The Footballer's Designer Baby (A BWWM Pregnancy Romance) Read Online Free Page A

it’s all really handy. Thank you for that, by the way. That makes it easy for me, and actually enables me to do this.”
     
    She sipped her coffee and smiled at him.
     
    “Oh, yeah, of course!” he said, taking a big breath.
     
    “I wanted to take care of everything. You shouldn’t have to do anything or pay for anything. You know, be put out of your way at all. This whole thing is for me, so, of course I’d take care of everything for you.
     
    “As a matter of fact,” he paused and
     
    looked around for a piece of paper, finding one on a table near them and pulling a pen from his jacket pocket,
     
    “here’s my phone number. If you need anything at all, if anything comes up, please give me a call. I’ll take good care of you.” He handed her the paper, smiling at her as he did so.
     
    Delilah shook her head.
     
    “No, Cameron. I really appreciate that, but I’m not supposed to have any contact with you at all.  If I do, it could mean I wouldn’t get paid. Jim made that very clear. I shouldn’t take your number. It’s okay, if I need anything, I can call Jim. I’m sure he’d take care of me just fine.”
     
    Cameron stopped for a moment, looking at her, thinking about what she was saying.
     
    “No, really, Delilah, just take it. I’m not going to say anything to Jim if you call me because you need something. It’s fine. You’ll be paid. He’s too worried about everything. You’re giving me a son, seriously, I can’t thank you enough for that, and if you need anything, I really feel like it’s my duty to be there for you and help you out. Really, please take it. It’s the least I can do.”
     
    He held it closer to her.
     
    “Please.”
     
    Delilah looked at the paper skeptically, and then reached out and took it from him, looking at it and tucking it into her wallet. It read, ‘In case of emergency, contact Cameron, 707-995-9745’.
     
    “I’m sure I’m not going to use it, but thank you, anyway. That’s really kind and thoughtful of you,” she said, smiling at him and taking another drink of her coffee.
     
    “I’m glad to do it. So, Jim tells me you’re a swimmer. Do you compete?”
     
    “Yeah, I do. I also like sea kayaking, diving and sailing. I think I was a fish in another life.” She laughed and he laughed with her.
     
    “Do you think you’ll ever have a family after this?” he asked.
     
    She considered it for a moment.
     
    “Well, I guess so. Right now my priority is my education. Maybe if I meet the right guy someday, and we decide to settle down and have kids, I guess so, but I’m not going to rush out and try to get married and start a family right away like a lot of my friends did.”
     
    Cameron shifted in his seat slightly and bit his lip.
     
    ““Are you seeing anyone? Did you have to make any changes for this agreement?”
     
    Delilah shook her head again.
     
    “No, I’m really focused on school, focused on my education, my career, my future… I haven’t made time for relationships. I’m not really into the work it takes to be in a successful relationship.
     
    “I don’t want to spend the time and deal with the hassle, I guess. My work is really important to me, and I wouldn’t want a guy to screw that up and distract me from what I’m working so hard to accomplish.”
     
    Cameron laughed again.
     
    “You sound just like me! The guys are on my case sometimes about why I don’t have a girlfriend, why I don’t date, and I keep telling them… I am focused on my career, focused on my team, my game, and my future.  It’s really important to me, and they just don’t seem to really get it. They like the distraction, but for me, my career and my son are the only things I want to work toward and focus on.”
     
    She grinned at him.
     
    “I totally get that.”
     
    They shared a smile of commonality and he finished his coffee and looked around for a moment.
     
    “I guess we better get back upstairs. It’s been a little while.