Page 47 of Secret Baby for Dr. Billionaire

“Yeah, because Billy Anne doesn’t bring her own—”

“Am I interrupting something here?” A soft, nasal voice cut in, and all of us turned to the tall and slender blonde who was wearing a pink mermaid dress that glinted with her every move.

“Hello, Gwen.”

Why was Gwen here? She didn’t usually mingle with these people.

She and I went way back when things with Tonette were too much. A friend of a friend introduced me to her, and back then, I thought she was stunning and had so much free time on her hands that I thought she was the perfect distraction.

To put it bluntly, she was my go-to person when I needed to fuck, with her consent, of course. Our little rendezvous went on for a while until I got busy with business again, and I was slowly trying to make things up for Billy Anne.

I ended things before they could escalate, but Gwen was relentless. She’d call me in the middle of the night to come pick her up. Sometimes, she’d call me on a random afternoon to ask if I was available. I had told her to stop it, and she did. But she’d relapse from time to time.

Before today, we hadn’t had a single form of interaction for over a year. That was a brand-new record, one I wished didn’t have to end tonight.

“You smell like a chimney, honey.” Maggie wasn’t shy in expressing her dislike of Gwen. She always told me she was all looks and even called her a social climber. If she was the latter, I didn’t care as long as she stayed away.

“Hello Maggie, Hello Ben. And hello…” Her seductive voice didn’t work on me, and I gave her the most uninterested look I could pull off.

“Chloe.”

“Chloe. And how do we know, Chloe?”

Jesus, I could smell the cigarettes she must have been smoking the entire night from where I was standing.

“She’s Ben’s girlfriend,” Maggie declared.

“Girlfriend. Wow, quite a catch there, Benny. You know Ben and I—”

“Hey, Gwen, did you see the new jewelry that’s about to get auctioned tonight?” Maggie snaked her arm around Gwen’s, and she started pulling her away from us before the other woman could say anything to ruin my night.

“No, but I—”

“Great, let’s go see.” And then they were gone. I gave Maggie a thankful stare as Gwen followed my sister.

“What was that about?” Chloe asked, looking up at me.

“She’s an old friend.” I pulled her against my side and kissed her shoulder as she wrapped her hands around my neck.

“Doesn’t look like it. Should I be worried?”

“No. She’s just a friend. Nothing more.”

“Okay, good. You wouldn’t want yourgirlfriendto catch up with an old flame of yours on the first night you went public.” I pressed a kiss on her luscious lips and moaned against her mouth as the subtle taste of cherry nibbled against mine.

“You were good tonight.”

“You didn’t leave my side.” We pulled away from each other, and she leaned her head against my shoulder. We sat like this for a while, studying the tipsy crowd around us.

“I couldn’t have dreamt of a night like this.”

“So, Billy Anne is your daughter.”

“Yeah. I can’t believe you’re her favorite teacher.”

“She said that?”

“She did. She’s a shy kid, you know. And it’s a big deal that she warmed up to you that quick.”

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