Page 48 of The Hottest Daddy
Patricia Wheeler, Cory’s mother, stood in the doorway and they gazed at each other. For a moment, neither said anything. Then Patricia held out her hands and said simply, “Forgive me, darling. I should never have abandoned you.”
As the two women hugged tightly, Sunday looked over Patricia’s shoulder at her family, her extended family, and then at her love. River. “Thank you,” she mouthed at him, “and I love you.”
A month later, back in Colorado, their lives settling back down, Sunday went to find River. He was in his studio, painting, determined to work with his new reality. The colors in his eyes were fading fast now but he refused to get down about it.
She went to him, slipping her arms around him and feeling him kiss her forehead. “Hey, baby.”
She looked up at him. “Hey, gorgeous. I finished them.”
“My dad’s diaries?”
She nodded and he took a deep breath in, waiting for her to tell him what she knew.
Sunday smiled up at him. “He didn’t know anything, Riv. He knew nothing about her abusing you.”
The relief was obvious. River’s body sagged and he let out a long breath. “Thank God.Thank God.”
“The cherry on top is … he knew he’d made a mistake by marrying her. He was planning to divorce her; he’d already cut her out of the will, as you know. All he cared about was you.”
River leaned his head on top of hers. “I’m glad he didn’t know, for his sake and mine. It would have killed him.”
“He loved you so much, River, and he was so proud of you. So, so proud of the man you had become.”
“Thank you, baby. God …” He picked her up and twirled her around and Sunday giggled. As he put her down, he crushed his lips against hers. “We should celebrate.”
He was already unbuttoning her short as she smiled up at him. “Well, Berry is asleep …”
“Then we shouldn’t be too loud.”
“Good luck with that,” she laughed as he pushed her shirt from her shoulders and they began to make love long into the night.
The End.
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A Billionaire Single Daddy Romance
After surviving a stalker’s obsession, Sunday and River are planning their wedding and looking forward to beginning a new life in Italy together with their daughter, Berry. The wedding day is perfect, and followed by a blissful, erotic, sensual honeymoon in the Seychelles.
Returning home, Sunday is surprised when her old boss offers her a career opportunity which throws all their plans into disarray. Will Sunday follow her heart—and her family—or return to the career she thought she had lost forever?
Can she, a modern woman, actually have it all?
Sunday secured the tiny white flowers into her stepdaughter Berry’s hair and twirled her around. “You look beautiful, BerBer.”
“I know,” said the little girl with all the guileless confidence of a six-year-old.
Sunday chuckled and hugged her. “Now, we’re clear on what your job is this afternoon, right?”
Berry rolled her eyes. “Mommy, I only have to scatter the petals in front of you. It’s not hard.”
Sunday smothered a grin. “Of course, I’m sorry. I trust you.” She drew in a deep breath. “Gosh, I wish I wasn’t so nervous.”
