The Greek's Pregnant Bride

Chapter 12

‘I would never abandon our child,’ he said harshly. ‘I’ve lived without a father; I know what it’s like to wonder where you’re from. I will never let our child wonder who I am.’

‘My father said that to my mother. He promised he would love and care for us but he broke it—he broke the promise he made to a dying woman. He abandoned me. He abandoned Rocco.’

‘I am not your father. What he did was despicable. After the way my own father abandoned me, I would never give up my own flesh and blood.’

‘I have to trust that you won’t be like either of our fathers but I find trusting people, especially men, very hard. If I stay single, then I can nominate the guardian of my choosing.’

If fire could have shot from eyes then what burned from Christian’s would have had her in flames.

‘I will never allow that,’ he ground out. ‘I would fight for our child through every court in every land.’

The tension that had been cramping Alessandra’s belly throughout the conversation loosened a touch.

She believed him.

a father. A proper

respect wasn’t misplaced. For her child’s sake, she

to be sure. We both need to be sure. If we marry then that’s it—we’re married. For better or

at her abrupt change of direction.

hoped sounded like nonchalance. If she was going to marry

attractive man—oh, to hell with such an insipid description, he was utterly gorgeous. He had the most beautiful eyes she’d ever seen in a man, a real crystal-blue that made her think of calm, sunlit oceans. When he fixed them on her, though, her internal reaction was turbulent; a crescendo of

made her

used to women throwing themselves at him. She wasn’t so naïve as to believe marriage would tame him. Theirs was not a love match. ‘Our loyalty will be primarily to our child but I do not want the humiliation of your liaisons being paraded on the

air slowly. If his jaw became any more rigid she feared it would snap.

drop her gaze. ‘Only that if we marry I won’t be taking your

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