Page 41 of Contract Of Shame

For minutes Richard waited, but when his dad didn’t say anything he gave up. “Forget it,” he told him and went to walk out of the room.

His dad grabbed him and shut the door.

“I was already married to your mother, and you were born. I did it because my parents told me to marry her. I don’t know what happened along the way, but we went from completely earning our keep to marrying into more and more money. It’s why the Shaw name is as powerful as it is today. Natasha Glass was the first and only nanny we employed for you.”

Richard stood and waited.

“She was so beautiful and happy all the time. You were always happy. She used to sing and cook. I found I enjoyed coming home and got distracted at work easily thinking about her. I fell in love with her within weeks of her being here. The job was a live-in, and one day I walked into her bathroom. She was naked, and I couldn’t turn away.”

His dad was visibly shaking. “My life had turned into visions of her. She told me to get out, and then one night one thing led to another; and we became lovers. Natasha hated it. She hated the fact I was married, but she didn’t want me to divorce your mother. I was stuck. Of course your mum found out and made her life a fucking misery.”

“She lives in a house in the country, and I visit her as regularly as I can.”

“You’re a fucking coward,” Richard said. “To think I believed everything that came out of your mouth. Natasha deserves a man who isn’t afraid to cut the shit and admit he wanted someone much better.”

He charged out of the house without looking back. Moving forward to confess and find the love of his life.

Richard had fucked up once. Scarlet and Harry Hughes were his, and he wouldn’t let them go again.

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