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she’d been right. That had been the last
date and she hadn’t gotten to ride in the car.
    * * *
    “ Yes, I want a full
background check. I don’t need any more surprises,” Neil demanded
as he clutched his fists and rocked in his office chair.
    “ All right, sir. I’ll see
what I can find out.”
    “ Do it quickly.” Neil ended
the call and set the phone down on his desk. He raked his hands
through his hair and then buried his face in his palms.
    Krista had a child. A child. Why hadn’t she
said anything? Why would she keep something like that a secret?
He’d been in her home and seen the pictures of the child on the
wall. He’d just assumed it was a nephew. Any other evidence of a
child had obviously been hidden.
    He sat down on the black leather couch.
It was all beginning to make sense now. Her reluctance to be with
him. Why she had been so stubborn about her life and his being so
different. But why hadn’t she just told him about the
kid?
    Had he come across as someone who
didn’t like children? He didn’t think so. He liked them. Just
didn’t have any. At this point he was too old to do the diapers
thing. But he had no problem with her having a kid.
    Neil needed to take a step back from
the desire to get her in bed and take the time to get to know her.
As much as he hated to admit it, Krista was someone he wanted to be
with. Spend time with in other ways besides between the
sheets.
    She wasn’t someone to play with. He’d
known that after his first date—and yet he still sought her. Which
only meant one thing, he liked her—like, liked, liked her. And it
had been a long time since his heart had opened up.
    He had two options. Walk away from her
right now and use this kid as the perfect excuse. Or go at this
with everything he had and pray he didn’t end up with a broken
heart. Deep down, he already knew the answer. He already had two
feet in. He was going all the way.
    Fuck! Hopefully this didn’t turn out badly.
    His cell phone rang from his desk.
Taking a deep breath, he pulled himself up and went to see who it
was.
    “ Hey, Ian.”
    “ I have a proposition for
you.” His friend got straight to the point.
    “ All right.” Maybe whatever
it was, it would get his mind off Krista and her secret.
    “ You have a hotel near the
club. I’d like to sit down and discuss a partnership between the
club and your hotel.”
    Neil grinned. He knew where this was
going. “Sure.”
    “ With this being a Saturday
night, we’re packed. But if you come down I’m sure we can talk
some.”
    His schedule was free, but going to The
Gentlemans’ Club wasn’t the place he wanted to be tonight. “I’ll
see if I can make it.”
    “ Cool. By the way, what
happened the other night? You were there and then gone. I have your
money here from the game you won.”
    “ Yeah, something came up
unexpectedly. I hope Beth wasn’t too heartbroken.” Not that he
really cared.
    Ian laughed. “She found her ticket for
the night.”
    Neil wasn’t surprised by that either.
“All right. Well, let me see what I can work out. If I can’t make
it tonight, maybe we can meet during the day one day this
week.”
    “ Awesome. We’ll be in
touch.”
    “ See ya, man.”
    Business almost always came first, but
at the moment he needed to know about Krista and how her son was.
He couldn’t imagine what she was going through right now. If he
knew what hospital the kid was at, he’d go there, but this was a
big city.
    Phone in hand, he scrolled to her
number, deciding a call would be the best. The phone rang and
finally her voicemail came on. She was probably busy.
    “ Krista, it’s Neil. I wanted
to check in on your son and see if he was okay. If there is
anything I can do, please let me know. You’re both in my thoughts,
please call me soon.”
    He placed the phone into the holster on
his hip. His evening was free and he didn’t feel much like staying
in. However, going to the club wasn’t a good idea. He’d meet with
Ian