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CHAPTER TWO - REED

I’d been waiting in my lawyer’s office for over twenty minutes before he came into the rooht before, and he fidgeted with his tie and tucked his shirt in his pants a bit before taking a seat He offeredthat it had been down his pants ht into business

“Let’s get down to it I’ve got aafter I leave here” He didn’t need to know thatith o out to the rodeo We’d had the same yearly event planned since ere kids and hadn’t missed a year yet, not even when my father had died when I enty-two The old man would have done the same if it were one of his lavish weekend destinations with his wealthy big-boy crew The rotten apple didn’t fall far from the tree

“Yes, well, I’ton” He flipped through a file that hadwith h hissound

“You said you found so in the past?” I’d tried to wrapthat seemed so cut and dry, not to mention important I’d waited years for my thirtieth birthday, the day I’d inherit er have to deal with my uncle, to whom my father had left the company

It was finally tiure out what I wanted to do with the rest of my life, out from under my father’s shadow

“It see uncomfortably in his chair He cleared his throat nervously and continued “I’ain your inheritance, you must produce an heir by your thirtieth birthday”

I blinked a few times, my stern expression still on my face otherwise “An heir? As in a child?”

“Yes, that’s what it states Your father was concerned about your lifestyle and hoped that you would settle down and start a family”

I was stunned, and the fact that my father, who’d been a total woive a shit about fahable

“I turn thirty in eleven months The last time I checked, babies take at least nine months to be born So how the hell am I supposed to make this happen hat time you’ve left me?”

The lout dared to giggle “I’d suggest you get on it, and by getting on it, I think you knohat I ton I’m sure there are many women ould love to carry your child”

“That’s not really an option I don’t want to have kids right now I’ve never even considered e, h If I couldn’t get overa kid, it could cost me a fortune My entire inheritance ell over 2 billion, and I couldn’t let anything get in the way of that I had to figure so out, and quickly

“I’m sorry, but the stipulations are very clear, and I’ve already looked to see if there was any way around it”

“You’re sure there are no loopholes?” My hands wrung together in