Billionaire Fake Fiancé Daddy: An Accidental Pregnancy Enemies to Lovers Romance by Roxy Reid

Author:Roxy Reid [Reid, Roxy]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2023-10-23T16:00:00+00:00

“Why a community art center?” Gage asks.

The power is still out. We’re sprawled in front of the fire, partially dressed, and snacking on all the fancy cheese I found in Gage’s fridge. I’m wearing Gage’s dress shirt, and he’s wearing a pair of sweatpants that do great things for his body. Between the two of us, we’d make one fully dressed person.

“What?” I ask, distracted by his abs.

“You said you wanted to use your fake engagement money to open a community art center. Why not invest in yourself, instead?” He nods to my painting on the walls. “You’re good enough. Why not take the world by storm?”

I smile. That’s such a Gage way of putting it. He says Why not take the world by storm? The same way someone else might say, Why not take a vacation?

He’s that fucking confident in his own abilities. I don’t think he knows how sexy that is.

And now he’s casually extending his confidence to include me under his umbrella.

“Maybe. But I’m not interested in having painting be my full-time job,” I say. “If I did that, I’d have to paint every day, whether or not I felt like it. I’d have to follow the market, at least to some extent, and paint things that customers want.”

He takes a swig of his beer. “Don’t you paint every day if you’re teaching art classes?”

“It’s not the same,” I say. “In class, I demonstrate skills or how to do a particular assignment, but I don’t have to sit down and crank out original paintings on demand. Besides, there’s something special about teaching.”

He tilts his head, studying me intently. Like he’s trying to understand me. “You don’t get bored? Teaching the same things over and over?”

“Nope.” I cut a slice of fancy cheese and pop it in my mouth. “Oh my God. This is really, really good. Where do you buy this?” I ask, thinking I could make more of an effort with the grocery shopping if it leads to things that taste like this.

“France,” Gage says.

Or not.

“What if you have, like, a really bad art student?” Gage teases. “Someone who absolutely can’t be taught?”

“I can teach anyone,” I say. “More importantly, I can teach them to like making art.”

Gage tries not to look skeptical and completely fails.

I stand up and head down the hall to the closet where I’ve got my art supplies stored.

“What are you doing?” he calls.

“Proving I’m right.” I return with two sketchbooks and a box of colored pencils. I plop down next to him and hand him one of the sketchbooks. “Pick anything in this room you think is beautiful or interesting and draw it.”

He half laughs. “This is silly. I get it, you’re a good art teacher.”

I hold up a finger to get his attention. “I’ll bet you that if you do what I say, you’ll like drawing more and be better at it by the time the power comes back on.”

His eyes sharpen. Gage never can resist a win. “What do you get if I lose?”

I think.

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