Free Unforgettable by Lacey Wolfe

my own. I’m
forty-five. I don’t want to be chasing a two-year-old around.
However, I have no problem with you having one.”
    “ Yes, but I want another
child one day. I don’t want EJ to be an only child.”
    He was quiet. “I don’t know where
things are going between us. And I don’t want this child thing to
affect us. I don’t want to tell you no, but I also can’t say
yes.”
    “ I understand.” She rubbed a
circle into his palm. “Do you think there can be something between
us? Something lasting?”
    “ There already
is.”
    He pulled her to him and gently took
her lips. It wasn’t a greedy kiss, just a sweet one to show how he
felt. It lasted only a moment before he pulled away and his blue
eyes stared into hers.
    “ I don’t think either of us
could walk away right now even if we wanted to.”
    She couldn’t agree more. She was in
this deep. Deeper than she’d anticipated it going. But being around
Neil did that to her. He made her feel things she never expected to
feel.
    She’d been in love with Todd, but never
had he made her feel so many emotions at once. She was happy,
scared, and turned on all at once.
    Krista wanted to be with Neil. She had
to know how magical it would be. Leaning forward, she was about to
kiss him when his cell phone beeped on his waist.
    “ Excuse me.” He released her
hand and pulled it from his hip. “This is business. I’ll be right
back, I promise”
    “ It’s fine. Take your
time.”
    After he left the room, she reached for
her wine glass and finished what was left. She needed a few minutes
to breathe anyway.
    * * *
    Neil closed his office door and went
over to his computer to boot it up. His PI had come through
quickly, delivering the information he’d requested on Krista.
Before things went any further, he needed to make sure she didn’t
have any more secrets she was hiding.
    Thankfully his top-of-the line desktop
computer booted quickly. He logged into his email and opened the
email.
     
    Neil,
    Not much to tell about
her. She’s lived a very quiet life. Been divorced about a year. Was
married young. Assuming it was because of the child she shares with
a gentleman named Todd Michaels. Son’s name is Elijah Jonathan
Michaels. Krista’s middle name is Anne and her maiden name is
Brown.
    She works as a middle
school teacher at Longview. She makes roughly 35,000 a year. She
kept the house in the divorce.
    Both her parents are still
alive, though they don’t live nearby.
    All this is in the
document attached. Like I said, not much. She’s lived a normal,
boring life. I dug as deep as I could for you.
    -K
     
    Neil opened up the document that was
sent and scanned through it. Just as stated, it was all cut and
dry. It seemed that the only skeleton she had in her closet was now
out and he could work his magic and hopefully win her
over.
    He leaned back in his chair. There was
something special about Krista. He was ready to throw all plans out
the door and do this whole relationship with her. He didn’t think
he’d ever be going down this path again, not after Rachel. But
sometimes life threw curveballs.
    Krista was nothing like Rachel. His ex
had been all about the fine things in life and complained that he
was never around. It took a lot of work in his younger days to get
to where he was now. And she’d hopped beds to keep her days
occupied.
    Krista didn’t seem like the bed-hopper
type.
    Speaking of beds, he hoped like hell he
was going to get lucky this evening. They’d been doing a lot of
kissing and petting, but he had needs and he was ready. Of course,
if she wasn’t yet, he’d wait. But fuck, he hoped she
was.
    Neil shut the computer off and left his
office. He made his way back through the house until he found
Krista still sitting in the same spot with an empty glass of
wine.
    “ Sorry about that,” he
said.
    “ It’s no problem. You’re an
important man. Duty calls.” She smiled sweetly at him, driving his
libido crazy.
    “ My evening