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  Bia stood, this time more carefully. “I need to go.”

  “I didn’t mean to upset you,” Maya said. “Please know everything is going to be okay. You have to believe that—”

  “I’m just under the weather,” Bia said, a little too irritably. “It’s nothing to be alarmed about.”

  Bia turned to leave but dropped her notebook as she tried to hitch her purse up on her shoulder.

  Maya swooped down and retrieved the notebook before Bia could reach it. “Bia, I’m sorry.” Maya handed it to her. Bia took it with a quick jerk of the hand. “Really. I didn’t mean to upset you.”

  “Don’t worry about it. I’ll have Nicole Harrison call you if we need anything else for the article.”

  Maya nodded solemnly. “Please forgive me if I have overstepped my bounds. But I have to say this. Please know you and the baby are going to be okay. Hugh Newman may be the father of your child, but there is another man who will love you and your baby the way you deserve to be loved. And that’s not all.”

  “Oh, yes it is,” Bia said, backing away.

  “Your family cares about you deeply and will rally around you during your pregnancy. You have absolutely nothing to fear.”

  Okay, this is the last straw. Who does this woman think she is bringing my family into this, as she spouts her woo-woo nonsense pretending like she knows what’s going on? She obviously has no idea what she’s talking about.

  But if so, how did she know Bia was pregnant and that Hugh was the father? Conjecture? A lucky guess?

  “This is none of your business,” Bia said. “I’d appreciate it if you’d stop with the advice.”

  Maya’s face turned scarlet. As Bia passed through the curtains into the front of the shop, Maya said, “Bia, I’m sorry. I would never say or do anything to hurt you. Not on purpose.”

  Bia stopped and whirled around, looking Maya in the eyes. “Hurt me? You don’t even know me. So please stop talking like you do. Stay out of my business, okay? Stay out of mine, and I will certainly stay out of yours.”

  Copyright © 2014 by Nancy Robards Thompson

  ISBN-13: 9781460328934

  ONE NIGHT WITH THE BOSS

  Copyright © 2014 by Teresa Southwick

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