A Child on the Way by Janis Reams Hudson

Author:Janis Reams Hudson
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 2013-05-20T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter Eight

“No!” Lisa stepped back and shook her head, panic threatening to overwhelm her. She could not possibly be married to this condescending, arrogant…

No. It couldn’t be true. She remembered how, when she’d come to in her car and Jack had carried her into the house and she’d discovered she was pregnant, she’d instinctively known that, yes, the pregnancy felt right. Felt familiar.

She had no such feeling of rightness at this man’s bald claim that he was her husband.

But you know a man named Roger.

Yes. A man named Roger had told her she was no good in bed. Would a husband say such a thing to a wife?

You have the same last name.

Standing there staring at him, wanting only for him to disappear, a flash of memory assailed her, chilling her to the bone and making her stomach turn. A memory of waking up in bed with this man. It was just a flash, and she could feel no emotion with it, neither hers nor his, but for a second it was there.

Then another flash, this one only a feeling rather than a memory—a feeling of inadequacy, inferiority. A feeling of being less than a woman. A feeling of being used and made a fool of.

This man, this Roger Hampton, was obviously something to her, but her husband? She prayed not!

“I’m sorry.” She couldn’t seem to catch her breath. “I don’t know you.”

“Lisa, honey, you said you’ve been in an accident. I’ll get you to a doctor and everything will be all right, you’ll see.”

“I’ve been to a doctor.” She was becoming really irritated with the way he spoke to her, as though she were an imbecile. “Going to a doctor isn’t going to bring back my memory. How did you find me?”

He looked startled at her question. “What? It, well, it wasn’t a question of finding you. I knew where you were.”

Suspicion sharpened her voice. “How?”

“Why, naturally you told me you were coming here.”

No, Lisa thought. She didn’t think so. She had gathered her medical records and several thousand dollars in cash and then told him where she was going? That didn’t make sense. But then, none of this made sense, so he could be telling the truth.

God, she was confused!

“Come on, honey, let’s get your things and go home.”

The thought of leaving with this man made her decidedly uneasy.

Well, of course. He was a stranger; she didn’t remember him.

But what if he was her husband? Shouldn’t she go with him?

“Honey?”

“No.” She couldn’t do it. “If you’re who you say you are, then I’m sorry, but I can’t go with you.”

Anger flashed in his eyes. “Don’t be difficult.” He shoved past Jack and reached for her arm.

In a blink Jack was on him. He grabbed Roger by the shoulder and spun him around. “You lay a hand on her, and I’ll have to mess up that pretty face of yours.”

“Are you threatening me?”

“You better believe it.”

Roger seethed. “Since she doesn’t remember me, allow me to explain,” he said through clenched teeth.

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