Celeste’s Secret (A Holly Hills Christmas #2) Read Online C.M. Steele

Categories Genre: Alpha Male, Insta-Love, Novella, Virgin Tags Authors: Series: A Holly Hills Christmas Series by C.M. Steele
Advertisement1

Total pages in book: 26
Estimated words: 25003 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 125(@200wpm)___ 100(@250wpm)___ 83(@300wpm)
<<<<8910111220>26
Advertisement2


“He played me for a fool.” I sob into my hands for the rest of the night until I fall asleep.

****

My stupid alarm wakes me up with a reminder that it’s my doctor’s appointment for my baby check-up. They scheduled this one sooner than normal because of my bloodwork. They said my pregnancy levels needed to be checked, but nothing abnormal just to see how large of a baby I’m going to have. Given the size of the father, I’m guessing a giant.

“Hello, Ms. Hoffman. It’s good to see you again. We’re going to begin the scan today.”

“Okay, thank you, Dr. Reid.”

“You’re welcome. Are you not feeling well today?” Damn, can he tell that my freaking heart’s been crushed and I haven’t slept?

“No, I’m fine. I had a fitful night of sleep.”

“Unfortunately, that can sometimes come with having a baby. The hormones can send mothers into a tailspin of emotions making dreams wild and vivid. So let’s get started.”

I nod, and lay back on the bed, lifting my top so my belly is exposed. I can’t tell him it’s because all I can think about these past few weeks is the utter betrayal. I feel that my child will be the bastard sibling to another. That woman doesn’t even know he cheated on her with me. God, she’s clearly so much farther along than me.

He begins the sonogram and the screen immediately lights up in front of me. I see my baby clearly and I’m in awe. Tears well up and they aren’t sad ones for a change. This little one has my heart in a way I can’t even begin to explain. Then I see something else, it looks like…is that his…

“Doctor, am I having a boy?”

“Ms. Hoffman…you’re not having one little boy…you’re having two.” The words come out in a fuzzy blur.

“Did you just say two?”

“Yes.” He moves the wand thingy, and there is the other set of legs with the other little body just barely forming like his brother. “Oh my goodness.”

“I can’t believe it.”

“Twins are a lot to handle and often require a little more caution in pregnancy as it moves along.”

“What do you mean?”

“Most twins come early. However, do your best to maintain a healthy lifestyle, walk, rest, take your vitamins, and reduce stress. You will be fine.”

“Thank you, doctor.”

“Congratulations.” We don’t discuss the father because I lied and said he died before we could get married. I finished getting cleaned up and scheduled my next appointment before heading out.

As I left all I could think about was two babies. Two times the reminder of Lennox. Sighing, I get into my car and make the trip back to Holly Hills because Christmas time is almost here and I need to start preparing my home for the holidays.

Maybe soon my grandfather’s old home will be sold. It’s been on the market for the past two months. I was able to get it renovated quickly. After weeks of remodeling, the place looked almost brand new. I loved some of the old features, so I only remodeled the bathrooms, the bedrooms, and the kitchen with the modern updates and of course all the electricity and plumbing had to be up to code which my grandfather had already taken care of, so the place was pretty easy to get ready to sell. The problem was finding a buyer.

Chapter Six

Lennox

It’s two weeks to fucking Christmas, and the office looks like the holiday spirit has arrived, but nothing is better at this shitty company. There’s still something missing besides my aching soul. “We have a problem with the marketing department.”

“No shit. The guy you kept on is garbage. Who the hell’s idea was that?”

“The CEO of the company. They let their other design lead go, but I don’t know the details. They should have kept the other person because this one is a fucking pervert. We have a serious complaint.”

“Call in the HR manager now.” I thrust my fingers through my hair.

“Ms. Basse, please have a seat.”

“We called you in here to discuss, Mr. Vance.”

“Yes, Jason is an asset to this company.”

“Asset? Ms. Basse. There have been several complaints in the past three weeks to your office that I was just made aware of by my brother. I personally find his talents severely lacking and now I’m starting to wonder if there must be another reason why he was kept on and the other designer was let go.”

“Oh, Celeste wasn’t as good.”

“Celeste?”

“Yes, Celeste Hoffman. She was in love with Jason, but we had to let her go because she was letting it get in the way of her work and he’s a married man. She was so trying to sleep with him and stealing his work.”

“Enough. I know it’s a fucking lie. You’re a woman out on a mission to save this man’s job for some reason and I can’t figure out why but he’s a disgrace and is being arrested right now. IT has started examining his computer and now that we know your association with him seems to be more than inappropriate we will be looking into the matter. You will also be relieved of your duties, Ms. Basse.”


Advertisement3

<<<<8910111220>26

Advertisement4