Eternal Hope (The Hope Series) Read Online Free PDF Page B

thinking maybe when Daniel gets back that might be a fitting punishment?”
    “Great. Even you know he’s gone. Did you see him this morning?”
    Tess nodded. “He was really pale. I mean, paler than usual, that is. I gave him my special you’ve messed with the wrong person look. He tried to talk to me but I ignored him, and then he left with that trollop.”
    Trollop . Who even said trollop anymore? It was sweet that Tess was trying to make her feel better, but it really wasn’t working. “He tried to talk to you? He didn’t even try and talk to me .”
    “I know they had to leave immediately to catch Cassie’s contact,” Grayson interrupted. He wrung his hands in a way that made Farley feel a little sorry for him. She suspected he didn’t have to deal with boy-related drama very often. Or maybe he did. Maybe Cassie and Daniel had drama all the time. Maybe he was an expert at defusing all of their heated, sex-fuelled drama. Farley clenched her eyes shut.
    “I’m sure if he wanted to, he could have come and said goodbye at least.”
    “Uh… everything happened very quickly. He probably wanted to wait and give you a proper explanation.”
    “I think I just got all the explanation I needed from Anna.”
    Grayson’s shoulders sagged a little. “What did she say to you?”
    “Just that Daniel and Cassie have a history and they agreed to get married and have lots of babies.”
    “Splendid. I swear, that girl… I really don’t think they’ll be having a baby now. Not after all this.” He drummed his fingers on the desk in a nervous way, not meeting her eyes. He entirely missed the look of horror on her face.
    “You mean they actually planned to have a baby? Not just as something stupid you say when you’re agreeing to be someone’s back-up, but actually have a baby?”
    Grayson went a weird color, a pallid combination of sickly white mixed alternately with blue and green. “Oh, boy. Don’t listen to me. I’m just gonna stop talking.”
    “You’d better start talking, buddy,” Tess threatened. She got up from her chair, dropping her book on the desk with a loud slap. Grayson jumped.
    “Look, all I know is that Cassie has wanted children for a long time. No one’s ever really measured up to her idea of the perfect partner. Just before he went with Agatha to Los Angeles, Cassie asked Daniel if he would help her out, and he said yes.”
    “ Help her out?! ” This just wasn’t happening. Farley steadied herself by grabbing hold of the back of a nearby chair. “It’s not like he offered to loan her some money, Grayson. Agreeing to have a child with someone is a pretty big deal. You’re signing up for, like, eighteen years at least. Probably a hundred years knowing you guys! And what the hell? Why would Cassie be wanting kids?”
    “She’s a hundred and eighty three years old. She’s older than Daniel. Why wouldn’t she want children? How long do you think you could roam this earth and not want to guarantee your legacy?”
    Farley scowled. Okay, having a kid when you were that old probably was understandable, but so what? Cassie could have a million kids as far as she was concerned. Daniel on the other hand- what was he doing agreeing to something like that? And why the hell had he never breathed a word about this girl to her, let alone that he promised to be her baby daddy?
                  “Please,” Grayson pleaded, “just give him a chance to explain. Things like this are usually not as bad as they first seem.”
    A loud crash echoed somewhere out in the hallway but Farley ignored it. She was too busy staring at Grayson, wondering if the glasses were a disguise and he was actually really stupid. How could he possibly think this wasn’t as bad as it first seemed? If anything, it had been better the first few moments she was processing the news. Now, all the implications and consequences of what she’d been told were really sinking in, and everything seemed to be getting