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to
Europe. He quit his job with me to take one with a corporation that
was headquartered in Belgium. I haven’t seen them since. My heart
was left with an empty space and for a few years I had no idea what
to do. After a lot of thought and research, I’ve come to a
decision, and that’s where you come in.”
     
    I was so entranced by his story and so
honored that he’d choose me of all people to share it with, that it
took me a second to process what he’d said at the end. Then, I was
confused. I had no idea how I could help him with this. I was even
a little bit afraid to ask. He didn’t wait for me to ask though,
instead he just blurted out, “I’d like for you to agree to give me
an heir.”
     
    I’m glad he waited until I was
finished eating or I may have choked.

Chapter Four

    ~

 
     
     
    I think I was in shock, just a little
bit. I barely knew this guy. Until tonight, I didn’t even really
know who he was. An heir, he wants me to have his baby? How do I
even answer that? Maybe he’s a little bit crazy. He was staring at
me though, looking at me with those damned beautiful, deep
intelligent eyes…
     
    “I-I-don’t even know what to say,” I
finally sputtered out.
     
    “Holly, I know this must be a shock to
you. I’m sorry if it upsets you at all, but let me finish okay?” I
nodded dumbly and he continued, “I will of course pay you…extremely
well. While you’re with child I will pay all of your living
expenses and you will live in luxury. I will pay all of the medical
bills, I will give you a clothing allowance, and then, after my
child is born, I will give you another large sum of money.” He
wrote a number on a napkin that contained more zeros than I’d ever
seen in reference to money I could ever earn. “Then afterwards, you
will not have any further contact with us.”
     
    I was still looking at him like he had
two heads. This was surreal. Who asks a person they don’t know to
have a baby for money? A lot of money, but money nonetheless, but
who does that?
     
    “Holly, I can see that you’re in
shock, and I don’t blame you. I will give you a week to think this
over and if you have any questions at all, I will answer them. This
is a huge decision, I understand that. But, women do this all the
time, right? It’s called surrogacy and it’s perfectly legal and
socially acceptable. I will have my attorney’s draw up a tight
contract. In the meantime, we can get to know each other better.
You can get to know me better and see that I would have a lot to
offer as a father.”
     
    And then I go away. No
further contact. “Why me?” That was all I
could think to ask.
     
    “I spent two months watching you,
Holly, talking to you, seeing you with your friends, co-workers,
customers and boss. You’re beautiful, you’re intelligent, you’re
young enough to do this, and you’re in financial need. I could go
on and on. There were certain qualities that I was looking for and
you have them all. You’ll come out the other end of it with money
enough to do all of those things you told me you wanted to do and
then some. It would be a win-win situation.”
     
    “Um…I still don’t know what to say,” I
said. I don’t believe I’ve ever been at such a loss for words. He
was right that surrogacy was a legitimate thing, and I had even
been so hard up for money that looking into it had crossed my mind.
I’d never got around to looking into it, or maybe I didn’t look
into it on purpose because I didn’t think I could do it…
     
    “Just tell me you’ll go on a date or
two with me, give it the week and think about it. That will also
give you time to research it. I know that I’m asking you to use
your body here, and it would never be the same after, so you should
do some research on that too.” He was looking at me with those
deep, sexy eyes…what else could I do? I agreed to think about it
for the week. As far as dating him, I told him we’d play that by
ear.
     
    After our