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Cara wonders how insensitive the man before her his, thinking it’s an easy decision for her to make. She hates his condescending tone and the disgusted look he has on his face. He looks at her like she is shit, so why would he what her to carry his child ?
« If I accept, how do we go about it ? » She asks, « There is no fucking way I will have sex with you. »
She still has her pride. Although this douche as seen her in the worst way possible and knows about her situation, she won’t give him the pleasure of having her.
« Having sex with you is not part of my priorities. » He gives her an uninterested look. « Have you heard of Artificial Insemination or you are just dumb ? » Alex is taking longer than intended in this unconventional meeting. He has work to do, stupid and irrelevant questions the woman before him doesn’t fail to ask is pissing him off.
Cara balls her fist as she imagines punching the living hell out of the rude man, the only thing stopping her is the money.
« I know what surrogacy is. » Cara raises her head proudly. She won’t give him the joy of making her look dumb.
« Thank goodness, » Alexander mutters under his breath but loud enough for Cara to hear. Cara doesn’t care what people say but she couldn’t help but wonder what this man thinks of her.
« So you want to bring a child into the world because people are bashing you ? » Cara won’t pretend to know how celebrity life is, she has always wished to be one but here she is. Cara doesn’t seek people’s approval, if she was a celebrity, it wouldn’t be any different.
« I am 35, I have been trying to convince my ex-girlfriend for 3 years but she doesn’t want to have kids. » Alex doesn’t want to talk about Liza or how their relationship was. It’s too hurtful. « This is just an eye-opener. »
When Alex told his publicist his plans, he thought Alex is crazy. Suing her is an easy way out but Alex isn’t going to gain anything from suing her, but he can merge two scandals into one and people can eventually let go of Liza’s scandal. Alex isn’t going give Liza the joy of being the hot topic, he may not like Cara but he prefers her in every blog page than Liza. Since Alex doesn’t plan on falling in love, sometime in the future he would hire a surrogate and that’s another personal drama, he doesn’t need. He is merging all dramas now and in the future together, he is going to make a beautiful and believable story out of it with the help of Andre.
What’s going through Cara’s mind at the moment is the 12 years age difference between them and how young he looked.
« I have always wanted a child, not with a psycho but I will take it. » Alex might try to cover it under his blunt words, he actually thinks the psycho is beautiful, he likes the curly hair. He definitely wants his kids to have her curly hair as for her dramatizes, he can only wish for the best.
« You are rude, do you know that ? » Cara folds her arms, frowning at him.
« Oh, I am sorry, what am I supposed to call a girl who did what you did ? »
« It worked, I have your attention. » Cara smiles at the man who has a natural boring expression on his face.
« When you accept the offer, doctors will run some tests on you, you will sign some papers and then you will proceed to live with me. «
When ? Doctors ? Living with him ? these are all Cara picks from what he said and all them annoyed her.
But first things first, « Why do I have to live with you ? Enlighten me. » Cara asks.
If she is to accept his offer, living with him will be like a prison and this woman loves her freedom.
« Easy, I don’t trust you with the pregnancy. » He states. From what Alex as seen today, Cara is impulsive, she acts before thinking and he doesn’t trust her energy. He has to keep a very close eye on her.
« You said when what makes you so sure I will accept. »
He might be used to things going his way but Cara is going to think this through before she acts.
Alex lets out a low and short laugh before standing up, adjusting his suit then walking up to an already nervous Cara.
« Either you accept or go to jail for defamation. » Alex is face hard, he tries to appear intimidating as possible to the fearless girl.
« Are you threatening me ? » Cara doesn’t believe his shit, if he wanted her in jail, she would be there now.
« It doesn’t have to be. I want a reply as soon as possible, by as soon as possible, I mean tomorrow. » He places his card on the table close to her.
« Gee thanks. « Cara mutters sarcastically.
« By the way, your boobs are still out. » Alex has noticed this during their conversation but didn’t care to tell her. He walks past her, opens the door and walks out.
« Asshole, » Cara mutters under her breath, adjusting her coat.
Cara needs to think about the offer and she knows a little friend that helps her think.
Alcohol
She walks over to the bottle of red wine, ready to drown all her issues.
« Don’t mind if I do. »
~~~~
« How was it ? » Cassie had ambushed her even before she came out from the Uber, now they are upstairs.
« Uneventful. » Cara struggles to pull the left heel off her leg before throwing it to the end of the room.
« You had sex with a perverted old man, didn’t you ? » This is what Cassie had tried to prevent but now it has happened, she just wants to help her through the situation.
« I wish. » Cara scoffed.
Cassie stands up, confusion was written on her face, now she is anxious.
« Okay, what happened ? » Cassie holds Cara’s hands stopping her from pacing around.
« The douche happened. »
Cara wants to strangle him and she hates the fact that he has something she needs, the money.
« You mean Alexander Black ? » Cassie goes from worried to fantasizing about the male Adonis.
Cara frowns at her friend who places her hands on her chest staring dreamingly into nothing. The guy may be hot but he is an ass and her best friend has to be on her side in this.
« Snap out of it, Missy. » Cara snaps her fingers near Cassie’s face.
« Come on, meeting Alex again couldn’t be that bad. »
Cara’s phone rings just as she is about to tell Cassie everything.
It’s Jim calling.
Cara rolls her eyes as she picks up the phone and swipes to answer.
« What ? » Cara snaps. Not a way to talk to your boss when you are in need of money, but Cara has options now.
« I have a lot of men waiting for you, so be here in an hour. I might even tap it when you are done. » Cara almost puked in her mouth. She hates that she subjected herself to this degrading insults in the first place.
« Fuck off, I quit, » Cara yells into the phone and ends the call.
Cara had always imagined saying these words to Jim since she started working for him. It will be after she had been chosen for a major role in a movie or series and she going off to Hollywood. Things are far beyond what she imagines.
Cassie stares at her friend in shock, her jaw slightly dropping.
« Why did you do that ? You still need the money, how will you help your mum ? How will you get a new job ? » Cassie starts pacing around, panicking for her friend.
« Don’t you worry, I got this, » Cara smirked.
It took a bottle of wine for Cara to come to her decision. There is nowhere else she would get such a good offer and she as to take it, for her mum.
She slips her hands in her coat and takes Alex’s card, then types his number to her phone while her friend paces around.
« Who the hell are you calling ? » Cassie is wondering why she is clam about this, this is insane.