Craving The Wrong Brother (Sloane and Knox) novel Chapter 210

Chapter 210

–Ryan O’Brien–

Ryan collapses in his scat.

s barely past noon, and he’s exhausted. His mother, Adeline, had made him send about three dozen emails to various

companies–potentes–and:

at

Jesus Christ. Half the com on the if band another “I hope this email finds you well, he’d lose his damn mind.

And Adeline has somehow

sarenaer

even worth the attention.

that

has

Secretary.

“Don’t you have somewhere els

Ryan

“I’m right where I want to be,” she replies with at his mother who’s

looking

“What if I don’t want you here?”

“Great. You can leave.”

“It’s my office,” he says. “You can’t set up a workstation are suffocating me, Mom. I can’t breathe.”

in

penning something down in a book.

I

r an office in

your name so we can both get privacy.

You

Adeline’s pen stills, her manicured fingers hovering over th

page. Then, slowly, she raises her head and looks at him with that same cold, calculating gaze that used to send shivers down his

spine when

was a kid. But he isn’t a kid

anymore. He’s a grown man–a CEO, for God’s sake so why does her stare still make him feel like a rebellious teenager?

“I’m not giving you privacy so you can have sex with your secretary during work hours, Ryan,” she

says.

wife

“For goodness‘ sake, what do you want? You moved me and Emily into your mansion, which is almost an hour’s drive from here. You sued my for God knows what when I told you I don’t want a divorce. And now she won’t even take my calls. She’s probably in another man’s bed right now, the same person you managed to chase away from a very good partnership and somehow blame it on me. You keep saying you’re not the one leaking information to the press, but who else would it be? You’re the only person who stands to gain something from my divorce. I don’t know

what that is, maybe satisfaction of your sadistic, possessive, and manipulative cravam 32 years old, and somehow, I can’t outgrow my mom.”

Adeline cocks an eyebrow. “Are you done?”

Ryan doesn’t reply.

“You’re never getting back with Julie,” she says.

“The hell I’m not.”

“You. Are. Never. Getting. Back. With. Her. Your only concern right now should be how to save this company and a host of other things that don’t involve your dick. You’re living with your mistress. What do you want your wife for?”

“It’s called love, Mom. Didn’t you have that with Dad?”

“Shut your fucking mouth, she hisses. “You don’t know the first thing about my relationship with your father. Love doesn’t pay the bills, love doesn’t maintain reputations, and it certainly doesn’t keep people loyal. It’s a transaction, Ryan, plain and simple. And you got a bad deal. I nearly had a heart attack the day you brought that girl home, the minute you got tangled up with that… that nobody. And now you’ve somehow managed to stoop even lower. Emily is a secretary, Ryan. Your secretary. You should be ashamed to even show your face in public. You’re so lucky she’s pregnant with your child. The minute that child comes out, we’re filing for

Ryan stares at her, feeling as if he’s looking at a stranger. He shakes his head. “Some people believe children come from somewhere in the sky. That angels handpick them and give them to

o people they deserve. I wonder

I did

ong up there to end up with someone like you.”

What

For a brief, rare moment, her mask slips. Hurt flashes across her face. But just as quickly, she composes herself, eyes hardening as she opens mouth to respond. Before she can, the door swings and Emily walks in, holding an envelope.

She places it on Ryan’s desk, glancing beth 1/

“Julie?” Ryan says. “Where? Where did she

go?” He

“She’s gone, Ryan,” Emily calls behind him ” she a

his

mother. “I… I just

on his feet,

Saw

Julie. She handed me this.”

Cady halfway to the

Say hi

door.

her

with anticipation. As it rings, he glances back at Emily and Adeline, his

“Damn it!” He yanks out his phone, dialing Julie’s heart hammering, praying that she’ll answer.

mber, hands s

Adeline’s gaze has zeroed in on the envelope, her

reyes glittering wit

suspicion as she picks it up. She slices through the seal with her sharp nails.

“A resignation letter,” she says. “Quite detailed.”

“What the hell, Mom?” Ryan snaps. “That wasn’t for you.”

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His call has gone to voicemail. “Julie, please. Call me back. We need to talk. I just… I need to hear your voice.” He hangs up, look defeated as he

walks back to his chair and sinks into it.

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