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"Then maybe she can come with me?" he suggested.
Blood rushed to her head.No way in hell. Adrianna shook her head. "You're not taking my child anywhere without me. I don’t want her anywhere near your parents. I won’t have them shaming her," she almost shouted.
He stood up and they were toe-to-toe, face-to-face when he shouted back, "One, Bronwyn will never have to interact with Walter. I cut him off last night, so you don’t ever have to worry about him being anywhere near her.”
Adrianna’s mouth drifted open, but he held up a hand to stop her from saying anything and continued, “Two, I wasn't suggesting we would go without you."
"That's what you said, and I can't go anywhere with you. I have a business to run."
The air was thick and both of them were more than ready to have it out.
"Let me play the devil’s advocate here, no offense Cam,” Lauren said. “Adri, you can go. I may not be as thorough as you, but I can manage the staff. You can do the books and the ordering from anywhere. You have yet to take a vacation this year and Bron will be out for spring break the week after next."
Adrianna shot Lauren what could only be defined as a death look and then began shaking her head. “That’s out of the question. His exhibition is not until two weeks from now and Bron would miss an additional week of school. We can’t be gone that long. I can’t do this to you, Lo. You have exams for your certification coming up.”
“I’m more than okay to handle it. I think Bron should go spend time with Cam and you.” Lauren smiled and there was something Cam couldn’t catch happening.
He didn’t care though. Lauren was helping him for some reason. He would take that. If anyone knew how to make Adri agree to stuff, it was Lauren. They’d been best friends all their lives and you rarely saw one without the other.
He could practically see the thoughts scrolling through Adri’s brain. She didn’t want to go, that was sure, but he couldn’t leave Bron to think he was abandoning her. He needed to be around his daughter. Adrianna would have to swallow her discomfort.
"I think that settles it. Don’t you?" he asked, earning his own murderous look.
Adrianna pressed a hand to her belly and breathed. “Okay, fine. If you say that we don’t have to deal with your father, we can go with you. Lauren is right. I can do the scheduling and booking remotely.” She spoke through clenched teeth and her breath was choppy.
Cam was careful not to smile. “Thank you. I know it’s not easy for you to just leave and I appreciate you doing it for—”
“Bron. I would do anything for Bron. She needs to feel secure and if what it takes is to be away for a few days, then that’s fine. Tomorrow, I need to go meet with the principal about the incident yesterday. She wants to discuss it and make sure it doesn’t happen again. I can talk to her about our impromptu vacation and coordinate with the teachers for her work and homework.” The color in her face was darker and her eyes glowed like flames.
God, she was hot when she got mad.Cam dismissed the thought as soon as it came. Nothing good could come of that.It would be a lot harder to dismiss the tightening in certain areas.“I’ll come with you and Bron to the school tomorrow.”
Adrianna gave him a brusque nod. “Good. She will love showing your around.”
Cam smiled this time. It was hard not to. He’d get to spend the day with them.
“I did some research. The Maryland Diagnostics Lab is twenty minutes away from her school. They can take us in after,” Adrianna said.
“For what?” he asked.
She squared him with a look. “The paternity test. As your lawyer stated in his email, we might as well get the wheels in motion. You can run it by him but it’s a legit place.”
Lauren humphed low, turning cold, accusing eyes on him.
His good mood evaporated. She’d blasted it away with two sentences and fucked up his day with the rest. “Adrianna, I don’t know what you’re talking about. My lawyer wouldn’t have contacted you without my permission and I don’t need that right now. We can wait ’til New York.”
She shook her head. “Elias Sanders is right. There’s no point in waiting, as it’s the norm in these cases. You can get the results while we’re there. Let’s just get it over and out of the way quickly.”
