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“I do admire frankness,” he said thoughtfully.
I grinned. Funny how I could speak with him easily while I fumbled my words with other guys. Perhaps I should’ve tried to arrange a short-term marriage with them instead.
“I have no expectations from the father,” I added. “You wouldn’t need to see the child unless you wanted to, and you wouldn’t need to give me financial support.”
“What if the father wants to be a part of your child’s life?”
I tilted my head. “Wouldyou?”
He shrugged. “How should I know? I don’t have a child.”
“Or a fiancée to marry you within one week.”
He sighed. “This is a valid point.”
“You’re gorgeous; there’s no denying that. But because I’m not interested in anything permanent, I’ll ignore your pretty face and muscular form, plus your long golden hair.” Some of which was pulled up in a man bun at the back of his head, the rest draping around his shoulders. “Under any other circumstances, I’d be swooning if you glanced my way.”
He huffed. “Whatexactlyare you proposing?”
I leaned toward him.“I’ll help you fulfill your aunt’s request. I’ll marry you and teach you how to fit in with humans as long as you agree to give me a child.”
“I—”
I held out my hand. “Deal or no deal, Duke?”
He stared down his nose at my hand. “I am not a duke, and if I have any say in it, I never will be.”
“You’re close to being a duke.”
He groaned. “You’re right.”
I lifted my voice. “Deal or no deal?”
He continued to stare at my hand. “What is this gesture you make?”
“If we clasp hands, it means neither of us can back out without a good reason.”
His head tilted, and he studied my face. “You’d have sex with a stranger to have a child?”
I squirmed. Way to make it sound sleazy. “We could do artificial insemination.”
His brow drew together. “What’s that?”
“Depositing your seed in a cup. It would be inserted inside me by a medical professional.”
“I wouldn’t want to make a child in that way.” A slight smile rose on his face. “Here ismyproposal, lovely human. You will marry me, and I will give you a child. However . . .”
As if music rose to a crescendo, I knew my life was about to change in ways I’d never imagined.
“However what?” I asked, my voice shaking as hard as my hands.
“We make your baby in the natural way.”
Chapter4
Tylik
What a peculiar, yet intriguing young woman. I studied her gorgeous auburn hair swept up on the back of her head with curled tendrils draping around her shoulders, her lush form I was surprisingly eager to touch, and the nervousness in her eyes.
