Chapter 243 The Unyielding Standoff
Summer’s gaze unconsciously flickered to the man in the driver’s seat,
His brisad hand gripped the wheel, knuckles taut. Even bathed in the neon glow of the windows, his chiseled profile remained dterm a marble statue of restrained anger
She knew that look. He was angry.
As the Mystery pulled into Brookhaven Estates, Summer quickly unbuckled her seatbelt. Thanks for the ride_”
The driver’s door slanumed shut mül–sentence.
Fraser circled the car, all towering arrogance, one hand in his pocket. “Let’s god
Summer blinked. “I can walk myself.”
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Tm not escorting you, he said flatly, his eyes glattering “Tm making sure the mother of my child doesn’t trip and crack her skull on the sidewalk”
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The riverfront confrontation was still simmering between then, sharpening his tone to the edge of a blade.
Summer huffed. What danger could lurk in a 300–yard walk through a gated community
Ignoring him, she marched on. Fraser kept pace, watching the way her skirt fluttered with each step, small, defiant swirls in the night air.
At her front door. Summer jammed the key in the lock and barricaded the
“Home safe. Good night.
With her body.
Fraser’s grin was icy as he noticed her white–knuckled grip on the doorframe. Tiding someone in there?”
Unbelievable.
Every rational conversation tonight had bounced off his titanium skull
Summer’s voice turneil arctic. “One last time, Fraser. This baby! Is mine!”
The smart lock beeped as she slammed the door.
Thud.
Fraser stared at the sealed entrance, then harked a humorless laugh.
When had the grown such a backbone?
First she’d tried to terminate the pregnancy. Then she’d unilaterally decided to raise the child on her own.
Since when did women get to make all the rulest
His phone vibrated. Xavier’s name flashed on the screen
“So, Mr. Graham, came the teasing voice. “Have you successfully wooed back our dear Summer?”
Fraser’s gaze lingered on the closed door. “Since when are you the relationship office?
Navier chuckled. Just looking out for you. It sounds like you’re getting some, though. How about a drink? Let my! mind solve your problems. Come on, I’ll be waiting at Aurora.”
Chapter 243 The Unyielding Standoff
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Fraser grabbed a cup. A waiter materialized and poured in the whiskey
The whiskey burned like liquid fire in his throat–fitting given the inferno in his chest.
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Broke with the father and only left the baby” Fraser mattered, swirling the amber liquid “What kind of twisted logic is that?”
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