All Chapters of Money Can't Buy Love: Chapter 81 - Chapter 90

RaineyThe taxi ride home gave me enough time to stew in my own head about everything that had happened between Michael and me. I hated that he was an incredible lover on top of being the most gorgeous man I’d ever met. No one was perfect, and his flaw was his connections to dangerous company. I sure knew how to pick them.I knew prodding into his life wasn’t the best morning wake-up, but I needed to know everything if I was going to get involved with him. I had Tanner to think about. I almost slipped and told Michael about my son. He made me want to open up to him. If I did, then I would be opening a vulnerable part of me. And it was a good thing I didn’t. I didn’t want my son involved with anything dangerous. He was going to have enough issues with Killian once he was old enough to see that his father was a deadbeat. For right now, I wanted to preserve the innocence within Tanner.Halfway home, I knew what I had to do. I pulled out my phone and started writing up a letter to Michael

MichaelAfter Rainey had hung up on me, I knew I’d fucked up. Why did I tell her the truth? It was easier for me to protect her if she was unaware of the syndicate. She’d put me under her spell. Now she didn’t even want to speak to me. I hoped a day away from each other would clear her head enough to have a decent conversation with her tomorrow at work. It wasn’t the first time we had a disagreement with each other. And Rainey needed this job. We would figure it out.That thought carried me over to the next day. To help the process along, I ordered breakfast for the office. I knew everyone’s usual order from the deli down the street. I picked it up a few minutes before Sandra and Rainey were due in for work.When I arrived at the office, Sandra was in the process of hanging up her things in the closet behind her desk.“Good morning, Michael,” she said.“Good morning, Sandra.” I reached into the bag and pulled out a lox and cream cheese bagel.She grinned. “It’s a good thing I didn’t e

RaineyAs the driver pulled away from the building, I rested my head in my hands. I couldn’t believe Michael saw me crying! I held it together the entire day at work. Getting into the elevator and making the final trip out of that building had washed over me and my emotions got the best of me. I never thought he would chase after me. I had a feeling he would try something to get me to come back. I hoped, for his sake, that he would get the hint. It sucked big time that I had to start all over again in my personal and professional life, but it's what I had to do to protect Tanner. And I held onto the fact that Tessa had my back.Next, I had to tell Mom and convince her this was the right choice. I could already feel her disappointed eyes on me, and while I could have told her everything, Michael’s business wasn’t any of hers. To Tessa, it had been a no-brainer about Michael, but Mom always had an optimistic hope that everything would work out for me. If I told her he was involved with

MichaelMy heart beat hard in my chest, and a whooshing sound took residence in my ears. I stared at the little boy in front of me, the echo of my words clung to the still air of the room.“You have a son?” I growled, flashing my teeth.Rainey stood there, her mouth falling open.Her resignation letter remained on the floor at her feet.“T-Tanner,” she said finally and ushered him out of the room.I took in the small apartment before me. No wonder Rainey never wanted me to come here. She lived in a place the size of my living room. But the biggest reason for hiding her life had been the pint-sized human that she failed to mention.I stepped into the room, needing to explore the life that Rainey so carefully hid from the start. This changed everything. For one, she lied to me. At the interview, she told me she didn’t have anything in her life that would hold her back from being on call, traveling, or being at my beck and call. Did she somehow have enough money to pay for a nanny? The c

RaineyI flinched as the door slammed against the frame. I blinked a few times in utter shock. I couldn’t believe Michael accused me of those horrible things. For him to come to my house and speak to me like that was unprofessional and downright rude.I whipped around and checked Tanner’s room. The door remained closed. I’d promised him ice cream for dessert for him to stay in there. Good thing he had a sweet tooth.I sprinted across the living room and stood next to the window. Michael’s car was in the street, the warm exhaust creating a plume of smoke to come out of the back end of the black sedan. Michael appeared from the side of my house, and I leaned away from the window, just keeping him in view. But he’d never be able to see me if he looked back.My resignation letter was in his fist, half of it under his crushing fingers.If I didn’t know he was pissed when he left, I did now. His shoulders were almost at his ears, and I could feel the anger rolling off of him in waves, even