The Hottie Billionaire Series: Romancing A Banking Magnate (The Billionaire Meets The Damsel In Distress) (9 page)

Unknowingly, she pulled her bag up,
arranged it in a way that it covered her breasts. But then, she
realized that she had to display her assets to him. She had to
seduce him. And what she was doing was kinda stupid. So she willed
herself to remove the bag in front of her chest, so that he could
freely look at her nice pair of rack.

His eyes darted back on her face. She silently
swallowed the lump in her throat. My goodness! Something between
them was building up, a sinister attraction that appeared difficult
for her to handle.

"Anyways, are you fertile?" it was a
straightforward question.

She still hadn't recovered from his previous
question when he fired her another one that was more sinister,
something that she thoroughly didn’t expect. What kind of a
question was that? What the heck?

For a moment, she just gaped at him. She
completely lost her wits and her goddamned tongue. Her cheeks were
burning unabashedly, and she knew that she was blushing like
hell!

For the past few months, she had been in a lot
of job interviews, some were really nerve-wracking. She was never
thrown such a question. It was indeed ridiculous, not the usual
witty question that she had to answer in a smart way, so she
struggled to rake her brain for a meaty answer.  God, what had
she gotten herself into with?

"Don't get me wrong," he said
defensively when he saw her reaction. He straightened his back with
an air of confidence. "You are applying as my wife and baby momma,
Katrina, and I'm just making sure that you're fit for the role. I
hope you understand." His eyebrows cocked as he
explained.

“
Of course!” she answered in
reflex. She just sighed silently. She was really having a stupid
brain freeze. Well, he was right. His question was legit. She just
took it in a bad light. “So how many kids do you want? Two? Three?
A dozen? I can definitely give you those,” she blurted like crazy.
Then, she realized how awkward she sounded. And she wanted to punch
herself, right in the face.

What happened to her? Why couldn’t
she pull her thoughts properly and act cool? Well, blame this
gorgeous billionaire and his chinky, gray eyes! He was the sole
reason why she felt like an empty potato.

He laughed, quite amused by her
answer. And she was mesmerized by how his eyes slanted even more,
how his Adam’s apple moved up and down his throat, how his laughter
filled the room. “Well, a dozen will do,” he was shaking his head
gently when he answered.

Her jaw dropped in surprise. Of
course, she was just joking when she said a dozen. She couldn’t
imagine herself giving birth to a dozen children! My, that would be
a hard thing to do. She wasn’t a swine, for crying out
loud!

He laughed again, louder this time
around, as she gaped at him with mouth wide open. “Did I scare you
with that?” he asked. His eyes were twinkling as he looked at
her.

She pursed her lips when their eyes
met, still in a state of shock. Why was she so transparent? She
disliked it when he could read her mind. It was
embarrassing.

He turned serious. “Okay, one kid
will do. I just need an heir,” he formally whispered after a few
moments.

“
That’s good to know.” She sighed
in relief.

Whew! At least, she wouldn’t become
a babymaking factory. She tried to pull a smile.

His eyes lingered at her again, and
chills were starting to creep in her spine. His pinkie ran over his
lower lip once more, a gesture that she was getting familiar to,
yet still makes her skin tingle every time he would do
that.

“
So… are you good in bed?” he asked
saltily. His voice became a soft growl.

The smile on her lips immediately
disappeared. His heated gaze burned not just her cheeks more, but
her entire body. And his question… Goodness! But it flipped her
wits.

Was she good in bed? It was a
totally crazy question for someone like her who haven’t had any
intimate experience with the opposite sex. But she wasn’t
completely naïve either. She’d had sex education, had read books
discussing about sex and romance, and she’d heard tales of sexual
conquests from her friends, so she wasn’t completely
clueless.

And she was here now, applying as
his wife and baby momma, and of course, it was expected that she
was good in bed. The competition was tough, and she had to be
really competitive.

“
Of course, I am!” Her answer made
her blush to the roots of her hair. And it was a good thing that
she didn’t choke on it.

His smile broadened, openly pleased
by her answer. His pearly set of white teeth flashed, and she
blinked. “That’s my kind of girl.” He was grinning from ear to
ear.

Just like what she expected. Well,
it didn’t need rocket science. He wouldn’t shell out bucks of money
for nothing. Of course, anyone wanted to get their money’s worth.
Her job entails that she would please him in bed in exchange of
financial benefits. She clearly understood that. When she went
today to see Xavier Yuchengco, she fully understood the nature and
the extent of the position and role that she wanted to snatch – a
wife and a baby momma. She already expected that they would be
talking about sex, but she just wasn’t expecting that it would be
this intense.

Finally, it made her feel better
when she saw the playful smile on his lips. It looked as if she
made a really good impression on him. She suddenly felt hopeful
that she would grab the chance to pay off her family’s
debt.

“
So am I accepted?” she couldn’t
help but ask. She was holding her breath in suspense as she waited
for his answer, fervently praying that it would be a positive
response.

He shook his head. “Oh no, not yet.
Not so fast…” he answered as if he didn’t want to end their kind of
conversation yet.

“
Okay,” she sighed softly. “I know
you would want to know more about me, so I brought my resume for
you to peruse, Mr. Yuchengco.” She rummaged through the contents of
her bag again. She pulled out a two-paged bond papers that were
neatly folded. “Here, please check this out.” She handed her resume
to him. She was really serious to nail this job interview so she
could convince this man to choose her as his wife and baby momma,
and not anyone else.

“
Okay…” He accepted her resume,
straightened the folded papers, and scanned the contents with his
eyes. But he didn’t look interested. His face became impassive.
That made her feel nervous when he looked at her again. “Why are
you applying to this ad, Katrina?” He shifted to a serious,
business-like tone. “As I can see, you’re a decent woman, and
you’re taking Law. That says a lot of things about you.” He tossed
her resume on his table.

She couldn’t help but swallow. They
were warming up to each other a moment ago, but right now, the
atmosphere became somewhat restrained. “Why, Mr. Yuchengco, what do
you expect? Do you just want a woman who could just be uprooted
anytime from the streets? I’ll bet that you’ll not just pick any
random stranger to be your wife and baby momma. At least, you’ll
make sure that she has a decent background, right?” she asked
bravely like a shrewed lawyer.

“
Right.” He snapped his
fingers.

“
There, you answered your question,
Mr. Yuchengco.” She smiled in satisfaction when she clearly made
her point.

“
Let’s drop the formality, Katrina.
You can call me Xavier, from now on.”

“
Oh... okay… Xavier…” She was
surprised to discover that she liked the sound of his name at the
tip of her tongue. It sounded sexy.

“
You quite impressed me, you know,”
he said, and chuckled amusedly.

“
Thank you!” She couldn’t help but
smile.

“
And I like you more when you’re
smiling like that. You’re such a refreshing sight amidst all the
tensions and turmoils in my banking life.”

She couldn’t help but blush. For
the life of her, she’d heard a handful of people giving her
compliments, but his was something that tugged at her heartstrings.
“Why, thank you.” He looked sincere, though, so she accepted his
compliment heartily.

He tilted his head so he could see
her face squarely. “Seriously, Katrina, I just want to know this…”
There was a serious shift in his voice, though his eyes were still
twinkling with amusement. But she could feel that they were gearing
towards a more serious conversation. “Why did you come here today?”
His steady eyes probed at her.

It was an important question that
she knew held a pivotal position for her to finally secure her
goal.

She cleared her throat. “Well, I
need money,” she honestly answered. She didn’t want to picture
herself as a gold digger, but that was in all honesty, the reason
why she was here. She desperately needed money to save their farm
from being sequestered by the bank. “I’m sure that every woman who
comes here to apply to your ad has got something to do with the
money in the first place. It may not sound good, but I need a good
sum of money.” She didn’t want to lie. It would be totally
inappropriate to hide her true purpose why she responded to his ad
when it was obvious in the first place. The reason wasn’t anything
noble, nor romantic, but purely in terms of financial gain. Money.
It was all about the goddamned money.

He went silent for some time while his
eyes lingered at her, studying her face and her reaction, maybe her
sincerity, too, in a closer range.

And she couldn’t help but feel damned
nervous. Her palms started to sweat out. She wasn’t sure if she
fucked up her chance by being candid. She couldn’t tell that by the
mere look on his face alone.

“
I admire your honesty,
Katrina…” He broke the gaping silence between them after a few,
uncomfortable moments. “But-”

“
Did I offend you with my
answer?” she instantly cut him off. She immediately panicked when
she heard the word ‘but,’ and she became defensive.

Oh dear Lord, please, let him not lose
his interest in her! Let him not be offended by her! She didn’t
want to blow her only chance to solve her family’s financial
woes.

“
Well...” He straightened
his back as his eyes bored at her. “Yes… and no…” he answered
pensively.

His vague answer made her feel more
nervous.

Anxiously, she clasped her hands, in
an unknowing position, as if she was praying. “I didn’t mean to
offend you, Xavier,” she hastily tried to explain her side. “It’s
just that...” Crap! She and her big mouth! Now she had a lot of
explaining to do. And she better eloquently explain herself.
Argh!

She swallowed real hard, pacifying the
hysterical tension that gripped through her. “I’m just being honest
here, you know.” She couldn’t think of anything else to say to
avoid hurting her chances more. How could she screw
herself?

“
I know, Katrina,” his
voice was smooth when he spoke. There was no sense of bitterness in
it. “You’re actually right. Those women who came here and applied
to my ad are just like you. They’re after the money they can get
from it. That’s a given when I made money the bait in the first
place. I actually don’t care about that...”

She breathed a sigh of relief. That
was good to know. Thank God, she didn’t fuck up her chances, after
all.

“
But there’s just one thing
that I do care about, and this is very important. What I’m after,
Katrina, is this - I want to know this, can you turn me on? Can you
do that… Katrina?” His gray eyes held her gaze, sending waves of
electrical sensations all over her, challenging her. “That’s all I
want to know. If you can do it, then, you’re in.”

Her heart hammered like crazy inside
her chest. Her body tingled from head to foot. Oh God, could she do
that? Could she turn this intimidating billionaire on? How? She was
inexperienced when it comes to sex. She clearly told him something
that wasn’t true. She wasn’t good in bed. Damn!

But there was only one thing that she
needed to do in order to make this man marry her, and that was to
turn him on. For an experienced woman, it was an easy thing to do.
Surely, a piece of cake. But for someone like her who was still
completely innocent and inexperienced, it was a challenge. She
hadn’t seduced any man all her life, but she had to now. Her
family’s future depended on it. It was their only hope.

She would seduce him. She would turn
this billionaire on big time with her little knowledge of the
opposite sex. She would drive him wild until he would go out of his
mind. That way, she could do her own bidding.

She raised her face, and looked at him
straight in the eyes, accepting his carnal challenge. “Yes,” she
answered with conviction. “I can turn you on, Xavier,” she
confidently declared. “I’ll make you go crazy over me, until you’ll
want me like you have never wanted anyone else in your
life.”

Geezzz… was that her speaking? Even
her own voice sounded strange to her. It was embarrassing to talk
to a man like this, but she hid her embarrassment, for it wouldn’t
bring her good. She had to be a completely different person, at
least today.

She’d never talked in a sexual manner
with a man before. She was raised in a modest household, and she
wasn’t really the type of a lady who’s fixated with the opposite
sex. Instead, she loved spending her time studying her lessons. She
got even more dedicated to her studies after her mother died. She
was taking up Law, and her ceiling high reading materials ate most
of her time.