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“Alright, we’ll have sex.” Frowning, she bit down on her ripe pink lips I wanted to test with my own.
Perhaps I should tell her I was sorry, that I could not fulfill this agreement. If I was attracted to her at our first meeting, how would I follow through with her condition to end the marriage when she was carrying my child?
My cock jerked upward at the thought of giving her a baby, and I could picture her holding it; her face flushed from the delivery, her warm gaze meeting mine. Our child would be beautiful, a mix of her and me, and—
Hold it right there. What the hell was I thinking? I shook my head and focused on the task at hand.
“Any other conditions?” she asked.
“You must move into my home with me. That’ll make it simpler for you to teach me how to fit in with humans.”
“You’ll never completely fit in, and you shouldn’t. You’re an elf, and you’re you. That’s special already. But I can help you feel comfortable around humans if that’s enough.”
“Very well.”
“I assume we’ll sleep together from the start?”
“I’m willing to delay this until you’re comfortable. After all, I have a week before I must marry.”
Sleep would be the last thing on my mind if this woman lay beside me.
I wanted to growl. She was offering a contract, not a romantic relationship. Her offer fit perfectly with what I needed. My aunt would stop trying to collar me with the dukedom. She would stop asking me to return to the fae realm.
“You’d have to pretend to feel vague affection for me,” I said. “Only to convince my aunt. She’ll be suspicious if you don’t.”
“If we get married within a week, she’s going to be suspicious anyway.”
“She knows I’ll have to find someone quickly. But we can tell her we’ve known each other since I arrived in your realm. I’ve been here a month already.”
“That might work.”
“We can announce our engagement tonight.”
“I can handle a quick engagement. And while it sounds cold to tell someone I want a child but that he doesn’t need to be a part of the baby’s life, it would be your child too. You could see it and be with it as much as you’d like.” She swallowed hard. “As I said, I wouldn’t expect financial support or anything like that. This is an agreement. I’ll marry you and teach you, and you’ll give me a baby.” Her soft gaze met mine. “I’ve always wanted to have children. I know many women have them well into their forties, but my arms ache to hold one now. Is that bad?”
“Not at all. I want to be a part of my child’s life and provide financial support.” I held up my hand. “I won’t accept anything else.”
She grumbled but nodded.
What would we have, a boy or a girl?
And what was I thinking? How could I plant my seed in this woman’s body, then walk away from her?
I’d have to. That was her condition, and I must honor it.
I held out my hand to solidify our contractual obligation.
She placed hers tentatively in mine, and I tried to ignore the heat flaring up my arm from her simple touch.
“Deal?” she asked.
I jerked out a nod and told my damn cock to behave. “We have an agreement, my lady.”
Chapter5
Kate
We left the library and walked to the ballroom.
