Total pages in book: 75
Estimated words: 69170 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 346(@200wpm)___ 277(@250wpm)___ 231(@300wpm)
Estimated words: 69170 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 346(@200wpm)___ 277(@250wpm)___ 231(@300wpm)
Damon was there, of course, when we were talking, but I had no idea that he was going to call her to come out here. “Hi, I’m Jolene.” I greeted the two strangers. I held out my hand, but they both refused because Damon had warned them not to touch me. Now I understood why the three of them were wearing masks. He was going too far.
“You’re supposed to sit over there.” Sheila pointed to a chair that was almost at the other end of the table.
“Well, how am I supposed to see what you’re doing?”
“That’s not a problem.” Amber got up and walked to the whiteboard, which I’d missed when I walked in. You have got to be kidding me.
That was the first day. Now, this morning, I told him I was going to head to the house to take care of laundry and some other things that I’d left undone, and he took my keys and told me no. When I said I’d just call a cab or Uber, he said he’d arrest them, and here we are.
“While we’re at it, why don’t you call a realtor? I was thinking you could rent the place out, turn it into an Airbnb or a bed and breakfast, or better yet, let your kids have it once they leave college until they go out on their own. Unless, of course, you want them to move in here. We’ve got plenty of space.”
I watched him walk around the room from my place on the bed, where he’d ordered me to stay a little longer. I’m almost certain this goober has never been around a pregnant woman. I wasn’t even this cosseted during my first pregnancy.
“Damon, sweetheart, come here.” I took my life in my hands and got to my knees on the bed. He walked over and laid me back gently.
“You can talk from there.” I made the mistake of rolling my eyes where he could see, and that set him off again.
“You can roll your eyes until they’re in the back of your head, but unless you want me to cuff you to this bed until I come home tonight, you’ll do as you’re told. What’s it gonna be?” He actually removed his cuffs.
I thought fast and agreed because I knew there was no way for him to stop me once he left. “Fine. I’ll stay in bed like an invalid all day.” You nutjob. He started to leave and I was thanking my lucky stars when he walked over to the wall and pressed a button that had cameras coming down from the four corners of the room.
“What the hell?”
“You didn’t think I was gonna trust you, did you? I’ll tell you what, since you’re hard of hearing, you can go wherever you want.”
“Yeah, thank you.”
“But my kid stays here.”
“Asshole jerk, how the hell am I supposed to do that?”
“Figure it out since you know everything.”
He had the nerve to walk back to the bed and kiss me before walking out of the room. I don’t see what he has to be so snippy about. I’m the one who he’s put on house arrest without cause. I should call his captain and complain, but I’m afraid of what the nutter would do next.
“Seven-hundred and fifty? Who the hell knows seven hundred people?”
“My Dad, Mom, and me. Why? How many you got?” I just got off the phone with the wedding planner, who informed me that the guest count was at seven-fifty.
“Fifty, and I thought that was too much.” I haven’t had a moment’s peace since I met this man. Not only do I have to deal with his shit, but all of a sudden, Kevin seems to have lost his mind as well.
He’d been by the house and found no one there, then the kids must’ve told him that I had moved out essentially and he called having a fit about me taking the house only to abandon it. Damon must’ve realized from my tone that Kevin was being an asshole because he took the phone from my hand and told him to get lost.
“Don’t yell at my woman, or we’re gonna have an issue.” I don’t know what answer he received, but he decided to go for the jugular. “In the future, I’d appreciate it if you didn’t call my fiancée before noon because that’s about the time I let her out of my bed. You understand.” Then he hung up. Looks like he woke up this morning and chose violence.
I’ll have to remind my ex not to call my phone because, after that call, Damon almost killed me in his bed as if he thought he could fuck my past right outta me. Nutcase.
“I like this one.” He pointed to the wedding gown of his choice.
“I do, too, but it will show off my stomach too much.” The dress was a beautiful lace column, trumpet mermaid dress with a chapel train in ivory. My eyes kept going to it, but as gorgeous as it was, I knew my pregnancy belly would be on full display in something like this.