Coakley, Caitlyn [Coakley, Caitlyn]
Language: eng
Format: azw3, epub
Publisher: Love Knot
Published: 2020-06-14T16:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER 29

STEPHANIE SLAPPED HERSELF on the cheek to clear the cobwebs out of her head and knocked her glasses clear off her face. They clattered onto her desk and skidded off the edge. She hadn’t worn her glasses in months; she was surprised she’d found them this morning.

Neatness was not in her skillset.

But because of the night she’d had walking the floor with Pete, there was no way her eyes would tolerate contacts this morning. It was all she could do to pull her hair into a messy bun and smear on some make-up.

She had no clue what was wrong with Pete. It wasn’t his formula; he didn’t have a fever; he was too young to be teething; and that oh-so-helpful infographic on baby poop she’d stumbled on at three a.m. assured her the large, foul mess that had taken her a full ten minutes to clean up—between gagging and retching—was normal for a bottle-fed baby.

Ethan hadn’t been faring much better when she’d handed the cranky baby off to him before grabbing her briefcase and heading into the office. He was going to call Aunt Deb for advice and work from home today, the lucky dog. He could do that; he was the boss.

She was the boss too, damn it! But you’d never be able to tell that by the way the day had started. Hostile stares had greeted her as she’d stepped off the elevator. Silent hostile stares. Even the receptionist, Rachel, whose usual sunny disposition was enough to supply the entire staff with their daily dose of Vitamin D, had ignored Stephanie’s less-than-cheery good morning.

Something was up, and it didn’t take a genius to figure out what.

The light on her desk phone glowed; Stephanie punched the button. “Yes?”

“Mr. Cecil Malloy is on line two,” a disembodied voice informed her. At least the temp she’d hired to cover for Irene’s vacation was still talking to her. But then, the woman had no skin in this game. She would be gone once Stephanie’s PA returned from her cruise.

“Thank you, Gloria,” she said, then took a deep breath to center herself before engaging Mr. Cecil Malloy the third, the elderly son of one of Grandpa Jamison’s original investors. Stephanie doubted he was calling to congratulate her on her recent nuptials. Like the three other long-time Kerrigan Financial Services clients she had dealt with during her commute, he was probably calling to inform her he had found a new home for his money. A few more phone calls like this, and she’d fire herself.

True to his word, Quinn had treated her gently, heavily influenced by his brothers Riley and Knox, no doubt. It was good to own the internet news service that was quickly becoming a force to be reckoned with.

But once the story was out, it had taken on a life of its own. Anyone with a TV or internet connection knew Mr. and Mrs. Ethan Webb had been granted custody of what the media was calling the Stroller Baby. And that she was Mrs.

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