Page 32 of His Revenge
“Did I do something wrong?”Brad rumbles.“That girl was running out of here like her hair was on fire.”
I giggle before pulling his massive form to me for a kiss.
“No, but I think she wanted to avoid you because Juliette didn’t get a full-time offer from Excel.You know she was an intern with me last summer, right?But she said she completely bungled her final project, and the PR department decided not to offer her a job.”
Brad frowns.
“Really?I thought the bar was low on those projects.Like if you slapped together something decent, then you were in.”
I shrug.
“Juliette said things went off the rails at the last moment, although she never specified what happened, exactly.But now, without a job lined up, she’s getting married to her boyfriend for a green card.I guess shereallywants to stay in the States.”
“Wow,” Brad growls, sitting on the divan before pulling my pregnant form close for another kiss.“Holy shit, that sounds pretty desperate.”
“Yeah,” I murmur slowly, still caught up in my friend’s drama.“Especially since her fiancé has always struck me as gay.Don’t get me wrong because any man would appear feminine and weak compared to you, Brad, but Harry Lewis is ...I don’t know.I guess my gaydar must be off.”
“Could it be a sham marriage?”Brad asks.“Like a gay guy marries his best friend so she can get a visa?”
“But they’ve been dating for a while,” I say, utterly confused.“Has Juliette been lying all this time, and she and Harry have never had sex?Or can gay men still have sex with women?”I ask.“I’m so confused!”
“Don’t think about it for even a second more,” Brad murmurs in my ear while resting a big palm on my belly.“There’s no reason to trouble your pretty little head about your friend’s problems.”
“But that’s not all,” I say in a slow voice.“Do you remember my buddy Lila, the pretty blonde with a winsome smile?”
“No,” Brad says.“You’re the only pretty blonde I have eyes for.”
I smile at him indulgently before continuing my story.
“Well, Lila went to visit her uncle over the summer, and I think something happened,” I say in a slow voice.“Something bad.”
“Like she was gagged and tied up?Sold to a criminal slave gang?”my fiancé asks, one black brow raised in jest.“Forced to join a harem?”
I shake my head.
“I don’t know, but I just got a text from Lila and it’s cryptic.Like it’s about hot men and babies.”
“But you have a hot man, and you’re expecting a baby,” my fiancé drawls.“Maybe she was talking about you.”
“Or maybe about her uncle,” I say, shaking my head.“She was excited to go out there this summer.A littletooexcited,” I clarify with a meaningful look at my fiancé.
“Holy shit,” Brad growls.“Your friends are really messed-up, you know that?”
“Not anymore than I am, Daddy,” I coo while snuggling into his strong arms.“But no more about Lila and Juliette.Let’s talk about me going back to school.”
“Which is never,” Brad rasps in my ear.“At least not while you’re pregnant.”
“Of course not while I’m pregnant!”I giggle with a content smile.“I’m getting married to a billionaire, remember?We don’t need the extra income.But Iwillfinish my degree one day, just you wait.”
“Of course, and I support your decision to return,” Brad agrees.“Just not when our child is little.Plus, you know I plan to knock you up again, Minnie.Our son going to have dozens of younger siblings, so you’ll be barefoot and pregnant for a good while yet.”
“Barefoot and pregnant?”I shriek with laughter.“Dozens of children?Oh my god, you’re too much Brad.”
“I’m always too much,” the handsome billionaire rasps before seizing my lips with his own.“But I’m all yours, Minnie, because I adore you, and the family that we’re creating together.Thank you again for forgiving me.Thank you for becoming my fiancee, and the mother of my children.Thank you, thank you, thank you.”
Then, I melt into the gorgeous alpha male’s arms because we walked through a fire, but made it through to the other side with love in our hearts, and greater appreciation for each other.I adore Brad Landry, and soon I’ll be Mrs.Landry ...forever.
THE END