"Listen, buddy, your cock was the last thing that got inside me, so unless I’m having some kind of miracle baby, yeah, you’re the father. Congrats." — Raelynn had one goal that night—drown her sorrows in cheap whiskey after getting fired from her job. What she didn’t plan on was two surprises: one, a steamy night with a ridiculously good-looking stranger, and two, a $10,000 check for her the next morning. Jackpot, right? Wrong. Nothing could’ve prepared her for the biggest surprise of all—she’s pregnant. And the father? None other than Elion Vaelorian, the country’s richest and most powerful businessman, with a face that could melt ice... and a personality just as cold. What Raelynn doesn’t know is that Elion isn’t just any man. And the baby she’s carrying? Let’s just say it’s far from ordinary, and its existence could shake the foundations of the world she knows.
Raelynn sat in the passenger seat, hands folded in her lap, while the city blurring past her window. She stole a glance at Elion, who was focused on the road ahead. His grip on the steering wheel was firm but relaxed, his expression unreadable, as usual. The silence between them was thick but not exactly uncomfortable—just another of those moments where she found herself wondering what, exactly, went on in his head.
He hadn't explained much about this visit to the doctor, and Raelynn didn't bother asking. She had a feeling he wouldn't answer her questions anyway. From what she could guess, the doctor they saw the other day hadn't been convincing enough for Elion, though why that mattered so much to him, she couldn't say.
"Doesn't trust easily, does he?" she muttered under her breath.
Elion's sharp hearing caught it, of course. "Did you say something?"