Page 49 of Billionaire’s Promise

That would be my excuse to stay at the clinic.

Normally, June’s OBGYN services were only supposed to be for her fertility clients only. She had made an exception for Jenny. She would probably do that for her close friends and relations but Jenny and her only just met. Needless to say, she was doing it as a favor to me.

“Can I help you with anything?” June’s assistant asked as soon as I approached her office door. Her gray eyes questioning my intention like a guard dog.

“Yes, I was just here a minute ago with my cousin, Jenny Law. I would like a word with June,” I paused as she cleared her throat and glared at me. “Dr. Bennet.”

Her eyes X-rayed my body from top to bottom and she gave me a one moment hand gesture.

She mumbled a few words into the mic on her headpiece and spoke after what felt like a very long minute later.

“Dr. Bennet will see you now.” Unapologetically, she added, “please make it brief, her next appointment has arrived.”

I couldn’t help but laugh inside. What on Earth was going on with people? Did she really just tell me to hurry the fuck up? Was that part of her job description or was she just keeping an eye out for her boss? I couldn’t be bothered to give her the, “do you know who you are talking to” talk. I could use the “I’m rich and famous and important card”, something a lot of my peers would often do, but I knew that wouldn’t work here. Not in America. Nobody knew, nor did they care.

Whatever. I gave her an eye roll and walked straight into June’s office.

“Hey!” My rant about her assistant was about to start. But she looked a little under the weather, her eyes were watery from tears. “Are you okay?”

“Yes, I’m fine.” She touched her eyes to wipe away any makeup smudges. “I got a little emotional, is all.”

“I was going to ask you about how Jenny was doing, in there. Is this a bad time?”

“No, it’s fine. She and her baby were doing fine. I told her about my concerns, and really you should talk to her. You know, patient doctor confidentiality.”

Right, I’d thought there would be no secrets between us and that she would just spill all the details without hesitation.

I was wrong and I felt a little betrayed, even though I knew full well that she was doing the right thing.

“So, this concern that you have…”

“Don’t you dare try to fish it out of me.” She replied, her voice stern. “Look, if there’s nothing else, you should leave. I have a busy day today.”

Ouch. Cranky, huh? Something must have set her off.

“I’m here as a patient.” What for? I pinched myself ever so lightly on the thigh. Having feelings for her was one thing, but I really hated acting like a lovesick loser. What was I going to say now, huh? That my lady parts needed some love?

“This is a women’s health hospital.” She gave me a look and believe me, I knew I sounded like a toad.

“Yeah, you know.” I looked around her office, searching for an answer. Then I saw it on her notice board. “Sperm bank.”

“What?”

“You know. I’m here to donate my sperm.” Not really. I was there to make sure Mack didn’t show up and twist her head off her neck. But I couldn’t really tell her that.

“You want to donate sperm?” She sucked a breath in. “You? Mr. Kai Billionaire Li? Why would you do that?”

Why indeed.

“So that we could have more billionaires in the world.” I cringed inside because I knew those words didn’t make any sense, and it sounded stupid.

“It’s a good thing, isn’t it? My business mind alone is worth–” I couldn’t come up with anything smart sounding. I wanted to say receive, or download – definitely not it, “purchasing my product, right?”

“You said donate, not selling sperm. I won’t pay you anything for it.”

“I don’t need your money.” I said proudly. “Just your time.”

She shook her head hard and there was an unshakable smile on her face, followed by a flush as my words brought some color to her cheeks. “You will have to go to the reception and register.”