Lahat ng Kabanata ng One Night Stand With The Unforgettable Stranger: Kabanata 461 - Kabanata 470

She screeched and jumped off the bed, running naked across the room and out the door to find her dress. Jonathon stopped and stared, appreciating the view, until she was out of sight. He sighed and smiled. At least one part of his world had righted and with Emma firmly back in his life, he knew what he had to do about his mother. It was time to face her and get some answers. As much as he loved his dad, he only ever had his side of the story. He needed to know her side of what happened and maybe he could finally understand why she had abandoned him. Emma walked back into the room, tying her dress together. “You’re not dressed,” she said, stopping to look at him. Her heated gaze made him want to forget about his friends, but that would only prompt more calls and possibly a personal visit to check on him. “And you’re not wearing underwear.” Her cheeks deepened in colour but she didn’t duck her head or shy away from his observation. “Nope,” she said with a grin. “Can

Mason appeared at his shoulder and handed him a beer. He took a sip before replying to the question. Brian may have asked it, but they were all dying to know his answer. They were the worst kind of gossip, even if they would deny it until their dying breath. “I’m going to meet her,” Jonathon said. “I need to know the truth. Well…as much of the truth as it’s possible to know. I don’t think anyone will really know what went down except my dad and my mum.” “How do you feel about potentially having a mother and a brother?” Mason asked. Jonathan exhaled slowly. “I don’t know,” he said. “I don’t think I’ve actually accepted it as fact yet. I think I’m waiting to speak to her first.” “When?” Brian asked. “This week. As soon as possible.” Jonathon couldn’t explain it but with Emma back in his life, he wanted to get the rest of it sorted too. He wanted to be honest with Emma, to tell her the truth about who he was. He knew he needed to do that before they cou

The need to prove something to the world, or more correctly, prove something to the woman who walked away and never looked back had spurred him on to succeed. Now he just needed to understand. Why had she stayed for Liam and not for him? “Look, I know you think I’m an arsehole who got everything you missed out on, but growing up was no picnic for me either,” Jonathon said. “Ashby Chocolates barely made ends meet when I was younger and I have worked my arse off to get it where it is today. You are not exactly living in the poorhouse so don’t give me shit about ‘doing okay for myself despite my hardships.’ Regardless of what my exterior life looks like, there is something particularly debilitating about knowing that your mother walked away from you and never looked back. I just need to know why. Is that too much to ask?” “I don’t want you to upset her,” Liam said gruffly. “She’s not perfect and she hasn’t had an easy life. Irrespective of what you might think, she’s not a bad person

“Who told you?” “I was ambushed by a group of momma bears who were trying to protect him.” “The WAGs,” Natalie said with a roll of her eyes and a short, sharp shake of her head. Emma looked at her with a puzzled glance. “The wives and girlfriends,” Natalie explained. “Why were they trying to protect him from you?” Emma turned away, looking back through the large floor-to-ceiling windows that showcased the city. “You fell in love with him,” Natalie said, defeat in her voice. “Didn’t I warn you about that?” “He told me he loved me,” Emma said, not turning around. “He told me he wanted me in his life.” “So? What’s the problem?” Natalie sounded annoyed and angry. Emma turned to her. “He told me he loved me but he didn’t tell me he was Jonathon Ashby. Why? Why would he do that?” “Do you love him?” Natalie asked, her voice softer. “I thought I did,” Emma said, turning back to the view. “But how can I believe him? How do I know if I love the real man or just the man he

“I don’t believe you,” Jonathon whispered. The man she was describing was not the man that he knew. His father had always been supportive of him and had encouraged him to go to university and choose any career he wanted. “I loved you both so much but I knew that if I didn’t do that for myself I would live to regret it and end up resenting you. I couldn’t bear the thought. I left, thinking your father would come to his senses and we could somehow make it work, that he might finally accept I could have my career, and it wouldn’t take away from being a wife and mother. If anything, I believed it would make me a better wife and mother.” She sighed. “He changed the locks and took out a restraining order on me. He told the police I abandoned you and he feared I would try to come back and kidnap you.” “What?” “I went to your grandparents and they helped me visit you without your father knowing. I still held out hope that he would eventually come to his senses. One day he came home ea