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I bite back my snort.
“He’s unreliable, reckless... selfish.”
“Sounds a lot like how I’d describe a man who cheats on his wife and lies about it.”
Henry’s lips curve, the skin around his eyes wrinkling. “I always loved that bite of yours.”
I sigh and check my watch. I only have thirty minutes before my meeting starts.
“Is there a point to this, Henry? Because unless you actually came here to talk like adults, then—”
“I’m getting you back. I’ll do whatever it takes, Soph.”
I shouldn’t be shocked, but I am.
The hairs on the back of my neck rise and my skin bristles as I look at him, all respectable in his charcoal suit and black shirt. A suit that hides a man who can’t even begin to truly understand the word ‘respect’. Whatever spell he had me under to fool my instincts when we dated is gone now. Replaced by the uneasiness I get when I know something is about to blow wide in court.
I’ll do whatever it takes.
Those words circle around my head in a never-ending, foreboding loop.
“We’re never getting back together. Ever.”
“You don’t mean that.” Henry deflects my words with an arrogant shrug of his shoulders.
“I think you’ll find that when I say something, I mean it,” I clip back. “But by all means, hold your breath while you wait to find out if you like.”
His eyes glint. “I know why my son wants you. He’s attracted to your strong will. He might think he’s a match for you. But he isn’t.Iam. You know it’s the truth, Soph. Tell me you wish it were my hands on you, not his.”
I’d laugh if he was worth the energy. But hearing his low hum of appreciation as his eyes drop down to my growing cleavage, and the way he tucks one hand into his suit pants to adjust himself, tells me he actually believes he’s been blessed with some sort of godly sexual prowess.
“You’re delusional.”
Drew made me come more that first time together than I ever did with Henry the entire time we dated. I could easily unleash some harsh facts that would kill the leery look in his eyes. But one of us needs to be the adult.
“You and I are over, Henry. If you want to have a mature discussion about this when Drew is here, then—"
“We’re having a baby. We owe it to it to try and work this out,” he snaps.
“I’mhavingtwobabies. Plural,” I say, keeping my voice devoid of emotion despite the fact each time he saysbaby, I want to smack him in the mouth. “Does Violet know you’re here?”
His eyes flit away from mine and his jaw hardens.
“Guess that’s a no.” I spin on my heels. Forget lunch, I’ll make do with something in the office kitchen. Anything is better than wasting time getting nowhere with him.
“She’s filing for divorce, Soph.” His words hit my back, making me turn to face him.
I stare at him, unsure what he wants me to say.
Good for her? I know a great divorce lawyer if she needs a recommendation? Drew’s been telling her to do it for years?
I settle with, “Okay.”
“So there’s nothing stopping us from being together.” He rushes toward me and grabs my hands in his. “We can have a fresh start. You, me, and our baby.”
Baby.
“Babies,” I snap for the last fucking time, pulling free of his grasp. “What do you expect me to do with the other one?”
