Daddy To Be: A Billionaire's Baby Romance by Tia Siren

Author:Tia Siren [Siren, Tia]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Tia Siren
Published: 2017-09-30T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter Twenty-Three

Michael

I felt kind of bad for springing something like this on Paige, but it just seemed like the perfect way to get her to go out to dinner with me on some neutral territory, where it wasn't just the two of us. It really was better that I show my face by attending at least one of the fancy benefits that were planned for the year. No better time than now, when I had an interesting woman to accompany me.

And to be honest, I kind of wanted to show her off. I wasn't sure where the desire for that came from. After all, it wasn't as though she was my girlfriend. But very soon, she could be the mother of my child. And beyond that, she was interesting.

And funny, I was starting to realize.

When we reentered the ballroom, I could practically see Paige's transformation, and I wondered what was behind it. As I introduced her to a few people, she stood there confidently and charmed them all. She was getting businessmen to laugh, guys who I had never even seen smile before.

I was in dangerous territory, I knew. I was starting to realize how amazing she really was, and that wasn't what our relationship was supposed to be. She wasn't my girlfriend. I had never really had a serious relationship before. I had never wanted one. But now, I was picturing it. What if I could introduce her to all these people as my girlfriend, rather than as just a friend?

I didn't like the way the other men were looking at her, that was part of it. I mean, I did; they were eyeing her up like she was the hottest woman in the room. And she was, that was the thing. In that dress, god. I just wanted to bring her upstairs to one of the rooms, strip her down, and have my way with her. But I couldn't do that, not when she was acting so aloof toward me.

I wanted to stake a claim on her, tell everyone that she was mine and that they could look all they wanted, but they couldn't touch.

Except I didn't know how she was feeling, that was the problem. It was as though the more she pulled away from me, the more I wanted her. And she kept pulling away from me. No matter how charming she was that evening, no matter how confident and outgoing, it didn't escape me that none of those smiles were directed at me. She hadn't even wanted to come there that evening, hadn't wanted to go to dinner with me at all.

I sighed minutely and steered her towards Chris when I saw him appear at the far end of the room. “Hey man, what are you doing here?” I asked.

Chris raised an eyebrow at me. “I have a couple investment opportunities that I'm researching,” he said. “Or rather, a couple people that I'm schmoozing with.”

I laughed. “All right, that makes sense.”

“What are you doing here, though? You usually avoid these things like the plague.

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