moment, their eyes secured on each other in a silent argument. Romeo hissed through his teeth, holding his hands up in front of him. “You know what, Zo. Whatever. Fucking whatever!”
We both stared at him when he spun round and stormed through the room, everyone quickly shifting aside to make way for him. Zoe sighed beside me. I turned to her, frowning at the sadness that had grown in her eyes when she watched Romeo disappear.
“You okay?”
She blinked, realising I was still there. She flicked another glance towards the doors, then nodded. “Yes. If you’ll excuse me, I think I’ll call it a night.”
“Sure.”
Her shoulders sagged, her whole demeanour flagging in resignation. “You have my number,” she said as she started to walk away. “Give me a call and we’ll sort something out.” I quirked an eyebrow, my lips twitching at her invitation. “About the repairs,” she clarified.
“Oh, yeah, sure.”
She smiled before she turned and left, my eyes following the sway of her backside, my dick screaming out for attention when the view tormented it.
Blowing out a breath, begging my erection to subside, I made my way to the bar, I needed a distraction for the next couple of hours before I met with Romeo.
My stomach clenched with my thoughts, unsure of how he would react to what had come to my attention. Although the idiot didn’t deserve my help, he didn’t deserve the storm that was heading his way either.
GOD ONLY KNEW why I was stood outside his hotel room door with my fist poised ready for knocking, my nerves making it just hover over the surface of the wood.
His pain had floored me. His agonised gaze had made me wonder if he was ready to talk – finally. Maybe he didn’t but… fuck, I wasn’t even sure.
I knocked quietly before my nerve bottomed out. The door swung open and Daniel’s stern eyes found mine. He blinked as if confused, then flicked a look over my shoulder for a moment before coming back to stare at me.
We didn’t say anything, just watched each other. My heart was pounding, all the saliva in my mouth disappearing while my hands shook almost violently.
“You want to come in?” he asked eventually, his intense gaze still secured on me, his large body still filling the doorway, each of his hands bracing either side of the frame.
My eyes roamed his face, reading the agony he was in, the sight of it clamping hold and almost choking me.
“I don’t understand what it was that I did wrong, Daniel.” I wasn’t even sure where the words had come from, whether it had even been me that had spoken them. He swallowed, blinking at me but remained silent. “You said I had hurt you. I… we…” Damn it! My mouth had dried so much I was losing the ability to talk, to tell him.
His teeth had started to chew on his lip, his eyes darkening as the crisp white cotton of his shirt strained against his chest with each of his deep inhalations.
I lifted a hand and turned, “I’m sorry, this was a bad idea. I thought…”
I gasped when he clamped hold of my wrist and yanked me through the door, my elbow knocking it and bashing it against the wall before he spun me round and slammed my back against the wall. His body framed mine, his hands pressing at either side of my head, his angry face an inch from mine. “How can you not know, Zoe?” He seemed confused with himself, his eyes blinking rapidly as his face screwed up tight. “You… after everything between us, you went and got pregnant by some loser. How can you not understand how that would hurt me?”
We had never spoken about our relationship after the day I had told him I was pregnant. It had never been mentioned between us, hell, nothing was hardly said at all between us.
I couldn’t help the anger that surfaced with him. He had no right to hold anything against me after he had given me nothing in our two years of on and off fucking. Because that’s all it had ever been, on and off fucking.
“Everything between us?”
We both stared at him when he spun round and stormed through the room, everyone quickly shifting aside to make way for him. Zoe sighed beside me. I turned to her, frowning at the sadness that had grown in her eyes when she watched Romeo disappear.
“You okay?”
She blinked, realising I was still there. She flicked another glance towards the doors, then nodded. “Yes. If you’ll excuse me, I think I’ll call it a night.”
“Sure.”
Her shoulders sagged, her whole demeanour flagging in resignation. “You have my number,” she said as she started to walk away. “Give me a call and we’ll sort something out.” I quirked an eyebrow, my lips twitching at her invitation. “About the repairs,” she clarified.
“Oh, yeah, sure.”
She smiled before she turned and left, my eyes following the sway of her backside, my dick screaming out for attention when the view tormented it.
Blowing out a breath, begging my erection to subside, I made my way to the bar, I needed a distraction for the next couple of hours before I met with Romeo.
My stomach clenched with my thoughts, unsure of how he would react to what had come to my attention. Although the idiot didn’t deserve my help, he didn’t deserve the storm that was heading his way either.
GOD ONLY KNEW why I was stood outside his hotel room door with my fist poised ready for knocking, my nerves making it just hover over the surface of the wood.
His pain had floored me. His agonised gaze had made me wonder if he was ready to talk – finally. Maybe he didn’t but… fuck, I wasn’t even sure.
I knocked quietly before my nerve bottomed out. The door swung open and Daniel’s stern eyes found mine. He blinked as if confused, then flicked a look over my shoulder for a moment before coming back to stare at me.
We didn’t say anything, just watched each other. My heart was pounding, all the saliva in my mouth disappearing while my hands shook almost violently.
“You want to come in?” he asked eventually, his intense gaze still secured on me, his large body still filling the doorway, each of his hands bracing either side of the frame.
My eyes roamed his face, reading the agony he was in, the sight of it clamping hold and almost choking me.
“I don’t understand what it was that I did wrong, Daniel.” I wasn’t even sure where the words had come from, whether it had even been me that had spoken them. He swallowed, blinking at me but remained silent. “You said I had hurt you. I… we…” Damn it! My mouth had dried so much I was losing the ability to talk, to tell him.
His teeth had started to chew on his lip, his eyes darkening as the crisp white cotton of his shirt strained against his chest with each of his deep inhalations.
I lifted a hand and turned, “I’m sorry, this was a bad idea. I thought…”
I gasped when he clamped hold of my wrist and yanked me through the door, my elbow knocking it and bashing it against the wall before he spun me round and slammed my back against the wall. His body framed mine, his hands pressing at either side of my head, his angry face an inch from mine. “How can you not know, Zoe?” He seemed confused with himself, his eyes blinking rapidly as his face screwed up tight. “You… after everything between us, you went and got pregnant by some loser. How can you not understand how that would hurt me?”
We had never spoken about our relationship after the day I had told him I was pregnant. It had never been mentioned between us, hell, nothing was hardly said at all between us.
I couldn’t help the anger that surfaced with him. He had no right to hold anything against me after he had given me nothing in our two years of on and off fucking. Because that’s all it had ever been, on and off fucking.
“Everything between us?”
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