Chapter 32

She didn’t want to explain too much to him about the kid. The more she explained, the greater her disappointment became. She watched him in silence, her voice as flat and unrippled as a still pond. “So, what do

you want?”

lan’s fingertips gently lifted her chin, he lowered his head, their noses brushing against each other in an ambiguous, teasing dance. “You lost our baby. You owe me one.”

Clara shoved him away with a force that brooked no argument, “That’s not possible.”

“Then all those terms you just laid out, I’m rejecting every single one.

“lan, don’t be so unreasonable.”

Tears crept into Clara’s eyes, a furious storm brewing within.

of the woods until then. During this time, I can’t guarantee his safety–unless you agree to my terms. Give me another child. We can draft a contract, limited to three months. If you get pregnant within that time, after you give birth, the baby is mine, and I assure you, your

understood why the world called lan a devil. His

chuckle, “And if I don’t get pregnant in

But the odds of that are nearly zero.” They had conceived on their one unprotected encounter. He refused to believe he couldn’t father another child within three months. He

managed a resigned smile and agreed readily, “Fine, let’s draw up an

in three months? She’d consider it a

years.

printer, lay before Clara. Despite being prepared for all eventualities, the moment she picked up the pen to sign, she felt as if she were

slightly, as she signed her name

game had officially begun.

from behind.. His hot, moist lips

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