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Page 127 of The Damaged Billionaire's Obsession

I resolved to wait until I had the all clear to travel, but two days later, I got a colorful voice note from someone I can only assume was Twiggy.I wonder if the guy thinks I’m blind which was why he sent a voice note first. The text followed after a few minutes

Voice note, Anonymous: “Bonnie’s carrying yer child, ye fuckin’ gobshite. She’s mad crazy about ye, but ye’ve no right to even share the same sky with her. Now, ye don’t have to wed her, seeing as how ye have yer own lass, but ye best be minding her. Fuckin’ eejit.”

I got the gist of the Irishman’s rant. And then, it all made sense why she ran.

She’s pregnant.

We’ve never talked about babies, so she thinks I’ll freak out.

Within a few hours, I’m airborne, much to Elsa’s and Kane’s, her husband, horrified pleas. My dad back in Connecticut also got wind of the situation and was roaring threats about me daring to get on that eleven-hour flight. In the end, it was no use.

Within a couple of hours of being airborne, though, my eyes started to hurt. In another couple of hours, it was clear that the plane needed to do an emergency landing.

I asked for Jordan to be told rather than my dad. My friend is a lot of things, but he’s phenomenal in a crisis. By the time we landed, my eyes were like pools of liquid fire, and I couldn’t see a thing.

Jordan already had the Munich team in the air and on their way to New York by the time I was wheeled into the hospital, and this time, I was longing for the blessed relief of being knocked unconscious by the anaesthesia for a second operation to correct the damage I’d done by getting onto the pressurized aircraft before I was cleared to go.

Now, I’m well and truly stuck in New York for a few more weeks. Which only makes me angrier.

The second surgery was successful, and much to everyone’s relief, I didn’t lose what vision I had left. Some of the progress in terms of improved eyesight was lost, but my sight right now is still much better than before I started having the stem cell transplant.

I returned to the office two days ago and have just started working my way back to my usual long hours, but being a Saturday morning, I was catching up with Gino’s security and combing the web for anything on him that others might have missed.

My phone rings, and I pick up to see it’s Jordan.

“Hey, man, are you here yet?” He wanted to come over today to check on me, even though I don’t need it.

“Just pulling up the drive. Bree’s here as well.” Jordan replies.

“Really? She didn’t have to come.”

“Try telling that to my very pregnant, very determined wife. She wants to see you, man. Plus, she heard Elsa’s twins are here.”

A picture of Bonnie, swollen with my child and barking orders, flashes before my eyes, and my heart twists painfully. I’d give anything to see that. Christ, I need that woman back from where she’s been holing up.

I go and let them into the house. Catching a glimpse of Sabrina’s belly, the smile freezes on my face. Wasn’t it just a month ago I last saw her? Her belly seems like she’s shoved a huge watermelon in it.

“Good gracious, Ethan, the twins don’t do tricks yet,” she snaps as she passes by me. I close my mouth.

Jordan raises his eyebrows meaningfully. “Don’t mess with her,” he says under his breath.

“Noted.”

Once we’re settled, with Sabrina curled on the sofa with a glass of sweet tea, she begins. “Ethan, I know you can’t travel. Butsomeone has got to do something. Is Bonnie even okay?” She dabs at a tear collecting at the corner of her eye. “Sorry, I’m so emotional right now.”

Jordan adds, “Brooke mentioned something about Bonnie’s mom. Is everything alright back home?”

“I would—“ I begin, but Sabrina interrupts.

“I mean, why would Bonnie just leave like that? She’d just been telling us how in love with you she was, Ethan. And, all of a sudden, she’s gone without even speaking to us, her friends. And she’s not answering her calls or responding to messages.” She dissolves into sobs, and Jordan gathers her into his arms.

“Bonnie—“ I start but don’t get far.

“She’s the twins’ godmother, and they’re due anytime now. What the hell did you do to her, Ethan? She was so terrified of getting hurt.”

“I only—“

“Bonnie keeps her heart in a freaking fortress, and she managed to let you in, and somehow, you’ve hurt her. That’s the only reason she’d run so far. Ethan—“




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