Page 84 of Imperfections Seduced
“She is. Her sister’s pregnant and I think it might be mine.”
“Fuck, son, you’re knee-deep in the shit, aren’t you? Didn’t I always tell you wrap it up, and don’t bring back anything you didn’t leave with or want, especially a baby?”
“I did. Looks like it didn’t work.”
“Well, shit!”
“Exactly.” My father puts on his lawyer hat.
“First things first—before you admit to anything, get a paternity test done pronto.”
“Already did.”
“Good. Do you love this girl?”
“No, we hardly get along.”
“Well, you don’t have to like a woman to have sex with her. You only need to like the way she looks.”
I have to laugh—this is my dad. “She wants me to marry her. I thought about it when she told me, but it’s not going to happen. Not with Cat back.”
“You knocked her up. You don’t have to marry her, but there are all types of marriages. There are marriages that come with a mutual understanding of what is to be expected in a loveless marriage.”
“I know, she doesn’t have a problem with that. She would agree to it all.”
“So what’s the problem?”
“That’s not the life I want for me or my child—I don’t want a life without Cat. I have to go. I’ll call Paxton and tell them I can’t make it, but we’re sending our next best in my place.”
“Keep me informed and let me know how it all works out. It would be nice to have a grandchild around instead of ungrateful kids I don’t see. That part was meant more for your brother than you. When you see him, tell him I want to talk to him. If your sister can call me once a week where she’s at, I think he can manage to call me at least once a month.”
“If I can get ahold of my wayward brother, I’ll let him know.”
Cat
After I leave Nick’s office, I go to see Ava at her new apartment building. She moved out of the hotel room she was staying in. I love it. There is a doorman downstairs dressed in a bow tie and suit. Ava has expensive tastes, and it shows in this building. She has three bedrooms and there is a fireplace in two of them, and one in the center of the living room wall with a plush white bear skin rug in front of it. Every room has cherry hardwood floors. It’s really nice and cozy.
I get a bottle of water out of the fridge and sit across from her at the kitchen table. “I saw Nick today.” I can see her perking up. She wasn’t quite herself today when I came by, but she said she was fine. So I left it alone; she’ll tell me when she’s ready.
“Really?”
I take a sip of my water. “I didn’t realize how irresistibly sexy a man withpower could be.”
“Honey, yes.”
“I’m in trouble. I need to stay away from him.”
“Why would you want to do that? You have a man who’s powerful, sexy, and most importantly, into you like a fat man in a pie eating contest.”
I look down at the water bottle in my hands. I peel back the edge of the label with my fingers without thought to what I’m doing. “All of this is so wrong. I’m betraying my sister.” I feel a tickle in my throat, and I try to clear it without her hearing me.
“Git your little ass over here, don’t you start crying. It’s not a sin to be attracted to a man who is equally attracted to you.”
She waits till I look at her.
“You had sex with him again, didn’t you?”
“Yes. I went to his office to talk and apologize for the way I left without telling him.”
