This Man Confessed by Malpas Jodi Ellen

Author:Malpas, Jodi Ellen [Malpas, Jodi Ellen]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Literature & Fiction, Erotica, United States, Women's Fiction, Contemporary Women, Romance, Contemporary, Contemporary Fiction, Romantic Erotica
ISBN: 1409151522
Amazon: B00C102T2Y
Publisher: Forever
Published: 2013-07-02T04:00:00+00:00

I pull my case down the stairs and it bumps as it goes.

“Hey!” The shout makes me jump and falter midstep, causing me to clutch the handrail to steady myself. A loud gasp rings through the air, followed by thundering footsteps up the stairs. I’m grabbed and held still. “What the fuck are you doing, woman?”

My fright turns to anger. “For fuck’s sake, Jesse. Fucking hell! That was your fucking fault!” I immediately realize my slipup, the growl coming from Jesse confirming that I have, most definitely, just swore like a sailor. Three times…all in one rant. I brace myself for it, closing one eye on a wince.

“Will you watch your fucking mouth!” He takes my case. “Wait there!” he barks, and I do, but mostly because I’ve been shocked into stillness and silence by that infuriated yell. He practically throws my case down when he reaches the bottom, muttering and cursing under his breath, before coming back up the stairs and picking me up. “You’ll break your fucking neck.”

“I was carrying a case! It was you who made me jump.” I don’t wriggle or try to break free.

“You shouldn’t be carrying anything, except my babies.”

“Our babies!”

“That’s what I fucking said!” He puts me on my feet. “No doing stupid shit, lady.”

I rearrange my top, huffing and puffing as I do. “How is carrying a case stupid?”

“Because you’re pregnant!”

Oh, I can’t bear this. “You’d better rein it in, Ward.” I point my finger right in his face. “Cornwall!”

He actually starts laughing, which only serves to notch my frustration up a few more levels. He should be worried, not laughing. “How many times are you going to threaten me with fucking Cornwall?” he asks cockily, like he knows I’ll never see my threat through. I might do, although, I don’t relish the thought of spending my whole pregnancy with my parents, but anything has got to be better than this.

“I’ll go now!” I shout in his face.

“Come on, then. I’ll take you.” He picks my case up and walks to the door, looking back over his shoulder at me standing startled on the spot. “Are you coming?”

He’s pulling my leg. “Have you called Patrick?” I ask, following behind. There’s no way on this earth Jesse will voluntarily take me to my mother’s.

“Yes,” he answers, short and sharp. “You need to be back in work by Tuesday.” He shuts the door behind me before calling the elevator.

We travel down in silence, me looking at him in the reflection of the mirrored doors while he makes a call to John. The doors open, and he nods to them as he continues his conversation, telling John to get Steve on it before advising him that he’s taking me to my parents’. I still don’t believe it. And get Steve on what?

“Hi, Ava.” Casey’s cheerful tone quickly has a bright smile replacing my fixed furrowed brow.

“Mrs. Ward!” Jesse barks, between words with John as we pass the concierge desk.

I ignore him. “Morning, Casey. Are you okay?”

“Very well, thank you.

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