Page 52 of Marrying a Billionaire

“Where are you going?”

“I need to talk to her.”

A hand reached out and grabbed his elbow. Reed stopped and stared down at Joshua’s hand. Why was he touching him? “Please remove your hand from me.”

Joshua pulled back but kept his close proximity. “I just think we should talk about this first.”

Reed shook his head. “See, that’s where you are wrong. You may be the ex-husband, but I’m the current fiancée. I need to talk to her.” He headed toward the elevator.

“She wants to be a family,” Joshua called after him.

Reed stopped at that word. Family. The one thing that Lillian wanted more than anything. He turned and studied Joshua who had a smug expression. He knew that would get him to hesitate. He sauntered up to Reed as if he knew he’d already won.

“She told me before we had the ultrasound that she wanted to try again. She wants to do it for the baby.” He reached out and brushed Reed’s shoulder. “Seems like she picked the better man.” He met Reed’s gaze and smiled. “If you’ll excuse me, I’m going to go up to be with my wife and child.” He side-stepped Reed and pressed the elevator button.

Frustration boiled up inside of him. There was no way he was going to let this snake win. He’d already lost one girl to an awful person, there was no way he was going to have that happen again. He would go up there and talk to Lillian. He wanted her to tell him that she didn’t want him around. There was no way he was going to take her ex’s word for it.

He waited outside the elevator until the doors opened. Joshua boarded, and Reed followed. When he turned, Joshua raised his eyebrows.

“Where are you going?” he asked, pressing the button for the fourth floor.

“I’m going to talk to Lillian.”

Anger raced across Joshua’s face. “No, you’re not.”

There was no way this guy was going to intimidate Reed when he was a foot taller than him and twice his size. “Yes. I am. She’s going to tell me to leave, not you.”

Joshua shrugged as he studied the numbers that changed as the elevator climbed the floors. “Fine. I’ll enjoy that better anyway.”

They rode the rest of the way in silence. Reed focused his thoughts on what he was going to say to Lillian. When the doors opened, revealing the Labor and Delivery desk, his confidence wavered.

What is she didn’t want to see him? How much worse would it be to ride all the way up here just to be rejected to his face?

He’d already had that happen once. Could he survive another heart break? But then, he nodded. He would never live with himself if he just walked away without telling Lillian how he felt.

He followed after Joshua who strutted through the hall and stopped at room 4B. He winked at Reed as he pushed open the door, leading with the flowers.

“Where did you get those?” Lillian’s voice came from inside the room.

Reed hesitated, gathering his courage. The familiarity of the tone of her voice washed over him, rendering him speechless. He missed her, even though it had only been a few hours since he’d seen her.

“There’s someone to see you,” Joshua said.

“Who?” she asked.

“You can come in. Mywifeis decent.”

Reed heard Lillian scoff and he’d hoped that it was because she’d been classified as Joshua’s wife. But before she could answer, Reed stepped into the room.

Lillian’s skin paled when her gaze fell on him. She straightened pulling the blanket around her. “What are you doing here?” she asked, her gaze sweeping the room as if she expected the paparazzi to jump out from behind him and start shooting pictures.

“Lillian, you went to the hospital. What kind of friend would I be if I didn’t come visit you?” He extended the bear to her.

Her expression softened as she took it. “Thanks.”

He nodded and the glanced around the room. A monitor was set up next to her. One was tracking her heartbeat and the other. . . her baby. It was true.

When his gaze found hers, she dropped it. As if her secret had been dirty and she was embarrassed that he found out.

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