Chapter Ten
PHOEBE
I stared at him in shock for a half a second before I nudged against him to let me out. “Move.”
He frowned, not budging. “Calm down.”
I shook my head, furious with him and whatever about me made him think I’d be okay with such a f****d-up request. “Get out of my way. Now!” My tone was a little shrill.
Instead of moving, he grasped my hand under the table. “Just calm down and listen.”
“I’d never do something so vile. What makes you think I’d ever have a child to hand over to a pedophile?”
His eyes widened, and then his own cheeks flushed with anger. “That’s disgusting.” He glared down at me. “That wasn’t what I meant at all. I want a legacy. I have no family, and I don’t want a wife. I want to have a child in the near future, and you need help with your sister. We
