Bargaining with the boss - v. 10

PENNINGTON Moment of truth! Eleri worked hard at being levelheaded, to make up for one solitary mistake in her teens.

But there were times when being sensible was difficult!

Take the situation with James Kincaid. Eleri had been in love with James, her former boss, for ages, and now not only was James begging her to return to the job from which she'd resigned, he made it clear he found her very attractive, too!

Eleri longed to give in to her feelings for James, but forced herself to keep her distance.

She had to, because of her secret: what if James discovered that Nico, the boy he thought of as her younger brother, was actually her son?

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