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need eggs .”
Charlie blinked hard. “You need…eggs?”
“I have several viable hosts, and obliviously, I have the sperm, but I need eggs.”
“And how do I fit into this equation at all?” Charlie asked with a serious scowl. This is not the discussion that she had been planning for all day. This was something completely different, almost Twilight Zone in nature.
“Not just any eggs. I wanted it to be with the most special woman that I could find. Luckily, I already know her…well.” Sully moved his hand closer to hers.
“Well, who is she? Do you need me to call her?” Charlie asked, barely able to follow his wild story. She moved her hand back.
“It’s you, Charlie. I want you to be the mother of my child.”
There was a long silence married with an intense pause before Charlie grabbed her purse and pulled herself out of the booth. “This conversation is over,” she said, shaking her head. Oh my gosh, he’s crazy, she thought to herself. Stalk-raving mad!
“Charlie!” Sully called out as he watched her walk away. “Charlie! Shit!” he said, throwing down three hundred dollars cash on the table and bolting after her.
She had already made it out of the dark, seedy re s taurant into the blaring sunlight by the time that he caught up with her. Throwing on her shades, she stepped to the edge of the curve and tried to hail a taxi, but Sully was behind her. Unable to control himself, he wrapped an arm around her waist and pulled her to him from behind.
“Give me a minute to explain,” he begged into her ear. His deep baritone was dripping with pure, unadulterated need.
Her voice was pitched high. “What is there to e x plain? You’ve totally lost your damned mind,” she said, trying to push away from the smell of expensive cologne and luscious feel of his rock hard body. Her iron-like exterior was starting to crumble, and she had to get away from him before she turned to complete mush.
But Sully’s hand clenched her waist tighter. “I won’t let you go until you’ve at least given me an opportunity to explain myself.”
She looked down at his arm around her, his Rolex gleaming in the sunlight, his fingers just above her navel and felt light-headed. Why did he have to feel so good? Why did he have to smell like heaven? Why did she have to be here right now dealing with this?
Sully could no longer resist. He nuzzled his face down into the side of her hair and took a deep breath. “Charlie, I’m begging you. Please.”
Warm familiar feelings started to rise up inside of her instantly. Suddenly, she felt like seven years had simply disappeared and they were picking up where they had left off. No! This couldn’t happen.
“Take your arm from around me,” she said on baited breath.
“No,” Sully said with a growl. “Not until you’ve heard me out.”
Charlie gave in. “Fine. I’ll hear you out. Just… stop ,” she said, stepping forward as she felt him release her, though she wasn’t entirely sure that she wanted that either.
Sully ran a hand through his hair and realized that he had become all hot and bothered on the corner of Lennox Avenue. The world began to move again as people walked around the pair. He raised his hands. “Do you want to go back inside or do you want to go to my hotel to talk.”
“Oh, no,” Charlie said with a huff. “I’m not going to your hotel.”
“Because you think that we won’t be able to…” His eyes sparkled.
Charlie cut him off. “Because of the way it looks. You just brokered a gift of two million dollars for your best friend to the organization that employees me. I’m not going to have the headlines accusing me of quid pro quo .”
He had to admit that when she put it that way, it did sound bad. Still, he could not give up. “Well, what common ground can we go to?” he asked with more determination in his voice.
Charlie bit her lip and
Charlie blinked hard. “You need…eggs?”
“I have several viable hosts, and obliviously, I have the sperm, but I need eggs.”
“And how do I fit into this equation at all?” Charlie asked with a serious scowl. This is not the discussion that she had been planning for all day. This was something completely different, almost Twilight Zone in nature.
“Not just any eggs. I wanted it to be with the most special woman that I could find. Luckily, I already know her…well.” Sully moved his hand closer to hers.
“Well, who is she? Do you need me to call her?” Charlie asked, barely able to follow his wild story. She moved her hand back.
“It’s you, Charlie. I want you to be the mother of my child.”
There was a long silence married with an intense pause before Charlie grabbed her purse and pulled herself out of the booth. “This conversation is over,” she said, shaking her head. Oh my gosh, he’s crazy, she thought to herself. Stalk-raving mad!
“Charlie!” Sully called out as he watched her walk away. “Charlie! Shit!” he said, throwing down three hundred dollars cash on the table and bolting after her.
She had already made it out of the dark, seedy re s taurant into the blaring sunlight by the time that he caught up with her. Throwing on her shades, she stepped to the edge of the curve and tried to hail a taxi, but Sully was behind her. Unable to control himself, he wrapped an arm around her waist and pulled her to him from behind.
“Give me a minute to explain,” he begged into her ear. His deep baritone was dripping with pure, unadulterated need.
Her voice was pitched high. “What is there to e x plain? You’ve totally lost your damned mind,” she said, trying to push away from the smell of expensive cologne and luscious feel of his rock hard body. Her iron-like exterior was starting to crumble, and she had to get away from him before she turned to complete mush.
But Sully’s hand clenched her waist tighter. “I won’t let you go until you’ve at least given me an opportunity to explain myself.”
She looked down at his arm around her, his Rolex gleaming in the sunlight, his fingers just above her navel and felt light-headed. Why did he have to feel so good? Why did he have to smell like heaven? Why did she have to be here right now dealing with this?
Sully could no longer resist. He nuzzled his face down into the side of her hair and took a deep breath. “Charlie, I’m begging you. Please.”
Warm familiar feelings started to rise up inside of her instantly. Suddenly, she felt like seven years had simply disappeared and they were picking up where they had left off. No! This couldn’t happen.
“Take your arm from around me,” she said on baited breath.
“No,” Sully said with a growl. “Not until you’ve heard me out.”
Charlie gave in. “Fine. I’ll hear you out. Just… stop ,” she said, stepping forward as she felt him release her, though she wasn’t entirely sure that she wanted that either.
Sully ran a hand through his hair and realized that he had become all hot and bothered on the corner of Lennox Avenue. The world began to move again as people walked around the pair. He raised his hands. “Do you want to go back inside or do you want to go to my hotel to talk.”
“Oh, no,” Charlie said with a huff. “I’m not going to your hotel.”
“Because you think that we won’t be able to…” His eyes sparkled.
Charlie cut him off. “Because of the way it looks. You just brokered a gift of two million dollars for your best friend to the organization that employees me. I’m not going to have the headlines accusing me of quid pro quo .”
He had to admit that when she put it that way, it did sound bad. Still, he could not give up. “Well, what common ground can we go to?” he asked with more determination in his voice.
Charlie bit her lip and
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