Page 37 of Billionaire and Nanny Secret

My eyes didn’t stray from Quinn, but my words were directed at her best friend instead. “Go upstairs,” I demanded. “Or get out.” I wanted to speak with Quinn alone, get down to the bottom of all of this, and with how Kayley was, I wasn’t going to be able to do that with her there. She would hover and put her nose in things that didn’t concern her.

“You don’t tell me what to do.”

“Now!” I roared.

That made Kayley’s back straighten, as she continued to glare at me. “I’ll just be upstairs, so if you need anything, just shout my name, and I’ll be here.”

Quinn didn’t say anything, probably because she was too focused on me, as Kayley made her way upstairs, staring at us the entire time before she disappeared at the top. Now, I could give my full attention to the woman who was supposedly carrying my child. I attempted to keep my voice level. “Were you going to tell me the truth?”

She swallowed. “No.”

“You’ve got to be kidding me!” I growled. “What were you hoping to accomplish by not telling me? What did you want to prove, that you could be a big girl, and you could raise the kid all on your own? How stupid can you be, Quinn, I mean, come on! Obviously you know that child’s best option is with me.”

“Don’t call me stupid!” she snapped, gaining some of her fire back and ripping her chin from my hand. “And what am I supposed to do, just be clear of the picture and let you enjoy the kid all to yourself? No, thank you.”

“It’s our kid,” I stated, as if she had forgotten. “Which means that I had a right to know.”

“I don’t disagree with you.”

“But you weren’t going to tell me?”

“Why would I?”

“Because I’m the father.”

“You kicked me out, Ezra, did you forget that? You fired me the second that I came home. Even if I had wanted to tell you, which I did, originally, there wasn’t time for me to. You made it incredibly clear that you wanted nothing to do with me.”

Some of my anger evaporated as I thought about what she was saying. Maybe I shouldn’t have been so hasty with how I’d acted, but I hadn’t thought that I’d had any other options. I’d thought that it was going to be the best for both of us.

“So, was not telling me your way of spiting me?” I asked, inhaling and exhaling deeply to keep myself calm. “Your way of getting back at me because I hurt your feelings?”

“You think that this is what all of this is about?” She asked and cocked her head to the side. “I would think that you would know me better and would have thought better of me, at this point.”

“I don’t know what to think, Quinn, you lied to me,” I pointed out.

“Hey, I never lied,” she argued. “I just withheld the truth.”

“That’s the same thing.”

“You made it obvious that you didn’t want me. Was I supposed to think that you would feel differently about the kid? If you didn’t want me, what reason would you want to have a kid with me?”

“Don’t you think that a child changes everything?”

“No, I don’t,” she answered simply. “If you didn’t love me before, a child isn’t going to change that. And I’m not going to bind you to me just because you got me knocked up when you weren’t able to hold yourself back.”

“You thought that was all that it meant to me?” I asked Quinn, surprised by her words. Had I really hurt her this much? “That you were available, and I’d just had urges and couldn’t hold myself back?”

“That’s exactly what it was. You wanted me, and you always get what you want. And now that you’re done with me, you’re pushing me aside because I don’t fit into the perfect little life that you’ve formed.”

“You weren’t just a one-night stand.”

“So, you had feelings for me?” she asked, placing her hands on her lips and tilting her head, to the side.

My hand ran through my hair. “I don’t know.”

“Because if you did, and this is your way of showing it, then you’re nothing but a child, an immature kid who can’t handle showing his feelings for others. You felt something for me, and you pushed me away because you like to keep your distance. Don’t you think that’s ridiculous? You’re going to end up by yourself.”

“Don’t you think that I know that?”

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