Accept My Baby: A Billionaire BWWM Single Parent Pregnancy Romance by J.A. Fielding

I have met who I can
actually talk to and I know that it has been just a few minutes but
that is enough to make me realize that I want to see you again.”
    “ See
me again? Really?” she asked. “I don’t think it
would be a good idea to...”
    She never had a
chance to finish what she was saying. He slipped an arm around her
waist and pulled her close to him. She gasped silently as he held her
against his body.
    “ I
don’t know what you have heard about me, Amanda. But I can tell
you one thing. I like you. I like how simple you are, how natural you
are, how mature you are.” He pulled away and ran his eyes down
her body before he looked into her eyes. “I haven’t met
anyone like you in a very long time and I want to get to know you
better.”
    His arm
was still around her waist and subconsciously, her hands were on his
shoulders.
    “ Let
me show you around,” he said in a soft voice. “And let me
wine and dine you like the sophisticated woman you are.”
    Amanda was not sure
whether it was his upfront Tony Stark personality that appealed to
her so much or the fact that he seemed to believe in himself more
than anyone she had ever known. There were two conflicting voices in
her head. One screaming to her that she should have pulled away and
just walked off but at the same time, there was something about being
in his arms. Some sort of comfort that she just had not felt in a
long time.
    “ Even
if you don’t agree to dinner, then let me take you around
town,” he said, softly.
    She did not know how
but the next word out of her mouth surprised even her.
    “ Okay.”

Chapter 5
    “ He
asked you out on a date?” Emilia asked as she looked at Amanda
in surprise. Emilia had insisted on knowing everything as soon as
Amanda walked into the door. She had been staying up late, probably
twiddling her fingers as she waited for her to get home.
    It was
almost midnight by the time Amanda finally made it back to the
apartment and a worried Emilia looked up at her, doe eyed, ready to
hear about what she had been up to. Amanda had asked her to come with
but Emilia had adamantly refused saying that the Imperioli parties
were known to get a little ‘out of hand’...whatever that
meant.
    “ Yes,
he asked me out on a date,” Amanda said as she looked at
Emilia. “That is exactly what I said two or three seconds ago.”
    “ And
you agreed?” Emilia asked.
    Amanda looked at her
and wondered what she was supposed to do. She wanted to lie and say
that she had turned him down but to be quite honest, Emilia was like
a bloodhound when she was onto something and there was no way she was
going to hide the fact that she was going to have dinner with Rafael
forever. Plus, she was in Turin for another few weeks. There was no
way she was going to come up with a reasonable excuse for getting
dressed up.
    “ Well,
to be honest I am not very sure what I agreed to,” she said as
she looked at Emilia.
    “ Okay,
now that makes absolutely no sense,” Emilia pointed out
crossing her arms over her chest. Amanda took a long deep breath and
sighed.
    “ He
asked me to go out to dinner with him and he also asked to be my tour
guide and I said yes, just not sure what I said yes to,” she
explained.
    Emilia still looked
confused.
    “ I
still don’t get it.”
    “ Well,
honestly I don’t want to get into all that. Just know that
everything at the party was great.” She brushed a curly strand
off her face. “I’m actually glad that I got that invite.
I had a great time out there. You really should have come.”
    “ I
love being taken seriously and being in the same circles as Penelope
Lowe is going to kind of taint my reputation in my professional
circles,” Emilia said and Amanda raised an eyebrow over the
other.
    “ Penelope
Lowe is amazing,” she said. “You and I both know that...I
mean have you seen her latest music video? She makes Rihanna look
like old news.”
    “ That’s
because she is hardly ever clothed when she shoots