Certainty and something like a fatalistic dread settled inside her. Though maybe for the first time, she began to understand her parents’ thinking; she wasn’t about to play that kind of game with Zephyr.

She quickly finished her shower, dressed and pulled her hair into an easy ponytail, rather than styling it. She bypassed makeup and exited the en suite bathroom a good ten minutes ahead of schedule.

Zephyr was just closing the door behind their roomservice delivery. He turned to her with a sexy smile. “Breakfast is served.”

“Perfect.” Should she tell him now, or wait until later?

“You look a little shaken,” he said with a frown of concern. “Did you see a spider in the shower, or something?”

“Please. I’m not even a little arachnophobic.” But shaken described nicely how she felt.

“That’s good to know.”

“Yes, well, um…”

He stopped uncovering dishes and stared at her, his concern obviously amping up a notch. “You’re starting to worry me.”

worried, I mean. Though, honestly, they say it takes positively months to get pregnant after you stop using birth control

still. “Did you say pregnant? You’re on the birth control

it was actually there, I mean. If I had

He was starting to look a little

forget it this time, but

Six feet three inches of solid muscle went boneless and he dropped to sit

felt when I first realized it was gone.” Truth was, she wasn’t

his head. “I don’t remember seeing it.” He leaned on the table with his elbows, his head in his hands. “I don’t remember seeing it, but I wasn’t

that first time day

she’d never seen on the big tycoon’s face. Fear coupled with guilt. Severe guilt. “I

anticipated anger, blame, even horror, but not

I didn’t notice it was gone, either. We were, um…busy, in the shower yesterday and I’m just so used to it being there, I never even thought to

“But you checked today.”’

noticed when I went to wash that area more

pay closer attention. And then I asked

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