Page 105 of Heartbreak Hero

Her friend lifted her phone.

Birds chirping overhead brought her eyes up and she smiled, remembering her parents’ shocked faces when they learned what Ana had found.

Undeniable proof that Levi Huxley came from big money. His family built and owned several successful empires. The man’s parents could buy hers at least five times over.

Oh man, when she remembered her parents’ faces, she wanted to cackle. They had broken the engagement off with Justin and had started pressuring her to call Levi.

“No.” Sara shook her head.

“Why not?” Laura insisted. “He seems perfect for you.”

“You’re talking with dollar signs in your eyes,” Sara said.

“That’s not true. I just want to see you settled with someone worthy.”

“When you thought he was a nobody, he wasn’t worthy,” Sara reminded her.

“That says more about them than anything,” Ana cut in. “And you have something important to tell him.”

Jack had been quiet up to this point and now spoke.

“I may have misjudged him. He did give the money back.”

“You lied to me about that.” Sara wasn’t as forgiving.

“Wait…what do you have to tell him?” Laura said, confusion wrinkling her brow.

Sara glared at Ana. “Don’t.”

“Why not?” Ana tipped her chin and then gave her stomach a pointed look.

“Oh my god,” Laura said. Her mother, if nothing else, was very astute. “You’re pregnant.”

The scuff of a shoe and footsteps brought her once again to the sound of birds and the slight warm breeze.

That’s when she saw him.

He stood on the path. The backdrop of the majestic gardens behind his powerful shoulders. The wind lifted his hair slightly. His beard was perfectly groomed, and his eyes were piercing blue in the bright sunlight.

She wasn’t ready. She thought she would be before his appearance, but now that he was here and standing in front of her, it was almost more than she could bear.

“You didn’t tell me you gave the money back,” she said. It was the first thing she could think of.

“I took it.”

She smiled slightly. “You did. When did you give it back?”

“After we met in San Francisco.”

“Why?”

“Because you were more than a job by that time,” he said, his voice low and rough.

Sara nodded and fingered a long strand of her hair. She held his gaze across the distance.

“You said you wanted to date me,” she said.

“Yes.”

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