Insta Ever After: A Flirt Club Short Story Collection by Loraine Kim & Club Flirt

Author:Loraine, Kim & Club, Flirt [Loraine, Kim]
Language: eng
Format: azw3
Published: 2019-07-03T16:00:00+00:00

29

I’m not donating my DNA

Scarlett

* * *

Max looks at me like I’ve just pulled the rug out from under him. I guess in a way, I have.

“What did you just say?” he asks.

“I said I want to have a baby, and I want you to be the sperm donor.”

He frowns. “Wait. Donor?”

I nod, getting off his lap. “I realized that the whole reason I wanted to marry Bryce was to start my family. But I don’t need a husband to have a child.”

“Don’t you want one? A husband, I mean. I’ve heard the whole raising a kid thing is hard even with two people.”

I shrug. “People do it alone all the time. I want a baby. I’m ready. I don’t want Bryce to be the reason I wait. He’s already taken enough from me.”

He drags a hand through his dark hair and stands, the obvious erection in his pants drawing my gaze down his body. God, his lips felt so good on mine. I got caught up in it all, in the intense connection between us, the feel of his hands on my body, the smell of his cologne—rich leather and some dark spice. “So you thought you’d just come out tonight and seduce me to achieve your goal?”

Unease curls in my belly at the hurt in his tone. “That’s not exactly what I’d planned.”

“But you did plan it. You came here in that fucking dress, looking like my dream come true. Christ, Scarlett, you’re not even wearing panties.”

“I can’t in this dress,” I say, and he lets out a groan.

“Why now? Why me?”

I bite my lower lip and avert my gaze. “I could go to a sperm bank.”

He growls low in his throat. It’s a sound of pure male jealousy and it sends a thrill through me.

“I wanted it to be with someone I care about and who I admire. You’re handsome, smart, caring, kind, and I know you’d never hurt me. Who would be better than someone like you?”

“And you expected me to just agree and let you raise my kid alone?”

There’s fierce possessiveness in his eyes and words. Oh, I hadn’t planned on this kind of reaction. “I didn’t want you to feel obligated to anything.”

“Obligated?” The exasperation in his voice has a glimmer of hope burning in my chest. “It’s my fucking child. Obligated isn’t the right word. Devoted. That’s the word I’d choose. If I were to give you a baby, I’d be devoted to them—to you.”

“So, you won’t?” I hold my head up high, but the disappointment is a crushing weight. I have to get out of here.

“No, I won’t give you my sperm so you can take my child and live your lives without me.” I nod and fight to hold back the sudden wave of tears. His phone rings and he answers with a harsh bark of, “What?”

He turns away from me, something on the other end of the line upsetting him. I use that as my excuse to leave. I was stupid to come here like I did, to get carried away in the fantasy of him.

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