Billionaire's Threat (Billionaire Erotic Romance: Never Never Man Series Book 4)
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I shook my head as the confession sputtered from her. At last, I pointed at Maddie.
“Did she say that to you? Did she use those exact words?”
“Yes.”
I slid my hands in the pockets of my pants and walked back towards the bed. Katy followed. As I reached it, she circled around the other side of it until we stood on either side of Maddie. I removed a hand from my pocket and touched the back of my palm to Maddie’s cheek. Her skin felt cool to the touch. It was definitely cooler than mine but not cold either. It was if life was deciding what it would do with her, keeping her in suspended animation.
Moisture drained from my mouth as I looked down at her. Trying to force down a hard swallow, I replayed our conversation in her bedroom over in my mind. All the while the monitoring equipment keeping her and the baby alive beeped at regular intervals, pissing me off even more.
I withdrew my hand from her forehead and slid back inside the pocket of my pants.
My baby, our goddamn child.
Here I was with all the resources to do something about it, but I couldn’t, because Maddie didn’t trust me enough to tell me the truth before this all got out of hand. How was I supposed to fix this now? To the best of my recollection, I’d never given her a reason to act like this or believe I’d be capable of something like what Katy alleged.
Not one.
And now, because of our ridiculous communication breakdown, I could lose them both.
Katy repositioned herself closer to Maddie, edging towards her head. I looked down at her as she tugged the blanket up around Maddie, brushed the hair from her eyes and generally tried to make her more comfortable.
If she came out of this, and that looked to be a pretty goddamn big if, then what?
I didn’t know whether to be furious with her or apologize.
I just didn’t.
Just then, Katy started to lean away from Maddie when all of sudden Maddie opened her mouth. A gasping wheeze emerged from between her lips even though her eyes remained closed and she still appeared to be unconscious. If I didn’t know any better, it sounded like she was struggling to get air.
“Oh my God, Grey!” Katy yelled as she confirmed my suspicion. “She can’t breathe!”
At the same time, the room lit up as the monitoring equipment flickered to life. Katy screamed while Maddie convulsed in place. I turned and ran for the door, but as I reached it, it flew open. Dr. Matthews and the two nurses from before reappeared and hurried to Maddie’s bedside.
“What is happening to her?” Katy cried out.
“Step back, please!” The doctor answered as he nodded for me to come and remove Katy. I hustled over and grabbed hold of her. Katy collapsed against me. All the while, the doctor and nurses hovered over Maddie as her condition worsened. It wasn’t long before guttural moans escaped from her mouth as her fight for breath continued.
“Doctor,” I began. “Please, can you tell us what is going on?”
He flashed his face back towards us. “She’s gone into cardiac arrest. Please, sir! Allow us to work! We could lose her.”
“Lose her!” Katy cried out. “Maddie, oh God, Maddie no!!!”
Katy folded into me, and wept.
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Billionaire's Threat
Never Never Man Series
(Book #4)
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