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As she descended, she could hear the crashing off patio furniture, and she winced

Chapter Twelve

Samson stayed out of the office for the rest of the week He was still too angry with April to deal hat had happened Moreover, he was too angry with hi i out that impatience on her, for a situation that was out of her control, had been so far beyond how he ever i her that he felt he didn’t really deserve the co

Still, he missed her It was only a matter of days, but he ached without her near He did his work froes to the office, and kept to hih more bottles of wine that week than he cared to admit

The next Monday, Samson steeled himself to return to the office It was ti out During his ti Of course, he couldn’t possibly have her get an abortion He would never do that to her, given how she felt about the baby already, and knowing how she grew up, it would be cruel to force so after that, Saet rid of his own child

His main difficulty with the whole situation was that after everything, he would have to actually be a father He wasn’t sure their child deserved that

Regardless, his insecurities were no reason to punish the around and feeling sorry for himself He picked up a triple espresso latte and headed into the office deterht between them

When Saht Many of the staff were staring at hiers He approached Babette’s desk, and she juh she’d been stuck with a pin

“Sir,” she muttered

“Could you collect es, Babette? I have quite a bit to catch up on”

“Absolutely, sir” Babette fuanizer

Sa on? Why is everyone acting so strangely? Is it because of my absence?”

“Well, probably the reason for your absence”

Samson blinked “What would you know about that?”

Babette stared at hi that he snapped, “Spit it out!”

“April left I-I don’t know” Babette rubbed her lips and then looked up at hie expression “I have no idea why You should talk to her team”