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.”

you are pregnant are

been led to believe.” She looked at

diminished is not

“No.”

“Are you very angry?”

maybe a smidge with myself. I feel like an idiot for not

angry at the prospect of

so strong they left little room for anything else. “I can’t

froze his features for several long seconds. “You

“I don’t lie.”

don’t. No more than

had to work on believing, but she wasn’t going to tell him that. Because Zephyr had never done anything to

billionaire real-estate tycoon would make an admirable choice as father for your

life for what I can buy for them garbage, isn’t it? I

now, or they were going to have more problems between them than an unanticipated possible

jolted. “You have never

focused on

For some reason, believing she might be pregnant with Zephyr’s child made her feel more comfortable with the casual

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