The Russian Billionaire’s Secret(71)
She waited patiently, and after an hour the wait started to get old. She got up and peeked her head out of the door, worried that something was wrong. The doctor had never made her wait this long to be seen.
“What is going on?” She flagged the nurse down who was coming back down the hallway.
“It won't be much longer, sorry. The doctor will be in, in just a few minutes,” the nurse reassured her.
Shareena nodded and went to sit back down, not understanding why it was taking so long.
A few minutes later, the doctor entered, along with a man she'd never seen before. Their eyes met and the hostile look on his face changed to one of confusion and interest when he saw her. She blushed and looked away, feeling self-conscious. He was an attractive man, and it was the wrong time to find a man attractive.
“Shareena, this is Archer Mcdonald. I need to speak with both of you, we've tried to get a hold of you for the last week, and this is going to come as a shock,” the doctor started to say and then hesitated as he looked over at Archer who was scowling at him.
Her brows knitted up in confusion as she looked at Dr. Adams and the man he called Archer. “Okay? I'm listening.”
“We had a mix up with the sperm samples, you were impregnated by Archer's sperm sample. He was making donations with the intention of finding a surrogate to carry a baby for him.”
Dr. Adams closed his eyes for a moment and then looked back at her.
"We are truly sorry for this mix up, but we are hoping the two of you can figure out an agreement that will work for both of you in regards to the baby you appear to be pregnant with. Your labs came back and you are officially pregnant.”
Shareena was sitting there in shock, and just stared at the two men. “Wait, are you telling me that the baby I'm pregnant with is coming with strings attached?”
“I'm willing to pay you for the baby and let you try again with the sperm donation as you wish, or we could terminate, but if you carry my baby, I want to be involved,” Archer told her.
He was admiring how beautiful she was, and he had this niggling feeling he'd seen her before, but he couldn't place it. Her dark skin was flawless and she was the exact type of woman he would have chosen to be his surrogate. Deciding he didn't want her to end the pregnancy he prepared to talk her into keeping it.
“I will not terminate my pregnancy. I'm keeping this baby. I'm really sorry this happened, but I don't need a father involved. I'll let you sign over your rights,” Shareena reassured him, trying not to feel resentful that he even suggested a termination.
“I won't sign over my rights. If you have this baby, I want to be involved,” Archer told her, crossing his arms and staring at her.
“I'm going to let you two talk. I can't really fix this between you too, working out how you plan on going forward from this point,” Dr. Adams excused himself and left the two of them staring at each other alone in the room.
Archer stared at her for a moment, and then it clicked where he knew her from.
“Have you ever done any modeling?” He asked her, wanting to confirm his suspicions.
“Yes, I did a onetime modeling shoot about two years ago after I got out of college,” she said, wondering he'd recognized her.
“Pink bikini?” he asked her raising a brow.
“Yes....” she said and then turned her head feeling embarrassed. She should have known that would come back to haunt her later. At the time, it had seemed like a good idea, and the agency had approached her. She'd done one shoot and then had decided it wasn't for her.
“Aha! I thought you looked familiar,” Archer said, but didn't want to admit she was the one he'd wanked too when he'd made his sperm deposit, but here was his fantasy dream girl sitting in front of him, pregnant with his child.
“I promise that one time modeling thing won't impact my child. I'm a teacher, not a porn star,” she told him defensively.
“I'm not interested in that, or rather, I'm not offended you did a modeling job.” He grinned at her. “Go out with me tonight? We can have dinner and talk. I think we need to figure out how to handle this pregnancy situation and the future of our baby, and I'd rather do it on more neutral territory.”
Shareena looked at him and hesitated, she found him attractive, but he was a stranger.
“I don't know…” she started to say and then looked up at the eager expression on his face and almost felt bad for him. He was planning on using a surrogate, and instead, they had a screw up and she was pregnant with his child. A child he had wanted, not just an anonymous donor. She couldn't just completely walk away from him without talking to him. “Okay, dinner.”
“Do you want to meet me there, or can I pick you up?” He asked her, not wanting to scare her off. Now he just had to figure out how to seduce her and get her to give a relationship between them a chance. He didn't have to tell her who he really was, or how rich he was, but he could definitely win her heart and a place in her life for his child and then get it in writing.
Or maybe it could lead to something more. He knew he was attracted to her, and if she was as intelligent as she was beautiful, maybe there could be something more between them. He just had to make sure she wasn't a gold digger first.
“I don't really want to discuss this in public, how about you come to my house for dinner. I'll cook and we can discuss it privately,” she suggested, she didn't know this man, but she felt like she could trust him, he just had that kind of face and her gut instincts were usually right. Most of the time.