One Night Mistake: A Second Chance Romance Series (Book 4)
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“Well, come back with me and I will keep us both busy for a while. There is nothing standing in our way anymore. My family is off my back for good and Anika can’t do anything to hurt us, at least not for a while. Soon we will be married, and she won’t have anything left to say.”
“And so what, now we just move on like nothing ever happened, like you didn’t disappear off of the face of the earth for the last two months?”
“Come on Angie, we will talk about it on the way home.”
He wasn’t acting like I had much choice. I told myself that I was just going along with it for the moment, but the truth was, I liked the demand in his tone. It turned me on, more than anything else.
Home. With him. Why did that sound so good?
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Perfect Chaperone (Excerpt)
My new boss is also my accidental husband.
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A week-long girls’-trip before my new job starts. How can I say no?
It’s just a week. What could go wrong?
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Short answer:
Everything.
Add in a bad boy next-door neighbor I had a crush on as a chaperone, too many shots, and you have chaos.
Casper knew my weakness and used it to his advantage.
All night long.
Then come regrets.
Accidental marriage.
And a ring to prove it, with a piece of paper the next morning.
It gets worse.
He’s also my boss now.
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But what will he think when he finds out about our secret baby?
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Chapter One
Heather
I had just gotten the call that was going to change my life forever. I was almost six months out of college and things had been looking lean. I put in my application with Razor Industries right when I got out of school. They were the biggest software company in the area, and it was right down my alley.
They never called though. Months went by, and I started sending resumes further and further away. I wanted to stay close and help my mom out as she got older, but the only job I could find was a hundred miles away in Chicago. I wanted to do something else, but I finally gave up on the idea of finding something close.
A week before I was supposed to leave, Razor Industries’ HR department called me out of the blue. I had an interview later in the day, and now I started there in a week. It was everything that I wanted and more. I was so excited and of course, the first person I wanted to tell was Ellie. She was my best friend, and we’d really thought that we were going to have to see each other far less.
Ellie just got back from her honeymoon with her new husband. They seemed to be pretty happy, so it wasn’t like she would have been able to come with me. Now she didn’t have to and instead of going home, I went to her house first. I knew that there would be coffee and congratulations waiting for me.
When I got there, I heard fighting when I walked up, and I was a little surprised by the volume. I had never heard Ellie and Michael argue, so it was strange to hear it now. It threw me off so much, I didn’t know what to do. I just kind of stood there with indecision. Was I supposed to knock? I didn’t want to interrupt something. Maybe I should call…
I was about to turn around and go to my car and get my phone. Maybe a text would help me gauge if I should say I’m here. But then the door opened, and Michael came out. He was red-faced and something was going on. He made a scoffing sound and told me that I needed to talk to Ellie.
“She has lost her mind, Heather. I just can’t…”
He stormed off and got in his car. I had never seen him so mad. He was an All-American boy, blonde hair, blue eyes, and I don’t think I’d ever seen him upset before. It was rather strange to see him in that way. I wanted to know what was going on, so I went in the house and found my friend crying.
“What’s going on?”
“That stupid jerk. He thinks he can control me, but he can’t. Just because we’re married doesn’t mean that he gets to tell me what to do!”
It didn’t make sense. I had never thought of Michael that way before.
“What is he trying to make you do?”
“Have kids.”
I stopped and kind of sighed. I knew how Ellie felt about it, and I figured that it would come up.
“He didn’t know how you felt?”
“Well, we talked about it. But he told me that he thought I would change my mind when we got married. I haven’t and now he’s mad. I don’t know if we’re going to make it.”
I gave her a hug and told her that everything was going to be okay.
“I don’t know if it will. Not this time.”
We talked for a bit and I was finally able to share my own news. I had forgotten about it for a time, but I was glad I said something. Finding out that I was going to be staying seemed to perk her right up, and I was thankful for that.
“We have to do something to celebrate you not leaving.”
She had that look in her eyes and it made me nervous, if I was honest with myself. Every time I turned around, Ellie was dragging me off on an adventure, and we usually got in trouble.
“Let’s see if Midge and Dottie want to go. I think it’s time we have a trip.”
“Where do you want to go?”
I was worried about the destination because Ellie could be a bit much sometimes. I thought that marriage was going to slow her down, but I was learning quickly that it would not do that at all. I should have known better honestly.
“Vegas.”
“No, not even talking about that.”
“I can see it now. We would be drunk, lose one of our friends, and end up spending the time trying to figure out what we did.”
“That’s a movie, Heather. It’s going to be fine. You never want to let loose. You’re going to be working all the time soon, so why not get out and have some fun first?”
I was a little unsure if I wanted to go. I loved Ellie and the rest of our circle, but they got me in trouble, a lot. I had more messed up situations to get out of because of Ellie, then anything else.
“I will think about it. When do you want to go? I start in a week and it would take a couple of days to get there if we drove.”
“We’re going to fly. Casper’s mom can get us a good deal on tickets. It will be fun.”
I paused when I heard his name. Casper was my neighbor, or at least his parents still were. I don’t know where he lived now, but I saw him all the time at his mom’s. He had to be pretty local, but I didn’t know where.
“I don’t want you getting them through his mom.”
“You have to let it go. How long has it been since you had a crush on him?”
I said it had been a while, but I still had warm thoughts flow through me when I thought about him. He was one of those guys that every girl dreamed of, and it was hard not to fall for him as well. He was the kind of man that I had been attracted to as long as I could remember. I wanted him, truly I did, but my parents would never go for it. My mother, in particular, had always been clear how she felt about him. He had tattoos, drove a Harley, so obviously he was bad news, and I was told to stay away from him. Even now, at twenty-three, she would catch me looking his way and she would make a comment about it.
“Well, it’s settled. I will talk to Casper and see about tickets. You’re going and that’s that.”
I didn’t have a choice it felt like. I wanted to believe I did, but I don’t think I really did.
“Heather. It’ll be fun.”
I
sure hope that’s true. However, I felt like this fun we were going to have should be more specific. My kind of fun and Ellie’s sort were two very different things.
“Fine, but I have to be back by Monday. I can’t be late for my first day. Then it would all be for nothing.”
Ellie agreed with me, but she was already miles away in Vegas. I didn’t think it would end well. A lot could happen and all I could think about, was how badly it could all go. I wanted to celebrate with my friends, but Vegas? It had a reputation, and Ellie didn’t need a reason to let loose.
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