Harlequin Desire December 2020--Box Set 1 of 2 by Brenda Jackson

Author:Brenda Jackson
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 2020-09-15T00:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER SIX

Hunt, in the middle of composing an email, felt the car stop. He lifted his head to look out the window. Pete had parked in his usual spot next to the portico of The Stellan and was leaving his seat to open the door for Hunt.

Hunt saved his work, closed the lid to his laptop and shoved it into his briefcase. He shook his head when his car door opened. Pete was in his seventies, it was cold enough to freeze nitrogen and the rain was turning to sleet, but despite telling him a hundred times that he was more than capable of opening his own car door, Pete was old school and refused to listen.

It had been a day from hell, Hunt thought, as he left the car and thanked Pete. The assistant Hunt was sharing with his CFO was out sick and he’d spent the day tracking documents and files, searching for emails and answering his own phone.

Hunt heard the ding of a message arriving on his phone and pulled it from the inside pocket of his jacket. Griselda? Now what?

If I sign all the releases and legal documents in the world, would you consider giving me your biological matter for me to use to get pregnant?

Hunt read the message, then read it again to make sense of her request. It sounded like Griselda wanted his sperm…

What the actual hell? Hunt didn’t hesitate, his fingers quickly typing a reply.

That would be a hard no.

What was Griselda thinking? He didn’t want kids, but there wasn’t a chance in hell of him handing over his genes and not having any contact with his child afterward.

And really, if there were a test to prove their suitability as parents, Hunt doubted he and Griselda would pass.

Hunt didn’t know a lot about raising children but he knew they needed love and affection and time. Neither he nor his ex had it in them to provide anything their offspring needed. He didn’t know if he ever would. So why did the image of a little brown-eyed, dark-haired baby keep drifting in and out of his mind, a cute toddler sitting on Santa’s lap, squealing at the sight of presents under the tree?

Those images didn’t stop at babies and toddlers. He could also see himself spending hours in the batting cage with his son, walking his daughter down the aisle…

Hunt rubbed his hands over his face and cursed. What the hell was wrong with him? There had to be a logical explanation. Hunt pondered the problem and decided it had to be a combination of Christmas and viewing the storyboard earlier for the summer advertising campaign for Sheridan Sports featuring happy families engaging in sporting activities. He was overreacting, a natural response to facing what he didn’t have, what he’d once desperately wanted.

He no longer wanted kids, didn’t want a wife or a family to call his own. His work was all that was important, work he could control. Work, unlike his mother, wasn’t a constant disappointment.

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