Total pages in book: 90
Estimated words: 85274 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 426(@200wpm)___ 341(@250wpm)___ 284(@300wpm)
Estimated words: 85274 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 426(@200wpm)___ 341(@250wpm)___ 284(@300wpm)
Sienna smiles and gives her sister a hug. “Congratulations! How far along are you?”
“A little over three months. I’m due November 21st.”
“Eek!” Sienna squeals. “Our babies will only be three months apart! Obviously, we don’t know if we’re having a boy or girl yet, since we like to be surprised, but it won’t matter. Our babies will grow up together and be best friends. How cool is that?” She turns to Micah, whose face is devoid of all emotion, and she drops her smile, suddenly remembering the elephant in the room.
“Oh, shit,” Sienna murmurs. “You’re pregnant...with Lincoln’s baby.”
“Yeah, she is,” I agree, wondering where we go from here.
Ellie’s emerald eyes meet mine—eyes I’ve been fantasizing about—and I suddenly can’t breathe. Because she might be several years younger than me and off limits, but that doesn’t change the fact that I fucked her...several goddamn times. I ate her sweet cunt and feasted on her perfect tits. I held her and talked with her and...Fuck! She was my mystery woman. No, not was...she is. She’s the woman I’ve been searching for, hell-bent on finding. She broke my goddamn cock.
“Lincoln,” Ellie says gently, carefully, not wanting to poke the beast. “What are you thinking?”
“I’m thinking about how I was determined to find the woman whom I thought was ‘the one.’ My mystery woman. I didn’t think I’d ever find her.” I wave my hand toward her. “I guess the joke was on me.” I snort out a harsh laugh. “Because even though she’s standing right in front of me, the truth is, she never existed.”
Ellie opens her mouth to say something—what, I don’t know—but I can’t take another moment of being in the same room as her, so I raise my hand to stop her and then stalk out, slamming the door behind me.
Instead of taking the elevator, I take the steps, needing to burn off the raw emotions coursing through my veins. When I get to my car, I go straight to Elite without thinking, with only one purpose in mind: needing to fuck that woman right out of my head.
Only it’s easier said than done. Because when I get there and find a willing participant, I realize far too quickly that my cock doesn’t want this woman.
He wants the woman with the green eyes.
Who smells like vanilla.
With the chocolate and caramel hair.
And perfect, luscious tits.
As I sit in my office and stare at the grainy image of the mystery woman, who I now know is Eliza Bardot, I realize I’m screwed. Because despite the fact that she’s too young, too off-limits, and that she fucked up big time, I still want to feel her under me, on top of me. I want to inhale her sweet scent, taste her delicious cunt. Sink into her body and get lost in her.
And now, instead of running the fuck away from her, in a few months, I’m going to have a baby with her.
“Figured I’d find you here,” Micah says, walking into my office and sitting across from me. “You okay?”
“No,” I tell him honestly.
“What can I do?”
I drop the picture onto the desk and look at him. “You can tell me that I’m an idiot.”
“You didn’t know.”
“No, not because of that.”
“Then why?”
“Because despite knowing who the mystery woman is, I still want her.”
Micah’s eyes widen in understanding. “Fuck.”
“Yeah,” I agree. “Fuck.”
“You know you can’t have her, though, right?” he states matter-of-factly, giving me a look that says it’s non-negotiable, that being with Ellie is off the table. A look that has me wanting to argue but knowing I can’t because she’s Sienna’s little sister, Micah’s sister-in-law. And he’s my brother. But more than that, he’s my best friend, and I’d never do anything to mess up our relationship. Which means, Ellie is completely off-limits.
“Yeah, I know,” I say, scrubbing my hands over my face. “She’s off-limits.” And doesn’t that just fucking suck. Knowing the woman I want is right there, within my reach, knowing the way she tastes, smells, feels, and also knowing I can never have her again.
CHAPTER TWELVE
ELLIE
“You know I’m here to talk any time,” Sienna says, taking a seat next to me on the couch. “Even if you just need someone to listen. I’m not going to judge, and no matter what you say, I won’t get upset.”
It’s been two days since my truth bombs exploded all over everyone. Lincoln left, Micah went after him, and Sienna gave me my space when I excused myself to cry.
She’s been bringing me my meals since I’ve refused to get out of bed, but today is Mother’s Day, and Sienna deserves to be spoiled. So instead of hiding myself away, I woke up early with my nieces, Brooklyn and London, and we made Sienna breakfast in bed. The girls surprised her with the most adorable cards and homemade gifts, and Micah bought her jewelry.