Ella and the Alien Gamer by Jessica Coulter Smith

Author:Jessica Coulter Smith [Smith, Jessica Coulter]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Changeling Press LLC
Published: 2017-05-11T18:30:00+00:00

Chapter Five

Ella had to admit she loved her new van. Well, new to her anyway. It was four years old, but it handled beautifully and was far nicer than anything she’d ever owned before. It would probably take her forever to figure out all the little buttons. She adored the leather interior and it even smelled like a new car. It still baffled her that Valero had enough money to pay cash for something as big as a van, and just proved they were completely different. They’d dropped Connor off at school and stopped for coffee.

“Do you not like it?” Valero asked as she stared out the window. “Your coffee?”

Her gaze flew to his. She’d been daydreaming again and was letting her coffee get cold. Valero puzzled her. He was a great catch. Perhaps a little obsessed with video games, and she supposed that could be a turnoff for some people, but he was well-off and a tender lover -- based on what little she’d experienced with him -- and he was such a sweet guy. Why hadn’t someone snapped him up by now? She kept waiting to find out something horrible about him.

“It’s good. I was just thinking.”

“Good thoughts?” he asked.

“Why aren’t you married already?” she asked. “You seem too good to be true.”

“I work a lot, or I did. Now that I have Connor and you in the house, I’m going to let a team of programmers and artists do the bulk of the work. It means not making as much of a profit quite as fast, but I have enough money for us to live comfortably.”

Ella laughed a bit.

“Why is that funny?” Valero asked, his brow furrowed in confusion.

“Comfortably? Valero, you’re rich. You have more money than Connor and I have ever dreamed of. Even if you had to sell the house and get something much smaller, you would still be well-off compared to us.”

Valero reached out and took her hand. “I’m not married because I never found the right woman. I dated, but I didn’t feel a connection to any of those women. And most were only after me for my money.”

“Like me.” She shook her head.

“No, not like you. The others would have jumped at the chance for a new car, and probably would have insisted on a flashy, expensive one. Then they would have demanded a shopping trip to the jeweler’s, where they would have bought the biggest diamonds. They wanted someone to buy them whatever they wanted whenever they wanted, and they couldn’t have cared less who did it.”

“I know there are women out there like that, but surely you dated some good ones too.”

He shrugged. “I couldn’t see myself starting a family with any of them. We went on one or two dates, and then I moved on. Don’t ask me to explain why you’re different, because I’m not sure I can. I just know you are different. I like having Connor and you in my home, and when I think of having more children with you, it just feels right.

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