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Where was I going to find someone to marry me within a week, let alone someone to teach me how to fit in?
“It would take me a human lifetime to learn how to act as they do,” I said.
“I will accept attempts in that direction.” She rose from her chair. “Perhaps a human bride can help you.”
“I will do my best to find her,” I said, bowing. At least she was giving me a chance.
“You’re a good boy.” She paused to tap my cheek. “Now I must attend the ball and see if I can discover why you are so fascinated by these beings.” With a wrinkly smile, she left the room.
Groaning, I dropped into the chair she’d vacated and cupped my face in my hands. “How am I going to find someone to marry me so quickly?” Teaching me to fit in seemed like the simplest of the two tasks.
A rustle rang out from the draperies, and a pretty human woman dressed in a green floor-length gown with auburn hair and the most beautiful blue eyes I’ve ever seen, stepped toward me.
Stopping in front of me, her pale cheeks flushed. “Marry me.”
“Excuse me, my lady?”
“I’ll marry you and show you how to fit in with human society.” More color rose into her face. “I have one condition for our marriage, however. I don’t want a long-term relationship. I only want a baby. You can be the daddy.”
Chapter3
Kate
“Ibelieve I’ve misunderstood you, lovely human,” he said in a formal tone, sitting up straighter in the brocade chair.
Lovely. So sweet.
Not buying it.
However, this was the elf I’d crushed on in the ballroom. Talk about aiming high.
“I guess I should say I’m sorry before I explain.” I cringed because it was never nice to listen in on conversations. “I didn’t mean to overhear. I . . . stepped away from the ball for a breath of fresh air.” Damn, I was good at this pretty, formal talk. “And I sauntered into the library.”
“Sauntered?” He hitched one silver eyebrow, something he shouldn’t do because it only made him more devastatingly handsome.
But I could tell by the sparkle in his sapphire eyes that he was teasing me.
For a second, I almost yanked back my offer. What would it be like to be married to this guy, to have his baby, but never claim his heart? From what I’d overheard, he’d be easy to love.
He might be my best option, however.
“Allow me to explain.” I sat in the chair beside him.
“Please do.” Leaning back, he studied me with a tight brow.
“I overheard, and there’s no taking it back. You need a human bride and to learn how to—”
“I don’t exactly need a bride.”
“The elderly elf lady thinks you do.”
“She’s my great-aunt,” he said. “As you heard, she wants me to return to the fae realm permanently. I wish to remain here. If marrying someone will make this possible, I will marry.”
“And I want a baby. I don’t need to get married to have one, but if I’m asking you to give me a baby, it’s only fair I offer you something in exchange.”
“Why do you want a child?”
“Because I love them. I’m thirty-five. My clock is ticking. I don’t want love or flowers or wooing. I’m looking for a practical arrangement.”
