Page 60 of Billionaire Boss's One Night Stand

“No. Yesterday.” He breathed in deeply, almost seeming to sniff my hair as he spooned me. “I wanted to react and let the news really hit me without the pressure of being at the office,and I really did lose track of time. John called me, frantic that I was missing the Gammon meeting.”

I smiled. “Yeah, that threw us for a loop. But I think we did it all right. Maybe you could plan on making it up to the guys, though.”

He nodded. “Oh, I will. But after I thought about it, I see how you would’ve been mad. I wasn’t walking away from you.” He lowered his hand over my hip until it rested on my still-flat stomach. “Or this one.”

“You’re really okay with this?”

“No.”

I tensed up.

“I’m more than okay with starting a family with you.”

I smiled, rolling over to kiss him.

“Since that night in the conference room, I’ve been stuck with wanting so much more with you. I’ve been fantasizing about having it all with you. That one night wasn’t enough for me. It never would be.”

“But you were so hostile on my first day. And all those weeks we worked together.”

“So were you,” he accused lightly.

I nodded, owning up to my general loathing for the jerk of a boss I wasn’t supposed to love. “It shocked me, seeing that my one-night stand was my boss.”

“And it shocked me, seeing that the sexy fling I couldn’t stop thinking about was the new brilliant mind to join my team.”

For the next half hour, we shared how we’d been thrust into an awkward situation. We'd both erred in trying to resist each other. We both owned up to knowing how wrong it was to act on our desire in the conference room even when it felt so right to give in to each other. And we both acknowledged that we were far from done.

“I want a long commitment with you,” he said honestly. “I planned to talk to you about it after the Gammon meeting. You were so aloof and cool toward me since I made you come on the conference table, and I worried that you were having second thoughts about me.”

I shook my head, yawning as he got up and started to dress. “No. No second thoughts. I was embarrassed that Tom walked in, but I refused to regret being with you. But I was nauseous to the point that I wondered if I could be pregnant, and then…” I rolled my hand. “Then I was stuck wondering how to tell you, if you’d be happy…”

He smiled as he leaned down to kiss me soundly. “Very happy. It’s all fast and new, but I’m excited for everything we can do together. That we will do together.”

Before the kiss could get any more heated, he stood straight and sighed.

“I’m going to go in and talk with my grandmother,” he said. “You sleep in?—”

“But my boss?—”

“Demands it.” He winked. “Let me smooth the rough edges of this situation. We shouldn’t carry on like we’re some big, bad secret. I’ll tell her that we’re together, and we’ll do this the right way, because I amnotgiving you or our baby up.”

I sank back into the plush bed, sighing with my heart full as I wondered if we could really pull this off, work together and start a lasting relationship past a single, spontaneous night of passion.

24

MATT

My grandmother was in my office before I got there. I wasn’t worried, but I was curious. In light of all the things that had been happening lately, her presence here could be a result of any number of concerns.

I didn’t react in surprise, though. Seeing her through the glass walls gave me enough of a heads up.

“Good morning,” I greeted as I walked in and took my seat behind my desk.

“Is it, though?” she asked. Her voice was mostly devoid of emotions, like usual, but I caught the hint of intrigue.

Yeah, something is up.I only needed to figure out what she knew and how to appease her.

“It most definitely is a good morning, Grandmother.” It was. This was the first day of the rest of my life—to share with the sexy blonde of my dreams and our child. It was the first day that I wouldn’t have to wonder where I stood with Loren and hope we could make things work.

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