The Billionaire of Nottinghamshire, Book One by J.M. Cagle

Author:J.M. Cagle
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: romance, romance and love, contemporary romance, romance book, adult romance, billionaire romance, romance billionaire, romance adult contemporary, contemporary billionaire romance

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“He doesn’t want to talk to you, Bobbi,” Gem told her. “I tried to explain what happened, but he just - he doesn’t want to know anymore. He didn’t even want the box you left for him.”

“You told him that… that him showing up with his suitcase had nothing to do with me, right?”

“Of course I did, Bobbi! I told him everything that happened in the club, everything the agents and publishers said, everything! It makes no difference to him.”

“He won’t even pick up my calls, Gem.” Bobbi refused to cry, no matter how desperately she wanted to.

“I’m sorry, honey. There’s nothing more I can do. And I don’t think there’s anything more you can do, either. Give up, it’s over. Tommy’s moving on with his life, and it’s time you do the same.”

The sound of the doorbell going off downstairs made Bobbi jump.

“There’s someone at the door, Gem. I’ll call you later.” Without waiting for a reply, she hung up and made her way downstairs, wiping away a few stray tears.

Bobbi looked around for April before remembering that she had mentioned going out for coffee with Joey. She had invited Bobbi to go with them, but after the party last night, Bobbi hadn’t been in the mood to be entertained. After the kitchen incident, Joey and April had introduced Bobbi to all their friends in the village. They’d all seemed pleasant enough, but Chris’ outburst had been enough to make Bobbi want to run out of the cottage, crawl into bed, and not bother getting up for at least a week.

The doorbell rang again and this time she opened it. Chris had his back to the door, muttering to himself as though rehearsing some speech.

“April’s not here,” Bobbi said, startling him into turning around. “She’s gone down to the Grantham Hood with Joey. Should still be there if you wanted to go find her.”

She was about to close the door when Chris held his hand out to stop her.

“I didn’t come to see April,” he replied. “I came here to see you.”

The knot in Bobbi’s stomach tightened. His words echoed inside her ears. I came to see you. Chris pushed his way into the cottage, leaving Bobbi holding onto the door handle. She turned to face him, realizing that he wasn’t leaving, and shut the door. The act felt like she was entering territory she knew she had no reason being in.

“Everything that I said to you yesterday, the whole Eat, Pray, Love thing, the running away, all of it. It was a bad move on my part. It was rude and unforgivable. I’m really sorry.”

“It’s okay.” The speech was rushed, confirming Bobbi’s assumption that he had been rehearsing something outside. She nodded slowly.

“No, Bobbi, it wasn’t. I was having a really bad day at work and I took it out on you…”

“It’s okay, really,” she replied. “I think, to some horrible degree, you were right.” Chris looked shocked. “I am running away. But I’m running away from a person I don’t want to be anymore.

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