The Billionaire's Baby (The Romero Brothers, Book 5) by Shadonna Richards

acid tone, his voice laced with charming sarcasm. To say
he was gutted or appalled was an understatement. Why didn’t her aunt just shove
her in a dungeon or a prison cell? It would have probably been a step up from this place. He had seen farm animals
live better than this!
    Jules didn’t want
Amber to feel bad so he altered the subject a bit.   “Speaking of getting yourself back on
your feet, you should be off your
feet right now. Here, why don’t you sit down while I get your things?” He guided
her down on what looked like a sofa bed.
    “While you get my
things?” she echoed, sitting down on the couch.
    “Yeah. I don’t
think you should stay here tonight, not by yourself, Amber.”
    “Oh, no. I’m not
going through that again. Being told what’s best for me without my input. My ex
already put me through the spin cycle with that controlling vibe! I don’t think you should be telling me where I can stay,
Jules.” Amber’s cheeks turned red. “Listen, I’m sorry. All you’re doing is
being so nice to me and I really appreciate it, Jules. I really do.”
    “I know you,
Amber. You’re not used to living like this. Look, most of your things are still
in boxes.” And who could blame her? He wouldn’t want to unpack in this crappy
excuse for a residence.
    “I know. I
haven’t had the time to get myself sorted out.”
    “But how long
have you been staying here?”
    “Too long,” she admitted,
looking around, shaking her head. “You’re right, Jules. You know me too well.
I’ve had a pretty rough time after I lost my job at the embassy, and well, my
savings ran out in no time. The rent on my condo ate up most of my available
cash. I knew I wouldn’t be able to afford living there too long. I’m thankful
Aunt Mavis allowed me to stay here.”
    Glad her aunt allowed her to stay here? Doesn’t she
mean, she’s appalled her aunt forced her to live here?
    “But don’t you
own the café?” he asked her.
    “I do. Sort of. My parents left it to me in their will but I was
underage at the time and Aunt Mavis had taken over. Of course, when I reached
the age of majority, I didn’t think I could run the place so I gave her control
over the facility so I could go college. Aunt Mavis was all too happy to take
over this place permanently. Still, if it wasn’t for her, the café would have
closed down and it would have been sad since it was my parents’ dream. Right
now, it’s running on a deficit. I mean most people these days head to Starbucks for their next caffeine fix. The mom-and-pop businesses
aren’t exactly thriving in this economy.”
    “I hear ya .”
    “Besides, if my
aunt wasn’t around I would have found someone else to help me run this place
just to keep it open.”
    “I know.” Jules knelt
down beside her. “I didn’t mean to sound so…controlling earlier, Amber. I don’t
know what the hell got into me. I’ve seen your old place and it was nothing
like this. I knew this wasn’t you. So, Mother Amber, what do you want to do?”
    She smiled.
“That’s better. Thank you for your support, Jules. I would love to leave here
but…”
    “Consider it
done.”
    Before she could
say anything else, Jules swiped his phone out of his pocket and made a quick
call. “Hey, Dion, I’ve got you on speaker,” Jules said, giving him the heads
up. “Listen, is the 1201 still available?”
    “Yeah, why?”
    “Good. You remember Amber , right?”
    “Yeah,” his
brother Dion said on the other end of the phone. Since the Romero family owned
multiple real estate investments around the city and across the greater Toronto
area, it wasn’t a huge undertaking to find Amber a cozy suite that would be
appropriate.
    “Well, she’s
looking for a place. I thought that one would be great for her. Listen, I have
to take care of a few things. Do you think you could have one of the girls look
after it for me?”
    “Sure thing, man.
By the way, how did that meeting go last week?”
    “Oh, it came.