Surprising the Billionaire with a Baby by Elizabeth Lynx

Author:Elizabeth Lynx
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Billionaire, Romance, Romantic Comedy, Surprise Baby romance, Billionaire Boss, Office romance, Mistaken Identity
Publisher: Elizabeth Lynx
Published: 2020-11-12T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter 14

Julia

“IT’S FINE. IN CASE you were worried.” I reached over and squeezed Jami’s hand.

She looked up from the book she was reading and stared at me.

“I said it was fine. I will be okay.”

She nodded. “Yes.” Then she turned her gaze back to her book.

My lips thinned. She wasn’t listening to me, as usual.

I quit my job yesterday and spent the last twenty-four hours wondering if I made a mistake. This had never happened to me before.

Not the quitting part—I quit jobs all the time. That part wasn’t hard. And every time I quit, I felt relief, like there had been hands around my neck that instantly slipped away.

But this time it was different. No relief, just worry, doubt that I went too far.

“Perhaps I should have stayed for the entire week. It was only one more day.” I reached over the round breakfast table and grabbed another mini muffin from the plastic container.

The first thing I did when I left work was take the bus to the grocery store and fill up on pity party food. Lots of baked goods, chips, and dip that turned my breath into mustard gas.

Once I got home, I held Nathan a lot . . . more than usual. He was my comfort blanket for the day. It felt good to cuddle him. All he wanted from me was milk and to change his diaper. I looked at it as an even exchange of goods and services.

“Did you bring Nathan to see Monty?” Jami asked while her nose remained buried in her book.

“No. Why would I bring Nathan?”

My sister loved that baby as if he were her own. Jami wasn’t the most social person, and I worried how she would react to Nathan. Some people just aren’t baby people. I wondered if my sister would be like that.

But she was the opposite. Everywhere we went, she’d tell people about Nathan. When I came home every day, she’d update me on everything he did. Everything.

If he burped, I knew about it. If he farted, she told me about it. If he cooed, she recorded it.

“Monty must know about Nathan.” She shut the book and stared at me.

Oh, this was serious.

“Jami, I know you love Nathan. You’re the best aunt to him, but Nathan can’t come everywhere with me. When I’m at work, well, was at work, I had to focus on the tasks there. I wouldn’t be able to get my work done and care for Nathan.”

She nodded.

Good, she understood.

I put down the muffin, having lost my appetite. I wasn’t hungry anyway. The food was more for dealing with stress than actual hunger.

“It’s time for Nathan’s afternoon walk.” My sister stood, as did I.

She paused when she saw me follow her. “You’re coming?”

“Since I’m here, I thought I would join you two.” I smiled.

She didn’t.

“I need to get Nathan.” She held up her hands to stop me.

I suspected I wasn’t welcome on this walk. A warm grin crept across my face as I watched Jami move toward the stairs.

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