A Child for His Best Friend

wanted to have a child f

eved in staying single, yet she wante

utting our engagement on ho

ary. "It's just about your insecurity, right? I added your name. All the property goes to you

ement calmly, then packed my

out a sigh of relief, hi

and gets on the birth certificate, we will marry right away. If you wa

watched him indifferently as he starte

anged with his good buddy to get

.

edtime herbal soak,

him yanking at his tie, laced with

at a document titled "Sperm Donat

is tone matter-of-fact. "Laurie believes in staying single, but she wants a child. Yo

duty. "This is just biological help. I only provide the body. No emotions involved. We

oked at this man I had loved for five

ore that both his body

me the "stable" in-home therapist he praised, organizing hi

ng, Eric lost his patience,

had something on my mind. He would come

ve a child and grew impatient instead

t. "All my premarital assets will transfer to

bbing straight into the softest spo

ding and concessions, meant nothing to him b

of hope shatte

his scornful gaze, my o

ent. "Sign it already. Laurie isn't young anymore. H

rk busyness and said we would talk later. Now he wo

idicu

ave, yet I picked up that cold pen and signed my name

ed, Eric cle

nstead, I turned calmly, walked into th

ofessional therapy equipment he dismissed as "unstable" and

s my go

had orbited him for fiv

his arms for a comforting hug. "Maeve, I know you are the mos

grabbed air, his expre

urning in my stomach. "I'm tire

room door, shu

age. "I heard Eric plans to have a chil

ssage, my heart a t

f mine and Eric. We met through the sam

r, Ethan enlisted in the mil

his. It showed how braz

and replied to him. "D