Dangerous (The Dark Billionaire, #4) Read Free Page A

grandmother called to tell her she would arrive in thirty minutes, and Jen waited, lost in her thoughts. All of a sudden, she started to cry, completely overwhelmed by guilt and sorrow. It took her a while to realize that she was crying for June and his daughter, but also for Bruce. The man she loved was going through one of the worst period of his life and she couldn’t do anything to help.
    Then, a strange idea came to her mind. At first, it was just a meaningless thought, just like a flash. But it kept coming back again and again, persistently. There was one thing she could do to make things a little bit easier for everybody: they had to adopt June’s daughter. Her father was dead and Bruce felt guilty about it. Plus, he couldn’t have kids and she knew it was hard to accept for him. It wouldn’t improve the situation with the joint-venture, but maybe it would give Bruce a little bit of hope for the future. A child would brighten up his life and give him the strength to overcome any obstacle. Jennifer wanted to give him everything he needed to be happy and successful, and this idea of adopting an orphan was the most natural thing to do.
    However, there was one major problem. Jennifer couldn’t adopt by herself and even as a couple, she and Bruce had to be married in order to be considered for adoption. She couldn’t take the initiative alone and now wasn’t the right time to talk about this. Bruce was under a tremendous amount of pressure and Jennifer had no idea how he would receive her idea.
    Actually, there was another question that needed to be answered before everything else: was he even considering getting married with her?

Chapter Three
    J ennifer felt slightly discouraged. Nothing worked. She had spent hours and hours over the last few days cooking, trying new recipes as well as familiar ones. She had definitely lost it. Her grandmother had told her that it wasn’t that bad but Jen didn’t know if she could believe her: she was too nice to tell her the truth.
    Jen was convinced that she could do much better. Actually, she knew she could. She had done better in the past and couldn’t accept to be so average after all the time and effort she had put into it before. She used to be really skilled and to have a natural thing for cooking. Everything used to flow so well and she felt frustrated to be so slow and clumsy.
    “Stop trying to be so perfect,” her grandmother said.
    “Grandma, I want to make it my business. It has to be perfect!”
    “You’re too tight, Jennifer. I feel that you’re too tensed. That’s what I mean. I think you’re trying too hard and you’re upset. Your emotions are all over the place.”
    “I have no idea what you’re talking about. I’m just supposed to follow the instructions. My mood has nothing to do with it!”
    “That’s where you’re wrong. I can clearly remember a time when you used to put your heart into it. Your mindset and your emotions were playing a huge part in your ability to come up with something tasty, original and unique. I don’t see any of that today.”
    “You think I’ve lost it?”
    “I think you’re not completely into it. You’re not really trying to make good food. You’re trying to get things done, it’s different. Maybe you should stop focusing on the business aspect and just do it for pleasure. Just like you used to.”
    Jennifer threw a towel on the table and crossed her arms. She was really pissed and frustrated. “I don’t have time to do it for pleasure, Grandma. This is serious now, I have to make it. I have to be successful and be my own boss. I don’t want to be a secretary anymore and I don’t want to see Bruce in trouble.”
    Margareta kept silent for a moment and looked at Jennifer. She was trying to read her mind. “What’s going on? Listen to yourself! You put so much pressure on yourself, it’s impossible. You will never make it if you keep thinking that way. Nothing good can come out of a heart under pressure.