Free An Unexpected Husband by Constance Masters Page B

something.”
    “What? Did you leave the stove on or something?”
    “No,” she said with a sob.
    “Then what honey? You’re worrying me.”
    “You’ll see when we get there but I was going to fix it. Honest.”
    “Fix what? Seriously Skye. I’m not messing. I want you to tell me, now.”
    “You were being bossy, when we were at my parent’s house.”
    “What? When I told you to be nice to your Mom?”
    She nodded. “You were threatening to spank me.”
    “You were being a brat.”
    “You made me go shopping with her. So I let her shop. A lot.”
    “Oh Skye, how much?”
    “Um, quite a bit.”
    “Quite a bit doesn’t tell me how much.”
    “About eight thousand dollars,” she wailed.
    “You’re joking! To make a point that you don’t need anyone telling you the right way to behave, you let you Mom spend all that money that they may not be able to afford?”
    “I feel terrible! I realized it was stupid and I was going to cancel the order but I forgot!”
    “How did she pay?”
    “Credit card.”
    “How could you mess with your parent’s finances like that? How did you even convince her to do it?”
    She hung her head and he could tell there was more and he had a sneaking suspicion he wasn’t going to like it. Not at all. “Skye.”
    “I, I told her that I was worried about what would happen.”
    “I don’t understand.”
    “I told her that we’d struggle on one salary when I went on maternity leave.”
    “Why would you say that?!” he asked. He didn’t understand, he really didn’t.
    “I knew that it would embarrass you.”
    “Wow. You. Wow.”
    “I don’t know what was wrong with me when I was there. I’m sorry Shaun…really.”
    “You will be.”
    Shaun didn’t say anything else. Neither did Skye. He watched out of the corner of his eye as she stared out of the window. She sniffled every now and then, occasionally glancing over at him to measure how angry he was. He was plenty angry.
     
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    By the time they finally parked outside Skye’s building she was very worried. Not really worried that Shaun would punish her, that was pretty much a given. She was more worried that he wouldn’t. Her biggest fear was that he’d just be so disgusted with her that he’d just leave.
    “Are you still angry?” She asked when he made no move to get out of the car.
    “No…not really. I’m surprised, that you’d be so conniving, just to make a point. A moot point I might add. You obviously DO need to be told what to do.” She hung her head.
    “So you’re not going to leave me?”
    “No of course not, but you need to know something.”
    “What?”
    “I am going to spank you and it isn’t going to be a few smacks over your panties.”
    “You can’t hurt me. I’m pregnant.”
    “I promise you I won’t do anything that would hurt you or the baby.”
    “Am I going to have to tell my Mom and Dad what I did? My Mom will be broken hearted.”
    “I honestly don’t know your Mom well enough to make that call,” he said. “I’m going to call your Dad and tell him, let him tell me the best way to go.”
    “He won’t be so angry with me if you tell him.”
    “I’m not doing it this way to cover for your naughty ass. I’m doing it this way to protect your Mom, the innocent bystander.”
    “Ok.”
    “And the baby stuff will all go back, except for the stroller.”
    “Ok.”
    He frowned and shook his head at her and her tummy flipped right over.
     
     
     

Chapter Five
     
     
    “Holy cow!” Shaun said as they entered what resembled a baby store more than an apartment. “Did you buy up the entire store?”
    “No of course not.”
    “That was a rhetorical question.”
    “Oh.” Skye wandered around running her hands over things. Skye smiled. “This is so cute.”
    “Skye,” Shaun warned. “Don’t touch or open anything.”
    “I’m not. Geez. I’m just looking.”
    He frowned. He could have sworn with all