right that I hadn’t told her I knocked her up back in early December.
What could I say? I was a big jerk.
I lowered my gaze and pretended to be busy typing on my laptop as she made her way into the room.
Once she sat, I looked up to face her. Her cheeks were flushed, her blond hair tousled, and as she licked her lips, I wondered, Did she look like that after I fucked her?
My cock twitched.
She leaned over and handed me a piece of paper.
“What is this?” I grabbed the paper and lifted it in front of my face so I wouldn’t look at her.
The more my eyes focused on her face and those plump lips, the harder my cock became.
“It’s my résumé.”
“The Chicken Digs?” I read one of her previous employer’s name.
“Yes. I didn’t work there very long. It was more of a summer gig to earn a little extra cash.”
“You didn’t seem to work much of anywhere very long.” I lowered the paper.
It was obvious I shouldn’t hire her. I knew it, and based on the frown she had, Julia knew it too.
She forced out a laugh. “What can I say? I have been biding my time to work for the man.”
I cocked an eyebrow. “The man?”
Julia sighed. “Look, I’ll be honest with you. After the way you acted on Saturday, I didn’t want to come here. But Laura insisted.”
Now I was getting irritated. If she didn’t want to work for me, she shouldn’t have come.
“I apologize for my behavior. I was told to be there by Rock for a certain reason, and then when I got there, that reason vanished. He looked at me as if I shouldn’t have come. I felt weird and awkward, and I guess it showed in how I acted.”
“I guess I can understand that.” Julia bit her lower lip.
She had to stop doing that. My irritation was melting into arousal.
“If I’m so bad, then why did you come?”
That was when I heard a cooing noise. She bent over and lifted something that was gray and blue and large. It had a handle and appeared heavy. Turning it, I saw Nathan nestled inside, surrounded by blankets and a small plush rooster.
“He’s why I’m here.”
I couldn’t keep my eyes off that little bundle of cuteness. He had a small patch of black hair, and I swore he looked just like my father.
I had a powerful urge to run around the desk and hold him in my arms. And that thought did something to me.
This wasn’t about my attraction to Julia, or what we did together in a dark closet at a holiday ball. It wasn’t even about her not being qualified for this job.
It was my responsibility to take care of this little boy. If Julia could work hard to make sure Nathan was happy and healthy, take a job she didn’t want, all so he would be provided for, then the least I could do was get over my feelings for his mother and do the right thing.
It was time to tell Julia that I was the man in that closet with the candy cane dick.
I opened my mouth, but right at that moment, the phone buzzed. Reaching for it to turn it off, I noticed it was Hamish.
I groaned.
“Jilted ex calling?” Julia asked.
I chuckled. “No, an important potential investor.”
“Let me talk to him.”
I glanced up in surprise. “What?”
“You don’t want to talk to him but need his money, right?”
“Well, no. It’s a little more complicated than that.”
She placed Nathan’s carrier back on the floor and stood. Coming over to my side of the desk, she held out her hand.
“With money, it’s usually never complicated. People need it to live. That’s it.”
Still in a bit of shock, I handed her the phone.
“I’m friends with him. So, please don’t—” I said before she held up her finger to stop me while raising the cell phone to her ear.
“Mr. Montgomery Diaz’s phone. How may I help you?”
I heard Hamish’s voice but couldn’t tell what he was saying.
“He’s indisposed at the moment. I suspect you’re calling about that exclusive investment opportunity. I’ll let him know—”
She stopped but nodded a few times.
“You don’t know about the investment? That’s strange . . . He told me he was only letting his most trusted friends know about it. I hope I haven’t made a mistake in telling you . . .”
I squirmed in my seat. The last thing I wanted was to piss off Hamish. He was a