The Billionaire's Step - Complete Series (Forbidden Billionaire Stepbrother Romance) by Adams Michaela

Author:Adams, Michaela [Adams, Michaela]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2015-07-13T07:00:00+00:00

Cora threw her suitcase in the corner of her small apartment as she plopped face first into her sofa. The flying, the meetings, the phone calls, and most of all the emotions of the last few days had been more than draining. She could feel every muscle ready to turn into jello as she laid on the couch.

Whatever had changed within Julian, it certainly wasn’t what Cora expected. If all he had wanted was a one night stand and a morning of no complications, why would he bother to question her about her family or her background? It was unusual indeed.

But at the moment, Cora was too exhausted to figure out her mysterious employer. As she debated whether she had the energy to change her clothes before passing out on her bed, she heard her phone ring. But it wasn’t the normal ringing chimes of her work smartphone.

It was the short buzzy beeps of her other phone.

Cora’s entire body tensed within half a second of hearing the ring. After a moment’s hesitation, she quickly rose and opened the bottom drawer of her bureau. Reaching into the back behind a stack of thick sweaters, she pulled out a cheap, beat up old phone. It buzzed vigorously in her hand.

There was only one person who knew this number. There was only one person she had kept this number for.

Slowly breathing out, Cora flipped open the phone and pressed ‘answer.’

“Cora?” a frantic voice called out.

Squeezing her eyes shut, wishing she had never heard the phone, Cora nodded and answered, “Yes, mom. It’s me.”

Gloria huffed a breath. “I’ve been calling you for days! Why haven’t you answered?”

Cora looked down and noticed her hands balled into fists. As she carefully tried to relax her hands, she replied, “I’ve been out of town for work.”

“I’m your mother, Cora. Shouldn’t you have taken your phone with you so you can answer my calls? Or at the very least, tell me where you are or where you are going so I’d know?”

It was a guilt trap and Cora was not falling for it. Although Gloria knew her daughter was in the States, she wasn’t sure which state. And Cora liked to keep it like that.

“Is something wrong, mom?” Cora asked, trying to get to the point of the call so she could hang up sooner. “Do you need something?”

“You need to send me money. Two thousand would be good. Five thousand would be better,” Gloria said immediately.

“Five thousand? Why so much this time?” Cora’s neck prickled in preparation for the worst.

“Carlos thinks I stole that last package. He’s demanding I pay for it. He says I can pay the wholesale price. It should be at about three grand but I think I can talk him into taking two. But like I said, if you sent five, I’d feel safer. Just in case.”

“Did you steal the package?” Cora wasn’t sure she’d believe any answer her mother gave her.

“Cora! Do you think I’m stupid? Of course not! I got robbed! But that’s no good to Carlos.

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