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MY CONTRACT MARRIAGE Chapter Fifty one
Alex paced the confines of his New York office as he waited for Roslyn to arrive. He didn’t want to be here. He wanted to be with Maya . Theron had stayed with her, and Alex simmered with impatience. Her condition hadn’t changed. Even when she’d awakened, she’d been distant, unfocused,there but not there. It was as if she’d gone to a place where he couldn’t hurt her anymore.He closed his eyes and tried to focus on the task at hand. When he heardZuri enter, he stiffened. It was all he could do not to rage at her, not to breakbher skinny neck. It took everything he had to smile and act as though nothing was wrong, as though he didn’t loathe the very ground she walked on.“You wanted to see me?” Zuri said breathlessly.“I did,” Alex murmured. He let his gaze run suggestively over her body even as his flesh crawled.Her eyes brightened, and her stance immediately became suggestive.“I’ve only just become aware of the lengths to which you went to try and get my attention,” he said with a
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Maya was dimly aware that she was being carried yet again. It wasn’t Alex . She was intimately familiar with his touch. For a moment she panicked, and then she heard comforting words being spoken in Greek and then in English.“Rest easy, little sister. You are safe.”“Where are we going?” she asked weakly.“Someplace safe,” he soothed. “Alex won’t allow anything to happen to you.”She wanted to protest that Alex wouldn’t do anything for her, but she couldn’t muster the energy. At some point, she heard Alex , and she cursedthe fact that she immediately felt safer and that some of the panic abated.She felt the brush of lips against her forehead and then firm hands tucking her into bed. Fingers stroked through her hair, and warmth enveloped her.“You are safe, . I’ll never allow anyone to hurt you again.”“Don’t call me that,” she cried. “Never again.” But she held to Alex ’s promise even as her heart screamed in protest. He’d lied to her. She couldn’t believe anything he said. And yet
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Maya stood in the bedroom, staring out the window with unseeing eyes.Nothing Alex did at this point should hurt her, but he still had that powerover her, much to her dismay.“Maya.”She swung around to see Alex standing in the doorway. He looked tired, his features drawn and his eyes worried. There was something else in hisexpression. Sadness and...fear?He started forward, a little hesitantly. “We need to talk.” She tensed then braced herself for what she knew would come. His repudiation of her. She turned her face away but nodded. Yes, they needed to talk and get it done with.His fingers curled around her chin, and he gently turned her to face him. “Don’t look like that, agape mou. I do not like to see you so sad.”“Please,” she begged. “Just say what it is you want to say. Don’t draw it out.”He lowered his hand to capture her wrist. His thumb brushed across her pulse,which jumped and sped up at his touch. “Come, sit down.”She let him lead her over to the bed. He eased down beside her
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Over the next few days, Alex saw to her every need. He coddled her,pampered her and fussed endlessly over her. He told her often that he loved her,though he was careful to keep a respectable distance between them.It would seem he went to great pains not to pressure her in any way. He wouldn’t use the passion that sparked between them as a means to sway her, and for that she was grateful.Two days after Alex had asked her to marry him again, his brothers came to visit. Maya tried to excuse herself, thinking that they’d want to discuss business with Alex , and to be honest, she still felt awkward and shamed intheir presence even though she’d done nothing to deserve their censure.But it was her they asked to speak to, and she stared at them in bewilderment as they looked gravely at her.“We have acted unforgivably toward you, little sister,” Theron said. Piers nodded in agreement. “It is understandable if you never forgive us. We were harsh. There is no defense for our treating you
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Alex wasted no time in finalizing plans for their wedding and preparing for them to travel to the island. He single-handedly rearranged his business schedule, made sure everything Maya could possibly need was purchased, though they’d already shopped for her wedding gown. She stood in awe of all hecould accomplish in such a short time.The authorities questioned her now that she’d regained her memory, and she spent several exhausting hours providing them with the few details she couldremember. The kidnappers hadn’t harmed her and had actually shown her consideration when her pregnancy became obvious. They had watched her,knowing she was close to Alex , and had struck when the opportunity arose. They’d asked for a small ransom, certain they would get it with no fuss.When no ransom had been forthcoming, they abandoned the kidnapping andarranged for Maya to be found.It was the realization that Alex had ignored the ransom that had pushedMaya beyond her limits. It was that moment in
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Ironically enough, Maya discovered she was in labor halfway down the stairs.Alone. She gripped the banister and doubled over as a contraction rippled acrossher abdomen. Wasn’t labor supposed to start out slow?She wanted to laugh at the fact that fate was obviously cursing her for trying to sneak down the stairs without Alexknowing. While he’d relented abouther taking the stairs in the earlier stages of her pregnancy, now that she was so close to her due date he’d once again insisted she not walk the stairs alone. He’d go insane now that she was nine months pregnant and, if the pain ripping out her insides was any clue, about to deliver.She stood on the step, holding on to the railing and taking deep breaths. She’d have called out if she weren’t so busy sucking air through her nose. Besides,Alexwas busy with endless calls as he and Theron worked out Theron’s relocation to the New York offices. Theron was taking over operations there soAlexcould remain in Europe. They had been ti
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***Six years laterI’m sorry to have disturbed you.”“It’s fine.” Emma attempted, struggling to sit up, slightly disorientated andextremely embarrassed that Alex had found her in the middle of the day, hot and filthy in nothing more than the skimpiest of shorts and a crop top, lying on a blanket with her eyes closed. Absolutely the last person she was expecting to see at this hour, he was dressed in his inevitable dark suit, but there was a slightlymore relaxed stance to him. He held a brown paper bag in one hand and he didn’t look in his usual rush—his usually perfectly knotted tie was loosened, the top button of his shirt undone. But his dark eyes were shielded with sunglasses making his closed expression even more unreadable if that were possible.“You’ve done a lot.”“It’s getting there.” Emma nodded. “And if I keep going at full speed, I could still be done by early next week.”He didn’t say a word, he didn’t have to. Just a tiny questioning lift of his eyebrow from behind his
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What?” One eye peeped open.“Abdominal breathing,” she explained, but from the two vertical lines appearing over the bridge of his nose Emma knew she was talking to the hopelessly unconverted.“You don’t move your chest,” Emma explained. “Remember when Alex wasa baby and you watched her sleep?”The frown faded a touch, a small smile lifting one edge of his mouth.“Babies know how to relax,” Emma said. “They instinctively know how tobreathe properly.” “Like this?” Alex asked, dragging in air, and Emma watched as he struggled with the concept. His stomach was moving but so too was his chest.“Almost. Look, I’ll help you. Just push against my hand.” Sitting up slightly, she instinctively moved to correct him. She’d shown this to numerous friends,knew how to show him simply, but her movements were hesitant, her hand tentative as it reached out towards him, hovered over the flat plane of his stomach, knowing, knowing where this could lead, wanting to pull back, to endthis dangerous game,
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