Reckless Desire: A Single Dad Billionaire Romance (Reckless Billionaires) by Maxine Henri

Author:Maxine Henri [Henri, Maxine]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2023-07-18T23:00:00+00:00

Chapter Eighteen

Sydney

“You’re putting me on probation?” I shake my head as if the words might make more sense once rattled.

“Look, Sydney, I can’t play favorites, and what happened at the museum was negligence. It doesn’t reflect well on the school. You lost a child.” Dan takes off his glasses and starts polishing them with the tip of his tie. A blue tie with tiny yellow patterns I bought him as a good-luck tie when he started interviewing for this job.

“Of course you shouldn’t play favorites, but would you close a case with another teacher without investigation? How have you drawn your conclusion, Dan?” I’m not sure why I’m fighting him, because I was responsible for Caro and she went missing. It was my fault. I’ve had nightmares about it for the past three days.

The nightmares have been taking turns with spicy dreams since the night at Hunter’s when things got heated, and then Caroline cried out and both of us snapped out of our delusional fantasy. It was reckless. We were both reacting to the traumatic experience of the day.

We will find out soon how real it was because we are going out tonight. On an actual date.

“You lost one of your students, Sydney, and I don’t think an investigation would reveal anything pertinent.”

“Okay.” Part of me is certain this is his retaliation for breaking things off with him, but it will do me no good to point out his methods are unethical. At least now I know I need to be very careful in the future, because my actions won’t be judged fairly. This includes publicizing my relationship with Hunter. If there is one.

We’d have to keep things secret for Caro’s benefit for the time being anyway.

“Okay?” He studies me with a frown. His face is laced with questions, possibly even disappointed that I’m not begging him.

“I don’t think your decision is fair, but I’m accepting it. What else do you want me to say?” I shrug and stand up. His office is filled with the light streaming through the three floor-to-ceiling windows, but no amount of sunshine can make this conversation warm.

He stands up as well and walks around his desk. Before I can reach his door, he curls his hand around my biceps. “Wait, Syd.”

“Dan, please.” I don’t even know what my plea is.

“I miss you,” he says. “I shouldn’t have proposed and spooked you. I don’t need you to marry me. I don’t need you to move in with me, but I don’t have time or energy to date and look for someone else, and we were good together.”

My sisters were right—Dan was safety and comfort. He helped me fight my loneliness, and clearly I was the same for him. He is handsome and intelligent, but he can’t be bothered to look for a partner?

I study the hairline wooden ridges of his door for a moment before I face him, yanking my arm away from him. “Dan, are you suggesting we get back together because it’s

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