“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.”

cannot disagree there.” He smiled

asking

“That is good.”

this,” she cried

“What?”

each other. We were closer than we’d ever been and now

friends,” he said, frowning. “You being pregnant with my child

me that much.” So, maybe she did want to deal with

“What do you mean?”

play dumb. It’s unbecoming, not to

at anything.” He sounded offended, his voice sliding into that zone she’d come to recognize as

She stared out the window, blinking back tears she couldn’t even name the exact reason for. “I

“Thank you.”

the way, we stopped being merely friends

the term lovers?”

start.” Not everything she wanted, but a definite

my life.” Worry crept back into his voice, letting her know this was a genuine concern on

“Make me the exception.”

I can do that.” He sighed. “Though if you are pregnant, neither of us will have a

next-to-last thing 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

is not always

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