The words stunned her into silence.
“What?” she finally said, the word barely a whisper.
“I am sterile,” repeated Gio. “And I have been for the past few years, so you see why your child can't possibly be mine?”
Her heart pounded heavily. Oh, Maddie, Maddie. You never told me what to do in this situation. They hadn't envisioned this scenario and now she was all alone, a fish floundering out of water.
She managed to meet Gio's eyes, thinking of something to say.
“You didn't mention this to me when I was signing the contract,” she noted. “What if I wanted a child of my own?”
“Perhaps you didn't read clearly.” He reached for a cigar on the table and began toying with it. “'This is not a marriage of passion, hence there should be no expectation of children from either parties,'” he quote
