Page 4 of Ex's Accidental Baby

“Be there in ten.”

I park in the visitor parking lot at her gated community and rush inside.

“Look at you, all employed,” she drawls, looking at my pantsuit.

I flush, smiling wide. “At long last.”

“You know I’ve always told you that you can move in here.”

I shake my head. “No charity. I want to make it on my own.”

She sighs. “I understand. I was a terrible roommate in college.”

I laugh out loud. “You really were.”

“We both were.”

“You’re right.”

“I blame Jacob and?—”

I clap my hand over her mouth. “We don’t speak those names in this house.”

She breathes out of her nose and pulls away, laughing. “We do when we’ve had too much wine.”

“Well, we haven’t... yet.” I grin, heading to the kitchen and pouring us some red.

I fill each glass up more than what my mother considers classy. It’s a celebration, after all.

After one glass, I’m already feeling a bit tipsy, but I’m in a great mood.

Nothing can bring me down. I’m about to have everything I’ve ever wanted.

Well. Most of it, anyway. But I have to start somewhere.

All I need to do now is not screw anything up.

ChapterTwo

LOGAN

I stretchin my makeshift office, just the desk and chair in a suite hotel room. I could have gotten the penthouse, but it just seems like a waste when it’s just going to be me.

I won’t even pick up women to bring back to my room. Work always comes first and foremost. At least these days.

There was a time I was different–a hopeless romantic. A time whenshecame before anything.

But I learned that love is just a fairy tale.

Marriage. Family. A passing fancy.

Her face is in my mind when I shake my head.

No. I will not think about her. Not today. I’m busy.

Actually, I’ve been so busy that my eyes are crossing while I try to read over the paperwork my assistant brought me.

Maybe it’s time for a break.

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