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He made it sound like a court case, Merida thought as the door closed on him. A delay in proceedings. Temporarily adjourned.
Yet as her anger faded she was actually grateful for the reprieve...
Merida opened the curtains to a gorgeous summer night and lay in bed, looking out to the park and remembering filming there and walking across the bridge, never thinking she would see Ethan again.
Let alone be back in this suite.
‘We are where we are.’
Those words had angered her when he’d said them, yet oddly they comforted her now.
Ethan knew.
They would move on from there.
CHAPTER NINE
ETHANDIDN’TGOHOME.
Instead he landed on Abe, who had a stunning brownstone in Greenwich Village.
He took for ever to answer the door.
‘Sorry to disturb you.’
‘No problem.’
‘Tell Candice—’
‘She’s not here,’ Abe said. ‘I took her home. Come in.’
‘How was Jobe?’ Ethan asked as Abe poured them both a Scotch. They often referred to their father by his name; it worked far better in meetings.
‘He stuck it out right to the end, but he was pretty wrecked by the time it was over. I’ve just been looking at the press write-ups. His weight loss hasn’t gone unnoticed.’
‘Well, it wouldn’t, would it?’ Ethan said. ‘He must have lost thirty pounds. Why can’t he just step back?’
‘According to him, now’s not the time. Anyway, you’re not here about that, are you?’
‘Nope.’ Ethan looked over to his brother, and for a moment wondered about the wisdom of coming to Abe for advice.
Abe, even by Ethan’s standards, was a rake. God alone knew how Candice put up with him. Then again, Abe was brilliant, and tonight Ethan needed his brain.
‘I met a woman some time back. The night Jobe first went in to hospital...’
‘How long have you been seeing her?’
‘Just that night,’ Ethan said, and took a drink. ‘She’s from England.’
‘And...?’ Abe pushed.
‘I’ve just found out that she’s pregnant.’
‘I hope you’ve told her that there’s no way it can be yours.’
Ethan said nothing.
‘And there is no way itcanbe yours because you wouldn’t be so idiotic as to have unprotected sex...’
