But Ben's sharp tongue didn't let up, and within a few cutting remarks, he had Jamie feeling utterly humiliated. She tried to explain, "There's really nothing between us. We just ran into each other today and talked for a bit."

Ben cut her off before she could finish, "Oh really? Then it just shows you've been surrounded by men for the past four years. A woman like you probably wouldn't even know who the father is if you were pregnant."

Jamie's body tensed at his words. He could insult her, but she wouldn't allow him to bring her child into it.

"Ben, I've only ever been with you. If I'm pregnant, the child would only be..."

"Are you trying to say the child is mine?" he challenged, staring directly into her eyes. "I remember asking you, the night before you left, what you would do if you got pregnant. You told me, without a second thought, that you'd abort it."

if needed, willing to go to courthouse to make

felt like a slap to his face. She had chosen abortion without hesitation, and now she

lies are pathetic. Do you actually think I'd believe you, feel sorry for you, and accept your child as my own so we could

so just think of me as a rat in the gutter and let me be," Jamie said, her voice full of desperation. She didn't want

was the last thing Ben was

and pulling her toward the exit. "And since you used

had used the money for her own medical bills or to buy luxury items, he wouldn't have

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