The Price of Honor
“The darkened cottage and empty driveway were not good signs when combined with the odd tone of her voice when she had called and his inability to reach her by phone afterward.
The foyer light clicked on and the door opened. Megan stood in the narrow gap. He scanned her from head to toe, searching for whatever could be amiss. “Are you and the bébé all right?”
Looking mussed and sleepy but otherwise perfectly healthy in her running shorts, T-shirt and bare feet, she swept back her tousled hair. “...Of course. Why wouldn’t we be?”
Fear retreated, forced out by anger. “You did not answer your phone any of the dozen times I tried to call you back.”
Her expression turned defiant. “I told you it wasn’t important.”
“You sounded upset.”
“I wasn’t upset. I was excited.”
“Why?”
“Xavier, it’s late. I’m not up to butting heads with you tonight. Can’t this wait until tomorrow?”
“I left my fiancée sitting alone in a Monaco café, and I canceled a series of urgent business meetings with my executive staff to jet across the Atlantic to ensure you and the bébé were safe.”MoreLess
The foyer light clicked on and the door opened. Megan stood in the narrow gap. He scanned her from head to toe, searching for whatever could be amiss. “Are you and the bébé all right?”
Looking mussed and sleepy but otherwise perfectly healthy in her running shorts, T-shirt and bare feet, she swept back her tousled hair. “...Of course. Why wouldn’t we be?”
Fear retreated, forced out by anger. “You did not answer your phone any of the dozen times I tried to call you back.”
Her expression turned defiant. “I told you it wasn’t important.”
“You sounded upset.”
“I wasn’t upset. I was excited.”
“Why?”
“Xavier, it’s late. I’m not up to butting heads with you tonight. Can’t this wait until tomorrow?”
“I left my fiancée sitting alone in a Monaco café, and I canceled a series of urgent business meetings with my executive staff to jet across the Atlantic to ensure you and the bébé were safe.”MoreLess
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