Free ROMANCE: BILLIONAIRE ROMANCE: The CEO's Game (CEO Bad Boy Alpha Male Stepbrother Romance) (New Adult Romance Short Stories) by Kristina King Page B

face that made Sadie almost feel guilty.
    Sadie smiled at him and nodded. "Let me know when you're done reviewing that and I'll start making the phone calls to setup all the interviews." She told him.
    "Sounds good to me." He said starting to read and go through the files on the tablet. "I'll email you my thoughts on each applicant before I go, just text me where the real estate person plans on meeting me."
    "Sure." Sadie said and then high tailed it out of his office before she dry heaved again from the smell of his lunch. Realizing that once she got some water into her and ate a couple of dry crackers something was wrong with her.
    Thinking back to when her last period was, she realized she hadn't had one in a few weeks.
    Crap.
    No, this wasn't possible. Sadie sat in her office stunned. She knew in her gut that she was but knowing she needed to be sure, she texted Cedric and told him she was taking her lunch break and would be back in an hour. Driving to the nearest pharmacy, she bought a pregnancy test and used their bathroom.
    Peeing on the stick she didn't even want to look at it. She set it on the edge of the sink and stared at her phone for three minutes, forcing herself not look at it.
    When the three minutes were up, she picked up the digital test and when the word "Pregnant" was bright and clear she dropped it on the floor and panicked for a minute.
    This was the last thing she needed. Cedric was going to kill her. She blamed herself. She'd been drinking, he'd been drinking and they hadn't been careful.
    Oh, God, she was such an idiot. She was a responsible adult, she should have known better.  She wasn't normally sexually active, so she hadn't been on birth control pills. Cedric must have assumed she had been, because he hadn't been careful either.
    Picking up the test and shoving it into her purse, she drove with dread back to the office. She sat in her car and stared up at the office window for a few minutes before getting the nerve to go up there and tell him.
    He had a right to know.
    Walking with a knot in her throat, she went upstairs and knocked on Cedric's office door.
    "Come in." He said and Sadie saw he was writing on his laptop while scrolling through the tablet he'd set on his desk next to it.
    "Cedric?" She asked him, the urge to run away overwhelmed her for a moment but she took a deep breath and forced herself to walk into the room.
    "Are you okay Sadie?" Cedric looked up and noticed how pale she looked and saw her hands shaking.
    "There's something I need to tell you," She started to say.
    Cedric jumped to his feet, "You better not be telling me you quit."
    "No, I don't plan on quitting, but I have something you need to know." She told him and reached into her purse and pulled out the test. She tossed it to him and waited for the reaction.
    Cedric stared down at it and then did the thing she least expected. He started to laugh.
    "Are you okay?" She asked him, shocked by his reaction.
    Looking up, he grinned at her. "Absolutely. I'd been trying to figure out how I was going to force you to give me another chance. I'm assuming since you told me, you didn't plan on aborting, which means you're stuck with me. Go out with me tonight?"
    Sadie stared at him in shock. No, abortion had never crossed her mind, but then again, she hadn't had time to process anything either yet.
    "Go out with you tonight?"
    "Yes, no stress, you don't have to come home with me, let’s have a nice relaxed meal and we can talk about our future." Cedric walked over to her and put his hand to her cheek, the other hand still holding the test. "The reason I made changes to this office is because of you Sadie, if you haven't noticed I haven't gone home with any other women since that night we spent together, nor have I had any sexual relations with any other woman. You deserve better, and I'm willing to try and be the man you need if you'll meet me half way. We deserve to be happy."
    "Do you love me?" Sadie asked him bluntly, knowing