Chapter 57

"Perhaps the one you have moved with," She replied in her still calm voice. "She might be right," Michael thought. The women he moved with were the selfish calculating types and it was probably the reason it had never occurred to him to consider any lady in the light of her maternal instincts. Plus, he doesn t want to. Except for Mitchell. And he wasn t seeing her, yet. More than once, it had occurred to him he would have to choose or produce a suitable successor to inherit his power and fortune, but that could wait. Not that he hadn t already lined out options. He had. And he had ruled out every last one except surrogacy and adoption. But he dares not mention that to his grandmother. When it comes to reproduction, he has not a sentimental bone in his body. "Did you not like any of the ladies present here today?" Emily asked Michael begins to shake his head but stops when he catches the look on her face. "Did his grandmother tr