The Greek's Pregnant Lover

Chapter 24

“You’ve mentioned that point several times.”

“Have I?”

“Yes.”

“I’m sorry,” she apologized distractedly.

“Are you that disturbed by the idea of being pregnant with my child?”

“We’ve already covered this ground.”

“Then by the prospect of being pregnant at all?” He slid a sidelong glance at her before looking back at the road.

“I’m building a business. Having a baby will change a lot of things, including how much time I can spend on work.” It was the only concern she was willing to voice right this second. She’d been on an emotional thrill ride since discovering the loss of her patch. Fear competed with hope and illicit joy at the prospect in equal measure.

“And this worries you?”

“A little,” she admitted. “I’m willing to rearrange my priorities though. Any child of mine will not pay for the choices of its parents.”

“As you felt you paid for yours.” He saw immediately her determination to give her child everything she felt she’d missed out on.

“To an extent, but even more so, as you paid for yours.”

there.” He smiled

not asking

“That is good.”

cried out on an

“What?”

each other. We were

“You being pregnant with my

friends, Zee. At least give me that much.” So, maybe she did want to deal with something besides the

“What do you mean?”

play dumb. It’s unbecoming, not

voice sliding into that zone she’d

back tears she couldn’t even name the exact reason for. “I don’t mean to

“Thank you.”

merely

prefer the term lovers?”

everything she wanted, but

into his voice, letting her know this was a genuine

“Make me the exception.”

that.” He sighed. “Though if you are pregnant, neither

she wanted was to be in his life by default. The last thing was to be out of his life completely, which said what about her plans to walk away from what they had before she got even more hurt? “I don’t want it to be that

not

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