The Consequence: A Secret Baby Billionaire Romance (Kings of Ruin) by L Knight

Author:L Knight [Knight, L]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2023-03-06T16:00:00+00:00

13: Norrie

I stand on the landing and look between my bedroom door and his, debating what I should do. He told me he wanted me in his bed, but then the next breath he was out the door to the club. Delaying having to make a choice, I move to check on Isaac.

He’s sleeping soundly, happy and peaceful, all his needs met. He’s none the wiser about how much emotional turmoil is in my head and that’s as it should be. I stroke his downy head and my heart fills with love as his little lips pout into a moue. My eyes catch on the ring I now wear and I don’t know how to feel.

When I picked this style out years ago I had so many hopes and dreams. My life was happy, and I had a future filled with unlimited possibilities. Now it feels like my life has been planned for me and I’m merely a chess piece being moved around the board with no knowledge of the rules.

I sigh and exit the gorgeous nursery Harrison had made for Isaac. It’s everything I would’ve chosen for him and I’m not sure I thanked him for it, but he’s like a whirling dervish in my life. He scatters my thoughts and makes me forget everything or maybe that’s just me. I’ve always been scatterbrained but now it’s worse.

I find myself back on the landing debating my next move. In the end, I retreat to the room I’ve made my own for the last few weeks. I shower and brush my teeth before putting on my pajamas and climbing between the sheets.

I should text Lottie and apologize for earlier. I hadn’t meant to burst into tears but the whole day had been so emotional, and it got the better of me. When she’d wrapped me in her arms and hugged me, the floodgates had opened. I’d admitted how much it upset me that he went to the club and spent time with those women when he was meant to be mine.

Now though in the darkness, I can admit the truth. It’s not just that, it’s that I know he’ll never be mine. Harrison is a handsome, clever, genius and I’m just me. A small-town girl who has an empty savings account and a mediocre degree in hospitality.

Lottie seemed to think Harrison would never do that, but I know how much of a sexual person he is, and he hasn’t been getting it from me. I guess I can’t blame him, he never promised fidelity or asked for it. Perhaps that’s my future, both of us continuing the ruse for our son while finding what pleasure we can elsewhere.

The thought leaves a bitter taste in my mouth. I’m so done with crying and being sad today, so I push the thought away, putting it in a lockbox in my brain and sealing it tight. It’s something my adopted mom, Mary, taught me, and it works. Over the years I’ve become a

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