Page 76 of Must Be Love - Irresistible Bachelors

Once again, I’m reminded how right Briana was. I should listen to her more often.

I blow out a frustrated breath. I came up with something revolutionary, and no one can ever know.

“You’re scaring me. Is something wrong?”

“Sorry. I’m distracted.”

Amber comes over and puts a hand on my arm.

“I can understand that. It must be overwhelming that your product did so well. Tell me what you’re feeling. What’s going through your head right now?”

“A lot.”

“Come on. Remember the other night at your house? You wanted me to tell you how I was feeling. Now it’s your turn. You’re being weird. Are you sure nothing’s wrong?”

“There’s something about AJB-9 that I didn’t tell you.”

Amber laughs. “Yeah, the secret ingredient. You can tell me what it is now, can’t you? Or do we still need to wait until the trial is over?”

“We should definitely wait. Waiting is good. It’s going to be a long time, too. Maybe years before we finish this trial.”

“It can’t be that long! My friends are dying to get samples of AJB-9 when it’s ready.”

I sigh. “I don’t know, Amber. That’s not a good idea.”

“Come on, why not? What aren’t you telling me?”

I can’t tell her, obviously. It’s too much.

Panicked, I lean forward and kiss her. This could be my last chance. Once she finds out, Amber might not want to date me anymore, let alone kiss me.

Amber meets my kiss with passion. She grabs the lapels of my lab coat and pulls me closer. I could stay like this forever.

But Amber won’t allow that to happen. She pushes me away with a laugh.

“Alright, seriously, AJ. Tell me what’s going on. What’s in the serum?”

“You saw the ingredients list.”

“There’s more to it. Stop putting it off. You obviously need to tell someone. It’s eating you up.”

I sigh. Amber has a point. If I don’t tell someone, I might explode. Maybe I should’ve shared the secret ingredient with Mike the other night. Then I wouldn’t be so freaked out right now.

Who am I kidding? I’d still be freaking out. This is Amber, the woman I’ve fallen for. If she’s done with me after this, I don’t know what I’ll do. She’s only been in my life for a short while, but I suddenly can’t imagine it without her.

“The secret ingredient is my semen,” I blurt out.

Amber stares at me. “I’m sorry, what?”

I meet her eyes, and there’s hurt there. Maybe anger, too.

I look down at my hands. “I was in the lab late one night. I was frustrated because AJB-8 had just failed. I had no idea what was going wrong with the serum. According to my testing, it should have worked.”

“That doesn’t explain why this happened.”

“I had a lot of pent-up frustration. I jerked one off to try and calm down. A few drops landed on the counter, and I got a crazy idea. I dumped the drops into AJB-8 and shook it up. Somehow, I knew it worked. The serum was completely different. And look at how good it worked on you! It changed your skin entirely. The damage is gone.”

“So you angrily put your come into the serum and then gave it to me?”

“Yes, that’s exactly what happened.”

Amber continues to stare at me. Every time her mouth opens, words don’t come out.

We sit like this for five full minutes before I have to say something to end the silence.

“Your skin benefited from my semen,” I tell her. “It worked miracles.”

Amber’s face changes from confusion to anger.

“Miracles? You put your semen in the serum! How can you be talking about miracles when you did something so disgusting?”

“Come on, Amber…”

“Don’t ‘come on, Amber’ me! How could you do this?”

“I didn’t mean for it to happen. I didn’t know it would work. At least, I didn’t expect it to work this well. Please, Amber, don’t be mad at me.”

“Mad at you? God, AJ, I’m furious! I thought the ingredient would be something strange or obscure, but I didn’t think it would be something as gross as your semen!”

“Amber…”

“What were you thinking, AJ?”

Frustration courses through my body. “I told you, I was angry that my serum wasn’t working! I needed to do something. If I thought this was going to happen, I never would have done it…”

A tear falls from Amber’s eye. “I was a perfect stranger when we met at the convention. You gave your semen to someone you didn’t know. You have no morals!”

She jumps up from her chair and stomps out the door. I call after her, but it’s no use. Amber is mad at me.

Why am I so surprised? I knew this was going to happen.

There’s a small bottle on the chair Amber just vacated. It’s AJB-9. She must have been carrying the serum with her.

I pick up the bottle and throw it against the wall. The glass shatters, and the remainder of the serum spills onto the floor.

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