Page 66 of Her Alpha Bosses

Anything else the doctor had to say didn’t make it through the fog that descended over me. My legs weakened, and I hit the floor with a grunt. Her voice buzzed in my ear but none of the words sounded like English.

“I’m so sorry. Can I call you back?” Without waiting for her response, I hung up and stared numbly down at my phone. The screen slowly began to spot with tears that had finally found their release.

A baby? Now? It was the worst possible time. I’d been on the pill since I was eighteen but sure, there was a chance it stopped working because of the stress.

What the hell was I going to do? One of those three men that I adored was going to be the father and I was certain I couldn’t look either of them in the eye ever again.

The tears that fell were silent, despite the pain in my chest crushing my lungs with every breath. My desire to break down and sob was replaced by a quiet grief that overcame me like a wave.

I blinked and more tears spotted the screen, blurring Bianca’s name. Then I hit call.

It rang three times.

“Callie? Hey chick, how are you?”

“Bianca,” I croaked her name.

“Callie?” Her tone instantly flooded with worry. “Callie, what’s wrong?”

“It’s all falling apart. I thought it would be okay. I thought I was making the best decision with it all but I was wrong. Eli has the patent, and he’s gone public with it. I don’t know how but he’s making it look like Sawyer stole from him.” The tears continued to pour, leaking down my face like a waterfall.

“And Sawyer? His company is in a dangerous place. I thought they were fine but I was wrong. This deal was a make it or break it and now? Now I’m pregnant, and I don’t know what to do.”

“Pregnant?! Oh my god.” Bianca was silent for a few moments after that. “I’m coming over, okay? Don’t move, don’t go anywhere, just stay right here okay?”

“Okay,” I replied weakly. “I’m sorry, I don’t know how things got so fucked.”

“It’s okay chick. We’ll fix this. I don’t know how, but we will, okay? I’ll be over as soon as I can.”

“Okay.”

The call ended when Bianca’s boss called her back to work and I remained slumped on the floor, staring absently at the patchwork tiles.

How did it come to this? All I wanted to do was get the best care for my mother.

All I wanted to do was cling to the fact that she remembered me.

Now it looked like in doing so, I had destroyed the lives of the three men I cared so deeply for. And there was a baby inside me.

I lost track of how long I stayed on the floor, utterly numb. By the time the doorbell rang, my tears had dried, and my heart had hardened. I saw no way out of this, but if Bianca had any ideas then I was open to them.

Moving down the hall, I wiped at my face and sniffled, then pulled open the door, expecting to see Bianca standing there.

It wasn’t here, it was Kane.

His dark brows pulled south the moment we made eye contact, but before he could speak, I grabbed the lapels of his suit jacket and dragged him into a kiss.

25

CALLIE

There was no talking beyond Kane’s grunt of surprise when I dragged him into the lounge.

My mind was empty, completely void of thought. I only wanted to feel, only wanted to act and it was sheer luck that Kane was willing to go along with it.

Our mouths collided in biting kisses, and I dragged my fingertips through the wiry twists of his hair. Then, I shoved at his shoulders until he fell back onto the couch.

Before he could speak, I was in his lap with my hips grinding down against his own. His hands warmed my hips through my t-shirt while I gripped his own and ripped the fabric free of the buttons. Breaking the kiss, I moved down to kiss his bare chest. Dragging my tongue over his dark nipples, my hips continued to rock down until his cock rose beneath me and nudged against my core.

---