Free Beautiful Surrender (The Surrender Series Book Three) by Priscilla West

from my cheek. “Unless my fingers have started magically producing
sperm, yes. Vincent’s the only one I’ve had sex with.”
    “Okay.
How is your relationship with him going? You said you two made up right?”
    “Yeah,
we did.”
    “Good.
That should make it easier to tell him. Have faith in him, Kris. Didn’t you say
he adored his nephew?”
    Giselle’s
stories about Vincent’s emails in the early morning hours enthusing over
activities and programs for Brady ran through my mind. “He does. I think he
might actually be too intense about it.”
    “What
do you mean?”
    “I
don’t know, his sister made it sound like he’s borderline obsessed with the
kid. Sends her emails at two in the morning with camps and stuff his nephew can
go to when he’s old enough.”
    Riley
nodded. “That sounds very sweet. It sounds like he would be a great dad.”
    “I
don’t know Riley, liking kids is not the same as wanting one of your own.”
    “That’s
true. He’s a busy CEO and lives a fast-paced lifestyle. But liking kids is
certainly a positive sign.”
    “Or
what if he really does want a child and I don’t? What if I just don’t want to
be a mom yet? I could get an abortion and not tell him. Wouldn’t that be
easier? If I tell him, and we disagree, this could destroy our relationship.
Then it would have been easier just to not tell him, and maybe we can have a
baby years from now.”
    She
sucked in a deep breath. “I think you should think hard about whether you want
to get an abortion. My mother had an unplanned pregnancy and almost got an abortion.
I’m glad she didn’t, otherwise I wouldn’t be here.”
    I could
feel my face grow hot with embarrassment. “Riley, I didn’t know . . .”
    “It’s
okay. We all have secrets Kristen.” She squeezed my hand. “Just don’t make a
quick decision. Think about it. I think I would tell Vincent. If you make this
decision by yourself, it’s going to be a strain on your relationship for the
rest of the time you’re together. I mean, it’s pretty dishonest.”
    She
made a good point. If Vincent couldn’t trust me to talk to him about something
this important, that said bad things about the health of our relationship as a
whole. Still though, it was just so much to deal with. “You don’t think I’m too
young to have a child?”
    Riley
shook her head. “You’re twenty-five. A lot of women have children at that age.
When people are as young as we are, typically money is a big concern, but
that’s obviously not the case here. You have a great job and Vincent is
loaded.”
    “That’s
part of it though, Riley. I can’t have a baby fathered by my client. That’s
beyond scandalous. If I decide to have this baby, my time at Waterbridge-Howser
is done.”
    “I
thought you said they had no policy against it!”
    I
sighed. “Official policy is one thing. Shoving it in the company’s face by
taking maternity leave to have a baby fathered by a client is another. It’s
practically proof they got the client because I had sex with him. Other wealth
management firms could use that against them every time they make a pitch. The
wealth management business is pretty conservative.”
    “So
they would fire you? Isn’t that illegal?”
    “They
might if they could figure out how to get away with it, or they would force me
out slowly. It doesn’t matter. If I decide to have this baby, I need to find a
new job before it happens. Before I start showing, actually.”
    “Wow.
That is a lot to handle.”
    “It
feels like too much. What is Vincent going to say when I drop all these
problems on his lap?”
    She
shook her head. “Talk to him and find out. He’s the CEO of an enormous company,
I’m sure he’s used to dealing with complicated situations. If you don’t talk to
him about it, I think you’ll regret it later.”
    “And if
we break up because we can’t work it out?”
    “If you
guys can’t work through an issue like this together, is the relationship