Rising Assets by Rebecca Zanetti

Author:Rebecca Zanetti
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Published: 2014-03-05T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter Thirteen

Melanie took a sip of her wine in the small alcove of the restaurant. The scent of garlic and roasted peppers wafted around. “You are out of your flipping mind,” she repeated.

Colton drew air in through his nose, his hand around a glass of some man drink. “I know.” He grinned. “But you should’ve seen the face of the guy I stopped mid-jack.”

Laughter bubbled up in Melanie, and she snorted. “I bet you weren’t looking at his face.”

Colton groaned. “Don’t remind me.”

After hurrying from the clinic, Colton had driven them to his favorite pizza joint in the outskirts of Seattle. “So you didn’t get inseminated.”

“No. Even though I’m ovulating right now, I couldn’t do it.” Frankly, she had been having doubts and was no way prepared to make such a monumental decision. Well, not true. She’d decided to hold off because of Colton. She didn’t have to admit the truth to him, but she couldn’t lie to herself. “I don’t know what to do.”

Colton nodded. “Well, I was thinking. Say you get a baby from a sperm bank, and you have a boy. Who will teach the kid baseball?”

She hunched her shoulders. “Well, probably you, though I’m not bad.” Although Colt had been the best pitcher in Montana in high school and part of college before he’d turned to MMA fighting.

“Right. And who will attend those embarrassing your body is changing nights at school with him?” Colt took another drink of the clear liquid.

“You.” Melanie nodded.

“In other words, if you had a baby, I’d step in anyway.”

She sighed. Truth be told, any time she pictured a little boy, she pictured him with Colt’s intriguing hair and eyes. “I know.” Now she felt selfish for even considering having a baby. She wasn’t the only one whose life would change.

“So why not give the kid superior genes and a whole lot of cousins and family?” Colton showed a rare dimple in his right cheek.

Melanie lifted an eyebrow. “Superior genes?”

“I’m glad you agree.” Colton finished his drink as the pizza arrived.

She shook her head. “The timing is terrible. I mean, after we—”

Colton slipped pieces on their plates. “I know. The fact that we slept together does muddy the let’s have a baby waters.”

Melanie rubbed her eyes. “Life has gotten out of control.” It’d be smoother if she could take that night back, but deep down, she didn’t want to. “I can’t ask you to become a father right now. I know that’s not in your big plan.”

“My big plan?” he asked.

She grinned. Self-aware, he was not. “Sure. You plan everything. Go to school, check. Get masters, check. Take over family company, check. Talk Dawn into working there in a year or two, check. Open businesses with childhood friends, check. Play the field and have fun for a decade, check. Find hot, big-breasted blonde and settle down with three point two kids…”

He chewed thoughtfully and then sipped his water. “You know me pretty well, do you?”

“Yes.” The pizza warmed her belly, and she finally relaxed for the first time that day.

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