Surprising the Billionaire with a Baby - Elizabeth Lynx Page 0,52
the ring.”
My eyebrows shot up. “You only proposed so you wouldn’t lose her? Have you told her that?”
“No,” Rock mumbled, but I heard.
“And here I thought I was the terrible Diaz brother waiting two weeks to tell the mother of my child that I was the father. At least I finally said something.”
He shook his head. “It wasn’t desperation. The moment I did it wasn’t planned. That was me freaking out. But I had wanted to propose to her for weeks. I wanted to wait until the leaves changed in the autumn and take her on a picnic, but fear overrode those plans.”
“Fear screws up a lot of plans, doesn’t it?” I placed my hand on his shoulder.
“Yeah.”
We sat in silence for a moment, wallowing in our fear-based decisions.
“I have to head to Colorado tomorrow, but I was hoping you had made some headway with Julia. At least me getting to see Nathan.”
He shook his head. “I’m sorry.”
My hand slipped from his shoulder as I stood. “I’ll head to my office and get some things done.”
“Maybe you should tell her. Let her know you talked to Sylvie about getting her the job in the interior design department. She might be willing to—”
“No. I’m done with that. You know how she feels about me trying to help her. I think it would make things worse.”
He nodded. “You’re probably right. Let’s get together for dinner tonight. Who knows when I’ll see you again.”
“Sure. I’ll call you—”
My phone vibrated in my pants pocket. I grabbed it and saw an unrecognizable number on my phone. Normally I never answered those calls, which were usually robo-calls, but this was a local number. Swiping to answer, I lifted it to my ear. “Hello?”
“Monty. You have to help me.”
“Hamish? Why aren’t you calling from your cell?”
“They confiscated it.”
My eyes widened. “Who confiscated it?”
“The police.”
My shoulders sank. It finally happened. They raided his place. I always suspected his father was shady, but Hamish wouldn’t tell me anything. Hamish wasn’t at all like his dad. Everything he did was by the law. But his father thought if a law existed, then he should break it. He was a billionaire, so it wasn’t like they would catch him.
As much as Hamish hated his father, he felt it necessary to keep up appearances and attend family functions. But now his association with his dad was affecting him.
“Do you need me to contact your lawyer?”
I glanced over at Rock, who turned his head toward me at the word lawyer.
“No, I’ll contact Jenner when I’m released. Just bail me out and don’t tell anyone what happened.”
Rock mouthed the words, “What’s going on?”
“Sure. But I don’t know what is going on.”
He groaned, “Look, all you need to know is a local cop pulled me over for speeding, and things took an unusual turn. And now I’m in jail.”
I let out a breath. “No raid? Just a speeding ticket.”
“What? You thought they raided my home? I’m not my father, you know that.”
I winced. “Right. Sorry. It’s just, life has been crazy lately.”
“Oh yeah, you’re a baby daddy. Have you seen him?”
“No, just arrived today and head back out tomorrow.”
“If you only used my idea of the dinner party, you’d have Nathan in your arms right now. And I’d be distracted by the third Nutters sister, whom I still haven’t had the pleasure of meeting, by the way.”
I smirked. “Perhaps you’re right. Anything would be better than what I did.”
“Enough talk. Come pick me up.”
The call ended, and I slipped my phone back into my pocket.
“What happened? Have they arrested Hamish?” Rock got up from the couch.
“Yes, but I think it had more to do with driving an expensive car in town. I get the impression some people around here don’t want us wealthy people around.”
“You mean Julia doesn’t want them around. Not everyone shares her feelings about money.”
I shrugged and said as I left, “I think it’s just Julia who doesn’t want me around.”
Chapter 23
Julia
“THANKS, SHERIFF LANA.” I smiled at the woman with weathered, light brown skin and warm eyes.
“Not a problem, Julia. And I’m sorry about Officer Kolsti. He’s new. A little too by the book, if you know what I mean.”
“Yes,” I responded as Jami said, “No.”
“At least she’s safe.” I reached for my sister but saw her stare at my hand and decided against a sisterly hug.
“The car isn’t. I have to tell Laura that it caught fire,” Jami mentioned.
I reached down and grabbed the car seat that held Nathan.
“Why don’t we