Richard

“Why did you use a condom?” Maya asks as she tugs a clean T-shirt of mine over her head.

I busy myself with digging through a drawer. “I wasn’t about to kill the moment by asking if you wanted to try for a baby.”

She laughs. “I appreciate the thought, but I know what I signed up for.”

“So, what, us having sex is just a way for you to fulfill your end of a contract?” My tone carries more bite than intended.

“I never said that.”

“Then what?” I snap.

“I mean, I know we agreed to having a child viain vitro, but if we are attracted to each other, then maybe…” Her voice drops off.

Is she fucking kidding me? If we areattractedto each other? The way she minimizes our connection makes me want to throw her back on the bed and show her howattractedshe is to…