All Chapters of Accidentally In Love With You: Chapter 281 - Chapter 290

Nobody had recognized Talia at the craft store and she’d happily purchased several miniature kits thanks to Carter’s credit card. Parker offered to buy them for her, but she declined. He was already doing so much for her. She couldn’t possibly expect him to pay for her new hobby as well. It wasn’t as if Talia didn’t have money. She had a lot of it, but it was all under the control of her father, and he could track any purchases she made. That was another thing Anthony was going to look into. Just how did Mark Bennett get so much control over her life? Talia knew it was partly her fault for not taking more interest in the ‘business’ side of her life, but to be honest, it had never occurred to her. She’d been acting since she was a kid and, of course, Mark had authority over all the contracts and whatnot. The problem was, that she had never changed that when she became an adult. It was part laziness and part ignorance. Talia had trusted that her father would do the right thing

“Thank you,” Talia said, turning in her seat to face Parker. They were sitting in his car in the garage of their apartment building after having spent a couple of hours driving around the city in search of other tiny art installations. Parker shrugged and smiled. “It was nothing.” Talia reached out and laid her hand on his arm. “It wasn’t nothing. You did all this research for me. I thought…” She shook her head and looked away from him. He laid his hand over hers. “You thought what?” “I thought you would think my interest in miniatures was childish and trivial. I didn’t expect you to encourage it.” She looked back at him. It was dim in the underground garage, but she could see him clearly enough, and the way he was looking at her made her heart flutter. No one had looked at her like that before. “Why would you think that?” he asked. She shrugged, not looking away from him. “You weren’t very keen on it when I first mentioned it. Plus, my interest

Parker whistled as he waltzed into The Playbook offices on Monday. Talia had slept in his bed all weekend and waking up next to her was…he couldn’t say what exactly, except to say that it put him in an excellent mood. That could also have been because of the morning sex. Before he could walk into the conference room for their Monday morning meeting, a hand grabbed his elbow and pulled him into an empty office. “What the fuck, Liam?” Parker exclaimed, pulling his arm free and glaring at his friend. “I should be asking you the same question,” Liam said with a frown. “What the fuck, Parker?” “Okay, you’re going to need to be more specific because right now I have no clue what your problem is.” Liam raised his eyebrows at Parker. “Really?” He crossed his arms and narrowed his eyes. “You have no clue why I might question what you’ve been up to all weekend?” Ah. Parker had forgotten that Liam saw him and Talia together. “I spent a quiet weekend at home,” he replied innocentl

Parker slammed his fist against Carter’s door. “Open the fuck up, Carter. I know you’re in there.” “Keep your bloody shirt on,” Carter said as he swung open the door. The guy looked like he didn’t have a care in the world. Meanwhile, Parker’s life was falling apart quicker than a sandcastle at high tide. Parker barged into Carter’s apartment and after a moment and a long sigh, Carter closed the door and followed him into the living area. Parker looked around. It wasn’t often any of them came into Carter’s apartment. He tended to make sure any gatherings were held elsewhere. Parker could see why. His apartment was as cold as the man himself could be. “To what do I owe this pleasure?” Carter asked, sitting down on his couch and looking up at Parker expectantly. “You didn’t tell Talia about the photos?” Parker asked. “No, of course you didn’t. Why did I even think you would?” “I thought it was best if she didn’t know about them.” “Yeah, well, she knows about

“You are not taking this situation seriously enough,” Mark Bennett said. Parker had stayed out of sight, not sure if Carter wanted him to reveal himself. Not to mention that Parker was just a little intrigued to hear what Talia’s father thought about everything that was going on. Would he understand how his behavior had contributed to the situation? Or was the man so emotionally deficient that he was oblivious to his own misdeeds? From what Talia said, it seemed the latter was the case. And not that Parker didn’t believe Talia or her experiences, seeing the evidence of it, would…would what? Make it more credible. Even Parker didn’t like the place where his thoughts had gone. His only excuse was that he’d been employing the strategy of using multiple accounts in his journalism since university, and it was a hard habit to break. He didn’t even want to entertain the idea that hearing Mark’s side of the story would validate Talia’s. “I thought that story would make her come home