Romance: Sports Romance: ON SIDE (Secret Baby Pregnancy Football Romance) (Contemporary New Adult Fiction) Read Online Free PDF Page B

gossip and even though it was about her own daughter, there was a good chance that Lisa was going to let it slip. She was already making a loophole to get her out of it.
    “Whatever you do mom, don’t say anything. At least give me a few days to figure this out. You don’t have to lie to him. Just don’t say anything.”
    Lisa nodded her head, but they both knew that the secret was doomed. As they pulled up to the house, she noticed a truck with dealer plates. “Who is that?”
    “Oh, I forgot to tell you. Your father has one of his recruits over. They just signed a big deal and are celebrating.”
    Ania closed her eyes, telling herself that there was no way it was Ashton.
    “Which recruit?”
    “Oh, the one that stayed with us a while back. Real handsome boy, good manners, what was his name…”
    “Ashton.”
    “Yes, that’s it. Your father invited him to dinner. Well, that will be good. Keep me from opening my big mouth.”
     
    Chapter 8
    “It’s good to see you again Ania.”
    His voice made her lift her head. She had gone to her bedroom to change and was not expecting the man to be there waiting for her when she got out.
    “What are you doing here Ashton?”
    “Celebrating a contract with Dallas. I thought you would have heard.”
    “I have other things to worry about Ashton.”
    She moved to go past him and he stopped her with a hand on her arm. “Wait.”
    Her eyes moved up to his dark depths and like before, she found it hard to think when he was looking at her like that. More than anything, Ania wanted to blurt out the truth once and for all. She wanted him to know what she had just learned but knew that she couldn’t. He would just think her one of those women that got pregnant on purpose or worse yet, he just wouldn’t care. If he had cared, he would have called, came to see her while he was in town. But he had done neither of those things and Ania knew that it was best to cut him loose. Let him live his life and she was going to live hers.
    “Please let go of me, Ashton.”
    “I thought you would be happy to see me.”
    “I am. It has been months though Ashton and it was one time. We barely know each other.”
    He released her and looked at her as if she was lying to him. There was no way that she felt nothing. How could she feel nothing when he had thought of her day and night for months?
    “I am sorry to bother you, Ania. I was just hoping that we could talk. I have missed you.”
    Ania wanted to believe him, but something inside of her wouldn’t accept it. If he had loved her, he would have been there a long time before. She wasn’t going to just be a convenience for him. Ania didn’t look back as she went downstairs to the dining room. Ania had almost forgotten about the doctors, Ashton taking over all thought, but was reminded when she saw her mother sitting there like she had just eaten a canary.
    Sitting down, she waited for Ashton to get back down there so they could start. He was staring at her all through dinner and her mother seemed to notice. Lisa, always one to put her nose in things that were not her business, started a conversation that no one at the table wanted to have.
    “So Ashton. Are you seeing anyone?”
    Ania almost spit out her drink and glared at her mother. “No, I am not. I have a girl that I am trying to get to notice me, but she is not interested.”
    “Well with that big contract, I don’t think anyone will be able to tell you no.”
    He looked at Ania for a moment and smiled back at Lisa. “I wish you were right, but nothing seems to work.”
    Dave didn’t know what they were talking about and interrupted with a request for the peas next to his wife. He was unaware of the small drama going on in front of him. Ashton wasn’t unaware though and it made him uncomfortable in front of Dave.
    Ania went for the wine, her mind not thinking and it was her mother’s comment that reminded her that she couldn’t. “Dear you know that you can’t drink