The Trillionaire's Kiss: Book One in Trillionaire Wishes (Fountain of Love) Read Free Page B

yourself?  I want to know about the man who wants me to marry him after meeting me a few hours ago."   She'd always day dreamed about meeting a man and him proposing within hours, but now that it had happened, it just seemed odd to her.
    He took another sip of water.  "Well, I was born and raised in Dallas, Texas.  I've lived in this area my entire life.  I went to North Texas University and got my degree in aerospace engineering.  I've done a lot with the space program, mainly finding ways for new inventions to be easily used in space."
    "Has life on other planets been discovered?"  She'd always been a huge Star Trek fan, and she loved the idea of finding another planet.  Somewhere like Vulcan or Kronos.
    "We've met other species, but most are not nearly as advanced as we are.  There's been no one who even begins to look like a human.  A lot of time and energy has been spent trying to find a species that would be compatible with humans, due to our lack of women."  He shrugged.  "So far, there's been no one."
    She sighed. "A girl can always dream, right?"  She frowned.  "Okay, so if you have no parents, who raised you?  How does that work?"  She really wanted to understand the time period she found herself in.  It was strange that she believed him wholeheartedly, but looking around her, she didn't feel she had a choice.
    "We're all raised in boys' homes.  There will be around twenty boys all living in one house.  They try to keep two of each age, so that we can all learn to get along with all different age groups."  He shrugged.  "There were boys up to four years younger than me in the homes, but they've run out of embryos.  The human race is about to die off."
    "Way to put pressure on a girl."  Alicia played with the pattern on the table cloth, unable to keep meeting his intense gaze.  She was attracted to him, very attracted, but she wasn't certain she was willing to agree to marry a complete stranger.  She had always been one to think about every decision before even thinking about jumping in.
    Calor shook his head, picking up her hand again, his thumb rubbing against the back of it.  "I'm not trying to pressure you.  I'm trying to make you understand the world you've fallen into.  We need you here.  We need you badly.  I can understand not wanting to be a part of a world that is as messed up as the earth has become, but I don't know that we can send you back."  He did know that he didn't want to try.
    Alicia took a deep breath.  "I believe everything happens for a reason.  I probably need to be here...for whatever reason.  I just need to sort that out in my head."  How did you sort out the fact that you were sent forward in time to ensure the survival of the human race, though?
    "You're here to marry me, of course."  His voice was calm as he explained his theory.  "We both wished on the same fountain, and it brought us together.  That means that somehow, some way, we're meant to be a couple.  You're meant to be my wife and the mother of my children."
    Alicia sighed.  "I was going to wait a few more years before I had children."  She shrugged.  "I don't think that would be possible at this point."
    "How old are you?" he asked, hoping she was as young as she looked.  He was thirty-five, and wanted someone close to his age, but young enough to have children.  Lots and lots of children.
    "I'm twenty-seven."  Alicia thought about that for a moment.  She was twenty-seven and had never married.  She'd never even had a serious relationship.  Now, there was a trillionaire before her, asking her to marry him and saying they were destined to be together.  Why was she hesitating?
    Calor smiled and nodded.  "That's a perfect age for me."  He brought her fingers to his lips and kissed the back of them, fascinated by how soft her skin was.  Would he ever tire of looking into her beautiful blue eyes?
    "How old are you?" she asked, hoping to learn a little more about him.
    "I'm