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“Okay.” Whatever it was, she could handle it.
“You were right about the monogamy clause. It does state that both parties have to be monogamous.”
“Oh, thank God.” She slid down on her seat. “I read that clause so many times. I knew what it said but there was something about the way he was acting. Maybe I am pregnant.” She swallowed again. Now that she thought about it, she might be late. Her periods had never been regular, but she was…How many days late was she?
“Hold on. I'm not done. There are addendums to this contract. A lot of them.”
“Yeah. I read them too.” Those hadn’t made much sense to her. Just lots of lawyer-speak.
“I haven't had a chance to look through all of it, but I did find one that referred to what I call the monogamy clause.”
“And.” Cold sweat broke out across her skin.
“And it says…” Dan started reading.
“Stop. Please. I don't understand a word you’re saying. Tell me what it says in English.” Her hand squeezed the phone so tight her fingers ached.
“Okay. This addendum states that the monogamy clause only pertains to those individuals whose parentage is not in question.”
“I don't understand. That’s still not English.”
“Okay. Basically, for a woman parentage is never in question. If she’s pregnant, it’s always her kid, baring surrogates. For a man, parentage is always in question.”
“So you're saying that because I know it'll be my child that I have to be monogamous, but he doesn't?”
“I’m not saying it, the addendum is, but yes. You have to be monogamous so that he knows the child is his. He doesn't have to be monogamous because you will always know the child you carry is yours. It kind of makes sense.”
“That bastard.”
“Uh…Yeah. From a legal view it’s brilliant but from a personal view…That bastard.”
“I’m going to kill him.”
“Hold off on that.”
“Why?” She was furious.
“Because there’s a lot more to this contract. I’ll use non-lawyer terms. This thing is slippery. Do you want me to keep looking into it to see what else is hidden in all those addendums?”
“Yeah. Read it all. I need to know everything.”
“Okay, but do you care if I show it to my boss because some of this is beyond my experience. Whoever wrote this is freaking brilliant.”
“Lucky them.” She wanted to strangle that person too. “And yeah, show it to whomever you need to. Just find out what exactly I signed.” She hung up the phone and stood. It was time to wring Harker’s lying neck.
CHAPTER 67: Harker
Harker looked up from his computer as Alison walked into his office. “Ready for round two?” He closed his laptop. “It’ll have to be quick. I have a meeting in”—he glanced at his watch—“about twenty minutes.”
“I’m not here to have sex with you.” She stopped in front of his desk.
“You sure about that?” He had no idea why she was so pissed. He hadn’t done anything since he’d fucked-her-happy a little while ago, so it was probably the code she was working on. “I can help you release that tension in a much more enjoyable way.”
“Don't be a smart-ass. I had a lawyer look over the contract.”
Apparently, it was him. Now, he had to wait and see which part of the contract had her so upset.
“You never had any intention of being monogamous.”
