How to Have Your Boss's Secret Baby - London Casey Page 0,83
a different direction than I did. I wanted to rise above all that shit and become rich. To me, money could fix everything. To Cody, drugs could numb his pain. So, when he would call…”
I shook my head, rubbed my jaw and walked away.
Maya came after me. “Cole, don’t stop. Please. Trust me.”
I turned and looked at her.
Her belly sticking out of my shirt.
Nothing else on her body… her pubic hair now a thicker stubble… so fucking beautiful.
I moved toward her and put my hand to her stomach.
There was nothing like feeling the baby kick.
A reminder that there was life waiting there.
“I’ll take care of you and the baby always,” I said. “Even if you don’t want me.”
“Don’t change the subject, Cole.”
“I send him money,” I said. “I pay his rent. I get him out of his debts. Gambling, drugs… whatever. I’ve sent him to rehab a few times. Nothing helps. I offered to give him a job at the company, but I don’t trust him. Cody near money? It can’t happen. I wanted to send him out West so he doesn’t fuck up this deal. I had no choice but to send him to the apartment. Just for one day though. I’m going to work out something else. Because you’re right, Maya. That apartment is yours. Ours. Our… family… the three of us…”
I swallowed hard.
Maya’s eyes filled with tears.
She looked up and let out an ooohhh sound as she took a deep breath.
“This just got heavy,” she whispered.
“Yeah, it did.”
She blinked fast and looked at me. “I’m sorry about your brother, Cole. I know there’s nothing I can do, but you can always talk to me about it. I’ll always be here for you.”
“That means you love me,” I said.
“Does it?” Maya asked.
“Yeah.”
“I haven’t said it though. You’re the one who threw it out there. Yikes.”
Maya moved to her toes and kissed my chin.
She walked away with her ass dancing in my shirt.
And I realized what just happened.
I was the dumbass fool confessing my love to her… and she left me stranded.
Again, trying to gain some control here.
She was asleep on my chest and I was just about to fall asleep when I felt her body move.
“You awake?” she whispered.
“No,” I said. “Is the baby okay?”
Maya laughed. “The baby is fine.”
“Okay, good,” I said. I hugged her tighter. I loved her naked body against mine. “Get some sleep.”
“I have something to tell you first.”
“What?”
“I love you too, Cole,” Maya whispered.
She kissed my chest and fell asleep.
I looked down at her and smiled.
I fell asleep with a smile on my face.
The next morning, I had breakfast delivered and surprised Maya with breakfast in bed. She looked radiant as she sat up in bed with the covers over her body. Even with all the covers on her, her belly was still showing.
I loved that she couldn’t hide it.
But we weren’t a happily in-love couple just yet.
She was still hiding the truth of the pregnancy from everyone.
Because I told her to.
I sat on the edge of the bed next to her and watched her eat.
“Yeah, this doesn’t work for me,” she said.
“What?”
“I feel like a whale and I’m stuffing my face with pancakes and bacon. And you’re sitting there with your broad shoulders, round pecs, and eight pack abs… it’s not equating.”
“It is to me, love,” I said. “I’m watching the most beautiful woman I ever met enjoying breakfast, which is also giving our baby something to eat. And all I can picture is what your body looks like under those covers. And all I want to do is rip those covers off and have you for breakfast. But I know better than to get between a pregnant woman and her breakfast.”
“But… you know how much I love my morning orgasms, though,” Maya teased.
I quickly slipped my hand under the covers and touched her leg. “So, keep eating and I’ll handle the rest…”
She kicked at me. “Get out of here. You’ve had enough.”
“Oh, there’s never enough, love,” I said.
She waved a hand at me. “I’m done with you for the moment.”
I stood up and reached into my pocket.
I put a credit card on the nightstand. “Build the nursery, Maya. That’s your job for the next… however long it takes. Anything you want. Anything the baby needs. Okay? Same for clothes. Any clothes you need. Or the baby needs. No budget.”
“I’m not some whore you can buy, Cole.”
“I know. But I know you’ve dreamed about spending money like it was free… so here’s