Sleeping With My Boss: A Standalone Novel (An Alpha Billionaire Romance Love Story) (A Dirty Office Romance) (141 page)

“What are you doing here?” Kyla was
staring at me as I got off the elevator in front of my office like I had two
heads. She was also glancing nervously up and down the hallway.

“I work here, or did you forget? And, nice
to see you, too, by the way.”

She snorted out a laugh. “No, I didn’t
forget you work here but are you supposed to be out driving yourself around?
You look like you’re going to pop. And, nice to see you, too,” she added with a
little smile.

 
“I
feel like I’m going to pop. I almost wish I would. I’m ready for him to come
out. No, I didn’t drive I got a ride with the service.”

“Oh, okay.”

“I have an appointment at two and it was
already noon and Adam hadn’t had time to pick me up yet. It also seems silly
for him to drive all the way out to pick me up when he’s already in the city. I
just took the car service.”

 
“Does Adam know you’re here?”

“Adam is not my…shit! Okay fine, he is my
boss, but he’s not the boss of me. He won’t be mad so stop looking so nervous.
I’m pregnant, I’m not an invalid.” I walked toward my office and noticed two
things. Carla was not at her desk and there was no activity or noise in the
hallway, at all.

“Where is Carla?”

“Um…she was running an errand. She’ll be
right back.”

“An errand in the middle of the work day?”
That didn’t sound like Carla to me. As a matter of fact, the whole floor seemed
eerily quiet. “Where is everyone else?”

“Busy, busy,” Kyla said. I rolled my eyes
and waddled on into my office. Kyla followed me. She was acting all weird and
nervous.

“What is wrong with you?”

“Nothing.”

I went over and pushed my chair back about
two feet from my desk so I could sit down and there would be room for my belly.
I loved this baby growing inside of me from the moment I knew he was there, but
I’m ready for him to come out. The doctor says two more weeks. My parents will
fly out in one week. I’m hoping if I do a lot of walking, we can compromise.

“Where’s Nico?”

“Alex is appearing in front of the grand
jury this week… I’m sure Adam told you.” Adam had told me.

Alex ultimately agreed to testify against
everyone involved in the misappropriation of the campaign funds and the murders
of Vick and Marjorie. Jack tried to flee back to the U.K. when he heard but the
Marshalls had picked him up at La Guardia. The FBI had been working on having
his father extradited since he was the ringleader of the whole group but so far
they haven’t had any luck. Jack’s father was going to leave his son to take the
fall for all of it. It took me some time to come to terms with the fact that my
childhood friend had resorted to extortion, theft, and maybe even murder over
money that he never really needed. He’s a brilliant man. He’s an attorney. All
he ever had to do was work for it.

“Yeah, he told me.”

“Nico is in with him right now going over
his testimony because Adam couldn’t get out of this EPA thing.”

“When is Jack’s next court date?”

“His new lawyer has drawn up a motion to
dismiss. He says that the only evidence the state and the feds have against
Jack is Alex’s testimony and they want the case dismissed.”

“Who is his new attorney?”

“Hal Rogers.”

I had just opened a bottle of water and
taken a drink. I choked on it. “You’re kidding me? Hal is representing one of
the men responsible for Marjorie’s death and Adam the other? She has to be
rolling in her grave.”

As it turned out, Jack and his father were
more involved in the murders than anyone else. Jack hadn’t actually committed
them, but he’d paid people to do it. I shudder every time I think about how
close I came to losing Adam because of Jack’s simple jealousy and need for
instant gratification. It makes me sick.

“Poor Adam mumbled something this morning
about not being able to get rid of the guy,” Kyla said. She reached up to touch
her face and something sparkly caught my eye.

“What is that on your finger?”

Kyla looked down at the ring and her whole
face glowed. “Nico proposed last night.”

“Oh my God!” I tried to get up. I was
struggling and she saw me so she came to me. She took my hands and helped me
stand up and I embraced her as much as I could in my condition. “Why didn’t you
tell me?”

“I was going to. This morning has just
been crazy…”

“Kyla!” The sound of Adam’s voice wafted
down the hall. Kyla looked nervous again. What the heck is going on? “I should
go see what he wants,” she said.

“Adam! She’s in here with me.”

Kyla gave me a tight-lipped stare. When
Adam walked into the office she relaxed her stare and said, “I’m going to go
have some lunch with Nico. Call if you need me.” Adam’s eyes were focused on
me.

“Okay, call me later?” I asked Kyla.

“I will try,” she said with a smile before
she left.

“I thought you promised to wait for me to
come and get you.”

“I didn’t see that it made a difference. I
wasn’t driving. I was going stir crazy.”

He gave me a sympathetic look and came
over around behind the desk and took my hands in his and pulled me to my feet.
He kissed my lips and then he bent down and gave my belly a soft kiss. I loved
when he did that, it was so sweet. “How is my baby boy today?”

“He is active,” I said. “How is his big
daddy?” I asked with a smile.

“He’s the luckiest man in the world. I
have a wife that is gorgeous, sexy, smart, funny…and I know that you’re going
to be the best mom ever to my son that I get to meet very soon. If everything
else in my life was taken away at this moment, that would all still be more
than enough.” He kissed me softly on the forehead. I reached up and put my hand
on the side of his face and asked,

“Things are going okay with the EPA?”

“The EPA?”

“Didn’t you and Mac just have a meeting
with them?

“Oh…yeah, we did.” It wasn’t like Adam to
be absent-minded, just like it wasn’t like Carla to run errands during the day.
Something was definitely up.

“Why is everyone acting so weird?”

“I didn’t notice anyone acting weird.”

“Why is it so quiet in here?”

“Everyone is hard at work.”

“Why is Nico in there prepping Alex
instead of you?”

“You and I had an appointment. I thought I
was leaving early to pick you up, so I asked Nico to do it.” As he talked, he
was walking us through my office and out into the hall.

“I’m sorry you had to miss it because of
the appointment. I could have handled that. I just want the doctor to ask this
child if he’s ever coming out.”

“Think about it, he’s in his warm,
beautiful Mommy’s tummy getting everything he needs, why would he want to come
out. It’s cold out here.”

“Well, I’m ready to see him, and I promise
to bundle him up.”

Adam chuckled and continued to propel me
out into the hall way. He was leading me down where the conference room was. I
still didn’t see another living soul. Surely everyone hadn’t gone out to run an
errand or interview a client all at once. It was never this quiet in here.

“Adam…” He pushed open the conference room
door and reached around to flip on the light. The room came alive with noise
and people and color. There was a big blue banner that said, “Welcome to the
world Little Lord Hanson.” That’s what our colleagues had taken to calling the
baby growing in my belly. All of our colleagues were packed into the room.
There were baby decorations and a three-tier cake and a table filled with
gifts.

I rubbed my belly and said, “Look how
loved you are little man. Look how many lawyers set aside their billable hours
for you. Do you know how huge that is?”

Adam laughed. I felt him lean down and
kiss the side of my neck. “When the boss says put aside your billable hours and
go to a baby shower employees jump.”

“I see that. This is amazing.” I hugged
him. “Thank you, baby. I’m going to go in and say hello to everyone.”

“There’s one more thing.”

“What’s that?”

“Turn around Alicia and let me see my
grandson.”

I turned toward my mother’s voice. I talk
to her nearly every day on the phone, but it had been over a year since I’d
seen them. First she was sick and then Dad was sick and then I was too pregnant
to fly. I’d had a few crying spells over it recently and as usual, Adam had
found a way to make it right.

This is what love is. It’s not about a
business or money. It’s not about being from the same background or believing
in all of the same things. It’s simply about caring so deeply about another
human being that you will take time out of your day to make sure theirs is
special. Love is something that you’re willing to keep fighting for because you
know that in the end it’s going to be worth it. It’s always looking forward and
not judging the one you love by what’s happened in the past.

I felt Adam’s arms encircle my waist and
he stroked his fingers gently across my swollen belly and buried his face in my
hair. This is love. Adam is love and I’m the luckiest girl in the world.

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