Total pages in book: 30
Estimated words: 28323 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 142(@200wpm)___ 113(@250wpm)___ 94(@300wpm)
Estimated words: 28323 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 142(@200wpm)___ 113(@250wpm)___ 94(@300wpm)
4
Hunter
I curse under my breath, sitting at my desk. What the fuck am I doing? I should have turned down Nova’s request for birth control. Hell, I should have referred her to another ob-gyn. To her school nurse. To Planned Parenthood. To anyone.
Yet here I am, waiting for my gorgeous blonde stepdaughter to arrive at the clinic so that we can continue our illicit conversation from last night. Holy hell, did that really happen? Did I really envision Nova as the mother of my children, her belly bulging as I put a ring on her finger?
At least you didn’t say that shit aloud, my conscience snarks in a sarcastic tone. You would have had the poor girl running for the hills with that one.
Which leads me to my situation today. What am I doing in my office? Again, I should tell Nova to go elsewhere. She can get a prescription from another doc. She doesn’t need to get it from me when there are a million other options.
I resolve to turn the brat away. I’m going to smile and say that I’m busy. I’ll make some shit up about some emergency at the hospital, and rush off like my hair’s on fire. There, crisis fucking averted.
But at that moment, there’s a knock at the front door, and I buzz it open. I hear the curvy girl outside, making her way through the reception until she peers down the hall.
“Daddy Hunter?” she murmurs. “I’m here.”
It’s the soft voice that does me in. Nova’s so feminine in every way, and her tone and energy are imbued with the very essence of woman. My dick begins to harden even as I grit my teeth.
“In here,” I call. “The office at the very back.”
Resist, the voice in my head warns. This is your late wife’s daughter. Be an honorable man. You’re better than this.
But any thought of resistance evaporates the moment Nova materializes because the young woman is gorgeous. She’s dressed in a red, form-fitting turtleneck with a blue peacoat draped over one arm. A red and black plaid mini-skirt hugs her hips, and she’s clad in thigh high black boots emphasizing her long legs beneath that tiny skirt. It’s the boots that do me in. She looks so sexy and alluring that my throat clenches even as my balls begin to fill.
“Hi honey,” I manage in a slightly strangled tone. “Thanks for coming in.”
“Merry Christmas, Daddy,” Nova burbles while setting down her purse and jacket, before leaning forwards to place something on my desk. “This is for you.”
Oh shit, it’s Christmas Day and I should have a gift for her as well. Fuck fuck fuck. But I smile at the wrapped package and ask, “What is it?”
Nova giggles.
“You’ll have to open it and see. But not now,” she says quickly, her cheeks flushing pink. “I’d be embarrassed if you opened it in front of me.”
I nod, still hard as fuck beneath my desk.
“Thank you, sweetheart. I’ll have to get you something in return. I’m sorry, I’ve been so busy—”
“Oh, no need,” Nova trills, a smile on those beautiful features. “Thank you for seeing me on Christmas Day, Daddy. That’s gift enough.”
I nod, looking directly into her blue eyes.
“Okay, if you say so, sweetheart. I appreciate the gift. But let’s talk a bit before we get started. You’re how old?”
“Eighteen,” Nova says with a gentle smile, settling into the chair in front of my desk. She’s a vision to behold as her long golden locks stream over her shoulders, her delicate features like an angel. “I turned eighteen over the summer, remember? You got me that big strawberry cake from Fluff Bake Shop.”
I nod, as if trying to recall, although of course, I haven’t forgotten a single detail.
“Oh right, from your friend Emma’s business. The cake with the strawberry filling in the shape of a big strawberry.”
“Yes!” Emma smiles happily, revealing a dimple in her left cheek. “It was so wonderful, Hunter. Thank you. And Emma appreciates it too because that was before her boyfriend stepped in, so she needed to drum up business. But I think the store’s on sound footing now, with Mr. Stark’s backing, of course.”
“I didn’t know you knew Emma so well,” I rumble, nodding.
Nova nods.
“Yes, Emma and I have gotten to know each other a little better recently through mutual friends,” she murmurs with an impish smile. “But the cake is by the by. I’m eighteen now, and you know I’m off to college next year, Hunter. That’s why I want the birth control. To be ready, like I said.”
I nod, steepling my fingers as if deep in thought.
“Have you considered the consequences of the pill?”
“I’ve considered the consequences if I don’t take the pill,” Nova retorts back with a saucy smile. “That’s why I want it.”
I nod.
“Yes, I see. And what if you go to school in a state where they’ve pulled back abortion access? The latest Supreme Court rulings have really come down hard on options for women who are expecting.”