Semua Bab A Baby for the CEO: Bab 1 - Bab 8

Madine reels from the shock, also at the fact that neither of them is showing any remorse about it has sent her tears back into their glands and she's just angry."What are you two doing? Aren't you even ashamed?" She asks, looking from Karla to Harrigan who shrugs.Karla smirks. "You can't blame me for giving your man what you have been denying him." "What? Karla? You're supposed to be my best friend in the world not some trashy bitch backstabber. And Harrigan, you're supposed to be my fiancee, you're not supposed to be in bed together... You are not even getting up." She whispers the last part to herself, than to them."Why should I get up? You're the one that's supposed to get out. Are you a pervert? Do you like seeing people have sex?" Karla asks as she moves her waist ever so slightly but that simple move only sends Harrigan moaning and no.Just no.Madine backs out, her expression one of betrayal and haunted shadows.With her gift box in her hand and her handbag in the other, s

"Madine? This company has been requesting for an auditing for a year now but our schedule has been very tight. I see you have a week free in your schedule, can you check it out? Moreover, it's a request from the Head office."Madine's direct boss instruct her at work three years after the entire incident. She has pushed it all back into her past and let it stay there. Though there remains a consequence of one of her that stuck.She smiles and nods. "I can take it. Where and when is this job?""East Line Group in New York."Madine's eyes drop ever so slightly. She never even nursed the thought that she would be going back to New York any time soon but she just agreed to the arrangements."It's just a three day trip max and I trust your efficiency. You can get it done in a day or two. It's also at Brooklyn, the heart of New York. You'll even have fun looking around, maybe even revisit those places you used to enjoy going."Madine chuckles.It's at Brooklyn. What could possibly go wrong?

Madine stares into his brown pools for a minute before she steps away from him and takes her hand from his. She coughs nervously before speaking, “I would love to spend the night and save myself the stress of going back to the hotel this late. But I'm still in shock, meeting you again is an experience that has seriously disoriented my person.” She giggles as she says the last part. “I just need to collect myself, away from you.”Eric knows if he lets them walk out of that door tonight, he will regret it. So poses another option. "What if I get someone to drive you to the hotel, you can grab your things and come back here to spend the night? I'm thinking you might not want to be in the same car as me right now, I could get a driver for you. How does that sound?"She thinks about it for a second, she knows that this would make Pearl really happy tomorrow morning, and she can't deny that it puts her mind to rest finally knowing who the mystery man is."Okay, I will spend the night. Could

Chapter 8The city truly never slept, but from Eric’s penthouse, Manhattan looked deceptively still. The skyline glittered like it had been strung with diamond, and for a brief, fragile moment, Madine let herself breathe. The glass walls pressed the city up against her skin, dazzling and suffocating all at once.She could still hear his voice in her head, calm and persuasive, the way only Eric knew how to be.“Stay let me protect you both. We can make this work.”He had proposed it the way he might suggest a merger or acquisition… measured, logical, assured. Except this wasn’t business. This was her life. Her daughter’s life.Madine hugged her arms around herself, pacing the length of the living room. She should have laughed in his face. She should have walked away. But when Eric said the word protect, it snagged something deep inside her chest.Because wasn’t that all she’s ever wanted?Pearl’s footsteps pattered behind her. “Mommy?”Madine turned to see her daughter, curls sticking