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touches on some contracts he’d brought with him, then slid his briefcase away for the rest of the flight.
Aidan poured himself a glass of wine and tried to relax. The plane was over the Gulf of Mexico and he couldn’t wait to get home. He was getting more and more anxious to see Ellie again and he’d convinced himself that she’d made her decision to take him up on his plan.
He almost laughed when he thought about how he’d planned to find a woman while he was in California. Who knew his feelings would change so drastically in a week? Now all he could think about was Ellie. He couldn’t wait to see her again.
He recalled her nervousness about “getting naked” with him and chuckled, thinking he could hardly wait to calm her nerves.
Unbidden, an image of little Jake popped into his head. Weird, wasn’t it? Aidan was a man who had never wanted children and yet he was willing to father a child for his business associate. He squirmed a little uneasily in his seat. Fathering a child and being a father were two different things though, he assured himself. The baby would be his blood and would have his full support throughout his life. That didn’t mean he would be interacting with it on a daily basis.
And at that thought, another memory of Jake, curled up and asleep on his lap, zipped through Aidan’s mind. He scowled and pushed it out again. He wasn’t interested in being anyone’s dad. But he was most definitely interested in Ellie and in making sure she had the best for the little family she wanted to create.
Of course, on the off chance that she was still feeling ambivalent, he would be happy to make the decision for her. The thought of getting her naked had become a bit of an obsession with him, so if she needed persuading, he was the man to do it.
He sat back in his seat and smiled at the different ways he’d be willing to use to convince Ellie to agree to his offer.
*
“I’ve got to go inside,” Ellie said, sitting up on her beach towel and stretching like a sleepy cat. She’d been daydreaming for the last hour about Aidan. Oh, who was she kidding? She’d been thinking about him all weekend, wondering what it would be like to have sex with him. She would find out soon enough and the thought made her equally nervous and thrilled. He would be back tomorrow and she couldn’t wait to see him again.
But she had to make sure their arrangement remained strictly business. Yes, she would enjoy herself with Aidan, but she would never allow herself to slide into a state of pure unadulterated passion from which she might never recover. The danger was self-evident; she was, after all, her mother’s daughter.
So to maintain the business aspect of the deal, Ellie had spent all day yesterday preparing a computerized list of objectives, rules and contingencies. Once Aidan was back in the office, she would present it to him and explain everything in detail so that they were both on the same page going forward.
She spent a long moment adjusting her eyes to the sun, then stood and began to gather her things.
“Are you sure?” Serena asked, not moving an inch from her beach towel. “It feels so good to lay here and do nothing.”
“That’s all I’ve done today,” Ellie lamented, as she tossed her sunblock and paperback novel into her small carryall. “I’ve become a slug.”
“I’m so proud of you.” Serena sat up and used her hand to block the sun from her eyes. “And I love that new bikini of yours.”
“The one you forced me to buy?” Ellie laughed.
“Yes, and you’re welcome,” Serena said. “It looks fantastic on you.”
Ellie felt positively decadent after four hours of doing nothing but swimming and sunning on the small patch of beachfront at the far end of the resort area. Few guests ever ventured down this way so the Alleria employees were welcome to sunbathe here. It was the first time Ellie had ever taken advantage of that perk; the change was thanks to Serena.
Also, thanks to
Aidan poured himself a glass of wine and tried to relax. The plane was over the Gulf of Mexico and he couldn’t wait to get home. He was getting more and more anxious to see Ellie again and he’d convinced himself that she’d made her decision to take him up on his plan.
He almost laughed when he thought about how he’d planned to find a woman while he was in California. Who knew his feelings would change so drastically in a week? Now all he could think about was Ellie. He couldn’t wait to see her again.
He recalled her nervousness about “getting naked” with him and chuckled, thinking he could hardly wait to calm her nerves.
Unbidden, an image of little Jake popped into his head. Weird, wasn’t it? Aidan was a man who had never wanted children and yet he was willing to father a child for his business associate. He squirmed a little uneasily in his seat. Fathering a child and being a father were two different things though, he assured himself. The baby would be his blood and would have his full support throughout his life. That didn’t mean he would be interacting with it on a daily basis.
And at that thought, another memory of Jake, curled up and asleep on his lap, zipped through Aidan’s mind. He scowled and pushed it out again. He wasn’t interested in being anyone’s dad. But he was most definitely interested in Ellie and in making sure she had the best for the little family she wanted to create.
Of course, on the off chance that she was still feeling ambivalent, he would be happy to make the decision for her. The thought of getting her naked had become a bit of an obsession with him, so if she needed persuading, he was the man to do it.
He sat back in his seat and smiled at the different ways he’d be willing to use to convince Ellie to agree to his offer.
*
“I’ve got to go inside,” Ellie said, sitting up on her beach towel and stretching like a sleepy cat. She’d been daydreaming for the last hour about Aidan. Oh, who was she kidding? She’d been thinking about him all weekend, wondering what it would be like to have sex with him. She would find out soon enough and the thought made her equally nervous and thrilled. He would be back tomorrow and she couldn’t wait to see him again.
But she had to make sure their arrangement remained strictly business. Yes, she would enjoy herself with Aidan, but she would never allow herself to slide into a state of pure unadulterated passion from which she might never recover. The danger was self-evident; she was, after all, her mother’s daughter.
So to maintain the business aspect of the deal, Ellie had spent all day yesterday preparing a computerized list of objectives, rules and contingencies. Once Aidan was back in the office, she would present it to him and explain everything in detail so that they were both on the same page going forward.
She spent a long moment adjusting her eyes to the sun, then stood and began to gather her things.
“Are you sure?” Serena asked, not moving an inch from her beach towel. “It feels so good to lay here and do nothing.”
“That’s all I’ve done today,” Ellie lamented, as she tossed her sunblock and paperback novel into her small carryall. “I’ve become a slug.”
“I’m so proud of you.” Serena sat up and used her hand to block the sun from her eyes. “And I love that new bikini of yours.”
“The one you forced me to buy?” Ellie laughed.
“Yes, and you’re welcome,” Serena said. “It looks fantastic on you.”
Ellie felt positively decadent after four hours of doing nothing but swimming and sunning on the small patch of beachfront at the far end of the resort area. Few guests ever ventured down this way so the Alleria employees were welcome to sunbathe here. It was the first time Ellie had ever taken advantage of that perk; the change was thanks to Serena.
Also, thanks to
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