A Broken Contract (Alpha's Secret Regret) novel Chapter 41

I could feel Nick’s eyes on me and was starting to feel warm from his annoyance. Yet I didn’t spare him another glance as I walked away. The lady’s mouth hung open like she wanted to say something, but I didn’t have the patience to wait and hear whatever she had to say.

I laid Alex on the bed in the room Nick decided would be his. Nick was behind me. I could feel him. When I turned around, he stood by the door, glaring at me.

I tucked my son in and was pulling a stool close to sit beside the bed when he took two strides, grabbed my arm and dragged me out of the room.

I yanked myself free once we were out the door.

“Let go!”

“I hired that nanny to help,” he said.

“Help with what? Taking care of my son once you separate me from him?”

“I thought we have an understanding? It's all in your hands, I already told you this. You keep to my terms and there'll be no separation,” he replied.

“Is your mother part of this understanding?”

His eyes flashed with an emotion I couldn’t quite name. Then he spoke in a gentler voice. “Sara, what happened today… wasn’t supposed to happen. My mother flew in unexpectedly... Anyway it won't happen again.”

I was stunned. Was the almighty Nick Reign offering an explanation to the lowly me? Was he apologizing?

“She kidnapped the child,” I said, not meaning for my voice to be that soft. If that was an apology, I shouldn't be making it too easy for him.

“That’s over now," he said. "So let’s move forward -”

“By move forward, you mean let’s groom someone to take my place in my son’s life. No, thanks! He doesn’t need a nanny. He has me!”

“Fortunately, Sara, it’s not for you to decide what he needs. At least, you don’t get to do that alone, anymore,” he moved closer, leaning forward to look me in the eye. My knees grew weak.

“The nanny stays,” he said in his calm, authoritative tone.

Then he walked away, leaving me staring at his back.

Feeling tired from the day’s ordeal, I retired to the room he assigned me to peel off my sweaty clothes.