The Greek's Pregnant Lover

That was one thing she would never have worried about, even if he hadn’t said it. Then a way of getting him off this line of enquiry came to her. “I would never expect you to, but could we please stop talking like pregnancy is a foregone conclusion?”

“And you?” he asked, clearly ignoring her plea.

She tried not to be offended he had even asked. In his mind, he had good reason for doing so. Irrefutable experience. But still, the question hurt. “I’m not your mother. I don’t have to give my child up in order to leave a soul-destroying life behind.”

“How long since your last period?”

“What, are you an expert on menstrual cycles?” she challenged.

“No.”

“I’m not, either.” She blew out a frustrated breath. “But I do know somewhere in the middle of your cycle is the most likely time for pregnancy to occur.”

“And?”

She winced, wishing she could say something else. “I’m pretty much smack-dab there right now.”

“Even so, as you say, many women do not fall pregnant quickly after being on birth control for a prolonged period. How long have you been on the patch?”

“I started taking it with Art and never went off, even though I was celibate until that first time with you. I liked the way it balanced my monthly hormone cycle.”

“That is a significant amount of time.”

“Yes.”

the chances you are

believe.” She

is

“No.”

“Are you very angry?”

with myself. I feel like an idiot for not

not angry at the

hiding feelings that were so strong they left little room for

froze his features for several long seconds. “You do not mean

“I don’t lie.”

you don’t. No more than

something she still had to work on believing, but she wasn’t going to tell him

admirable choice as father for your child,”

managed to stop herself clouting him. “This is more of that, they want me in their life for

head right now, or they were going to have more problems between them

have never called me

focused on the least important

But he was right. For some reason, believing she might be pregnant with