Nine Months After That Night (Mills & Boon Modern) (Weddings Worth Billions, Book 2) by Melanie Milburne

Author:Melanie Milburne [Milburne, Melanie]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
Published: 2022-09-30T18:30:00+00:00

CHAPTER SEVEN

JACK RETURNED TO his penthouse later that day to find Harper and Marli were not there. He went from room to room, trying to quell the panic rising like a toxic tide in his chest. Surely she wouldn’t have left without informing him? But her absence brought back the memory of that night nine months ago, waking to find her gone, only the indentation of her head on the pillow next to his. The frustration he had felt shocked him then as it shocked him now. He hadn’t been expecting her to do a runner. He was offering her much more now than a simple fling. He was offering marriage and a secure future for her and their child. Why would she leave without at least telling him where she was going? Marli was his child too, so he had a right to know where she was and if she was safe.

The door opened behind him and he swung around to see Harper coming in carrying Marli in a front pouch strapped to her chest. ‘You’re back,’ she said, closing the door behind her with the kick of her left foot.

‘Where the hell have you been?’ Jack asked. ‘I was worried about you. You didn’t tell me you were going out.’

Harper’s dark eyebrows rose ever so slightly over her eyes in an unmistakably haughty manner. ‘Am I supposed to check in and out with you on my every movement?’

Jack let out a rough-edged breath. ‘No, I was just expecting you to be here when I got back. You didn’t call or even send a text.’

She slipped the straps of the carrier from her shoulders, her other hand cupping the baby’s bottom to hold her steady against her. ‘I went out with Aerin and Ruby. We had lunch and they looked after Marli while I got my hair and nails done. Not that I should have to explain myself to you. Last time I looked I was a free agent.’

Jack had to stop himself from pacing the floor in frustration. He couldn’t get his panic back in its box. His worries over her and Marli’s safety were new things to deal with, new concerns to add to his list of responsibilities. Responsibilities he took seriously. ‘But what if the press saw you?’

Harper’s gaze hardened to steel but there was a hint of pink in her cheeks, suggesting she might have already thought of the possibility of being exposed. ‘So that’s what worried you? That I might leak something to the press about us?’

‘Don’t be ridiculous, that’s not what I meant at all. I want to make an announcement about us on my terms. It’s important our relationship is seen as the real deal for Marli’s sake.’ He rubbed the back of his neck, where a knot of tension had built since he left that morning. The hotel management meeting hadn’t gone as well as he would have liked. He had tried to focus to problem-solve the issues but he had been completely distracted, wanting to be back with Harper and the baby.

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